FBI Kept Pushing Flynn Probe Amid Stream of Exculpatory Evidence, Documents Indicate

Then-Defense Intelligence Agency director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies before a committee hearing on “Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States” at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington on March 12, 2013. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

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The FBI leadership kept pushing ahead with the investigation of former Trump adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn even though its agents had been coming back again and again with evidence that pointed to his innocence.