JUST IN: New FLYNN documents show the FBI had drafted a document to formally close the case against him on 1/4.
But 20 minutes after it circulated, STRZOK and other agents put the brakes on it.
But 20 minutes after it circulated, STRZOK and other agents put the brakes on it.
Couple wrinkles: The document is a draft, it leaves open the prospect that it could be reopened if new information were discovered.
Flynn was interviewed three weeks later.
Flynn was interviewed three weeks later.
The document shows the FBI repeatedly turned to other agencies/sources for any info on Flynn's activities that might show "derogatory" info re: connections to Russia. They came up empty but for what a source described as a questionable cab/train ride.
Important to remember that Flynn calls with Kislyak were on 12/29/16, six days before FBI decided against closing the case.
Timeline on when intercepts filtered through to the FBI is unclear.
Timeline on when intercepts filtered through to the FBI is unclear.
JUST IN: Judge SULLIVAN has ordered that Flynn's team stop filing new documents until it finishes obtaining the full slate from the U.S. attorney's office producing them.
