Ex-Trump adviser Flynn pleads guilty to lying

Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn today pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, prosecutors said, adding that he had spoken with a top member of Trump's transition team regarding his communications with Russia's ambassador to the United States.

Federal prosecutors also said Flynn had been directed by "a very senior member" of Trump's transition team regarding a December 2016 United Nations vote.

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Flynn also filed materially false statements and omissions in his March 7, 2017, foreign agent filing over his company's work with the Turkish government, according to prosecutors. 

Meanwhile, the guilty plea implicates Flynn alone, the White House said in a statement today.

"Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn," said Ty Cobb, a White House attorney.

"The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year," Cobb said, adding that the plea "clears the way for a prompt and reasonable conclusion" of the Office of the Special Counsel's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election and potential collusion by Trump's campaign.