Senate Intelligence Committee rejects Mike Flynn's immunity request

The Senate Intelligence Committee will not offer President Trump's former national security adviser Mike Flynn immunity to testify in front of lawmakers.

NBC News reported Friday that a senior congressional source said immunity for Flynn is "not on the table," and that the committee denied his request. Flynn wanted immunity to testify in front of the committee about the role of the Russian government and its possible interference in the presidential election.

Flynn has made similar requests to the FBI and to the House Intelligence Committee, but the status of those requests is unknown.

 

This rejection is pretty interesting because it is unclear why the rejection occurred. Perhaps it is because his information was just not deemed valuable enough by the Senate, perhaps the Senate did not wish to appear partisan, or maybe it is possible that Trump's tweet about Flynn had an influence.

 

According to one legal analyst, "they know they have him by the short hairs".