# Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI

Date: 2017

On 1 December 2017 [Michael Flynn](/people/michael-flynn) pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. The plea was entered in Special Counsel [Robert Mueller](/people/robert-mueller)'s investigation, and the accompanying statement of offense set out how Flynn had given investigators false accounts of his calls with the ambassador.

## People

- Michael Flynn: https://factrail.ai/people/michael-flynn

## Sources

- https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-charged/index.html
- https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/flynn-russia-calls-breakdown/index.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/flynn-pleads-guilty-false-statements-fbi-2017-12-01