Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in December 2017 about the topics discussed in his conversation with then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak earlier in the month. Flynn sought to influence the ambassador to delay a vote to condemn Israeli settlements at the United Nations. The following day, an anonymous Israeli official told CNN that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had contacted the Trump team to ask them to help kill the resolution.
Mueller recommended no jail time because of Flynn's "substantial" assistance in three probes, which included 19 interviews of Flynn, according to the memo. The three probes include one into an unspecified criminal matter and another being the Russia investigation.
The third investigation was completely redacted in the documents.
Moreover, Flynn, who was previously the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and a lieutenant general of the US Army, is an exceptionally high-ranking former official.
"After over 33 years if military service for our country," Flynn began a statement on Saturday to the court in compliance with his plea agreement, "it has been extraordinarily painful to endure these many months of false accusations of ‘treason' and other outrageous acts."
Flynn said he accepts "full responsibility" for his actions.