Tipsheet: Five takeaways from Flynn's guilty plea

View in your browser     Five takeaways from Flynn's guilty plea By Jordain Carney and Naomi Jagoda      President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Flynn, a former Obama-era defense official turned surrogate for Trump’s campaign, is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.  Here are the five major takeaways from Flynn’s guilty plea. Read the full story here     The Memo: Team Trump in shock as Flynn flips By Niall Stanage President Trump was pitched into a deepening crisis on Friday as his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and announced that he was cooperating with the team of investigators spearheaded by special counsel Robert Mueller. Read the full story here     In apparent shift, Trump tweets he fired Flynn for lying to FBI By Jordan Fabian and Julia Manchester President Trump said Saturday he had to fire Michael Flynn as national security adviser because he lied to Vice President Pence and the FBI, an apparent shift from the reasons Trump stated at the time of Flynn's ouster. Read the full story here     Legal experts: Trump's tweet could lead to obstruction of justice charges By Jacqueline Thomsen President Trump's tweet revealing that he knew former national security adviser Michael Flynn had lied to the FBI at the time of his firing has prompted ethics experts and political observers to question whether Mueller could probe the president for obstruction of justice. Read the full story here     Trump transition official in email: Russia 'has just thrown the U.S.A election' By Julia Manchester President Trump's former deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland told a friend in an email when she was on Trump's transition team that Russia "threw" the U.S. election to Trump. Read the full story here     ABC News suspends reporter after faulty Flynn report By Julia Manchester ABC announced on Saturday that it was suspending ABC News reporter Brian Ross after the network was forced to correct his report saying former national security adviser Michael Flynn would testify against President Trump.  Read the full story here     Black Dems see bias in response to sexual harassment cases By Mike Lillis and Rachel Roubein As Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) faces mounting pressure to resign over a string of sexual harassment allegations, his closest allies in the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) want the same scrutiny for other lawmakers facing similar charges. Read the full story here     How four GOP senators guided a tax-bill victory behind the scenes By Alexander Bolton Senate Republicans breathed a collective sigh of relief early Saturday morning when a $1.4 trillion tax bill that had teetered on the brink of failure passed with only one GOP defection. Read the full story here     Mueller removed FBI agent from Trump investigation over possible bias: reports By Brandon Carter and Josh Delk Special counsel Robert Mueller removed a veteran FBI agent from his team amid an investigation into the agent potentially sending anti-Trump text messages, according to new reports on Saturday. Read the full story here     Pompeo: Trump tweets actually 'help' CIA By Max Greenwood CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that President Trump's Twitter habits have actually helped his agency gather and understand intelligence.  Read the full story here     Why did Flynn lie and why did Mueller charge him with lying? By Alan Dershowitz OPINION | The charge to which retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty may tell us a great deal about the Robert Mueller investigation. Read the full story here     The biggest political scandal of our time is the national debt By Kristin Tate OPINION | The biggest political scandal of our time is not the Donald Trump-Russia investigation. It is not the infamous tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch. And no, it is not Hillary Clinton’s shady Uranium One deal. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: How tax bill emerged from a late night of deal making By Kristina Peterson, Siobhan Hughes, Richard Rubin and Peter Nicholas   GOP senators cut deals with leaders, a contrast with the failed health-care push. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump suggests openness to negotiations on GOP tax plan By Ken Thomas   President Donald Trump suggested Saturday he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the Senate. Read the full story here     The New York Times: GOP confident bill will reach Trump by end of December By Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport   Republicans passed their sweeping tax overhaul through the Senate just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, two weeks after the House passed its own measure. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Tax vote sparks brawl over populism that will carry into midterms By David Weigel, Robert Costa and Paul Kane As Democrats attacked the legislation as a “scam” to benefit wealthy donors and corporations, Republicans, who promised years of growth once the bill becomes law, acknowledged that they face a difficult task convincing voters to have faith in the plan. Read the full story here     Reuters: Exclusive: Pentagon evaluating US West Coast missile defense sites - officials By Mike Stone   The U.S. agency tasked with protecting the country from missile attacks is scouting the West Coast for places to deploy new anti-missile defenses, two Congressmen said on Saturday, as North Korea’s missile tests raise concerns about how the United States would defend itself from an attack. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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