Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: WIRE: Mueller to probe Flynn Turkey ties... WASHINGTON Robert Mueller the special counsel investigating possible ties between the Trump election campaign and Russia is expanding his probe to include a grand jury investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn three sources told Reuters. The move means Muellers politically charged inquiry will now look into Flynns paid work as a lobbyist for a Turkish businessman in 2016 in addition to contacts between Russian officials and Flynn and other Trump associates during and after the Nov. 8 presidential election. Federal prosecutors in Virginia are investigating a deal between Flynn and Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin as part of a grand jury criminal probe according to a subpoena seen by Reuters. Alptekins company Netherlands-based Inovo BV paid Flynn's consultancy $530000 between September and November to produce a documentary and research on Fethullah Gulen an exiled Turkish cleric living in the United States. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan blames Gulen for a failed coup last July. Alptekin an ally of Erdogan told Reuters he hired Flynn to provide research on how Gulen is pois
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