Trump pardons Flynn - Biden’s Thanksgiving appeal - Iran prisoner swap

Flynn, 61, fought to dismiss the government's case against him this year after he pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to investigators about his December 2016 conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak related to Russia’s response to the Obama administration kicking Russians out of the United States as retaliation for Russian election interference and related to a U.N. resolution on Israel.
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In a statement, Flynn's family said it is "grateful" to Trump "for answering our prayers and the prayers of a nation by removing the heavy burden of injustice off the shoulders of our brother Michael, with a full pardon of innocence." Democrats criticized the decision. "This pardon is undeserved, unprincipled, and one more stain on President Trump’s rapidly diminishing legacy," House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement.
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Fired FBI Director James Comey admitted he took advantage of the chaos in the early days of Trump's administration when he sent FBI agents over to the White House to talk to Flynn. Records released earlier this year included handwritten notes from [FBI investigator] Bill Priestap on the day the FBI interviewed Flynn, showing doubts about the strategy being pursued, with the [Crossfire Hurricane investigation] leader writing, “What's our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?”