The U.S. justice Department has accused Flynn in lobbying Erdogan

Former national security Advisor to US President Donald trump , Michael Flynn, who was dismissed for unauthorised ties with Russia, retroactively registered as a foreign agent after he paid $530 thousand for lobbying the interests of the Turkish government. On it informs Agency Associated Press.

According to documents filed in registration of foreign agents of the U.S. Department of justice, Flynn from August to November 2016 worked at, which was to obtain information about the opposition of the Turkish Imam Fethullah Hylene. He lives in USA and Ankara accuses him of organizing a coup attempt.

According to the source, firm Flynn also tried to influence the U.S. government to adopt measures against Gulen, including, perhaps, lobbied the possibility of his extradition to Turkey. The publication reports that employees of the company Flynn met on this issue with representatives of the national security Committee of the house of representatives.

Turkish businessman Yakim Alptekin, the firm hired Flynn, said that the documents the Department of justice was filed in response to the pressure from the officials of the Ministry of justice in recent weeks.

The Alptekin is a member of Turkish business Council, which is headed by an official appointed by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Agency reports that Alptekin Flynn arranged for a meeting with the Minister of foreign Affairs and the Minister of energy of Turkey, when they were in new York at the UN Assembly.

The businessman added that demanded the return of $530 thousand, as it was not satisfied with the result of the work of the company.

February 14, Flynn resigned. His departure was preceded by criticism for a discussion of the problems of sanctions with the Russian Ambassador in Washington Sergei Kislyak.

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