Washington — US President Donald Trump on Thursday praised his former adviser Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty as part of the federal government’s Russia investigation, and offered him “good luck” one day before an update was due in the case ahead of sentencing.

The former national security adviser during Trump’s early weeks in office has shaken up his legal team in recent days. Sidney Powell, a fierce critic of US special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, said on Wednesday she was taking on Flynn’s case...

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