Bijan Kian seeks disclosure of Michael Flynn interviews

Defense lawyers for a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn say Flynn has lied so often that the government can't possibly have fulfilled its legal obligation to disclose all of his misstatements.

Flynn's former partner, Bijan Kian, is facing trial for illegal lobbying on behalf of Turkey. Kian and Flynn were pushing the U.S. to expel a Turkish cleric living in Pennsylvania, Fethullah Gulen, who is a nemesis of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Kian's lawyers say they expect Flynn will be the key witness at Kian's trial, and they'll need to impeach Flynn's credibility as a witness. Flynn has already pleaded guilty as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to making false statements, and Kian's lawyers say they know more about Flynn's lies from the public record than they do from what the government has disclosed from its files.

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