Federal investigators probing the lobbying work of ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn are examining the role of Bijan Kian, Flynn’s former business partner, according to an FBI interviewee, reports Reuters. Investigators are also looking at whether payments from foreign clients to Flynn and his company, the now-inactive Flynn Intel Group, were lawful, according to two separate sources with knowledge of the inquiry into Flynn’s business activities.

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