Michael Flynn testifies in Trump election probe

Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump’s onetime national security adviser, appears at the Fulton County Courthouse to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP/PA)

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrived at an Atlanta court on Thursday to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-president Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

Mr Flynn, a retired lieutenant general, had tried to get out of appearing before the panel. But a judge in Florida last month said he must testify and an appeals court earlier this week declined to stay that order while Mr Flynn’s appeal was pending.