President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had granted a "full pardon" to his former national security adviser, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

The move was long expected after Trump said in March he was "strongly considering" pardoning Flynn, who initially cooperated with former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election before contending that he'd been railroaded by prosecutors who were unfairly targeting the president.