Posted on 05/07/2020 11:35:51 AM PDT by RaceBannon
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Russia investigation.
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Opens the door for Flynn to sue Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page and others for malicious prosecution. I’d love to see all of them bankrupted and imprisoned.
Jensen recommended it to Barr last week.
More from The Associated Press:
The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.” The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.
The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynn’s interview by the FBI was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn” and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”
The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended the move to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week.
“Through the course of my review of General Flynn’s case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case,” Jensen said in a statement. “I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed.”
The decision is certain to be embraced by Trump, who has relentlessly tweeted about the case and last week pronounced Flynn “exonerated,” and energize supporters who have taken up the retired Army lieutenant general as something of a cause celebre. But it may also add to Democratic concerns that Attorney General William Barr is excessively loyal to the president, and could be a distraction for a Justice Department that for months has sought to focus on crimes arising from the coronavirus.
The Justice Department’s action comes amid an internal review into the handling of the case and an aggressive effort by Flynn’s lawyers to challenge the basis for the prosecution. The lawyers cited newly disclosed FBI emails and notes last week to allege that Flynn was entrapped into lying when agents interviewed him at the White House days after Trump’s inauguration.
I hope so LOL, just to so libtard heads explode.
Will Flynn take the job of FBI director? Give him a plunger to unclog that toilet and give it a good flush.
First BOOM... Things are going to happen rapidly. Schiff is next. We also have 6 indictments on deck. The question is which one will come first.
Time to Fire Wray and make Flynn the temporary FBI Director.
President Trump must go after all the criminals NOW.
No more messing around or playing political games. We are about out of time.
This Republic is going to into the quickening.
WOOOHOOO
So all this, after they ruined him professionally and financially?
They still accomplished their mission.
I think issue is Flynn pleaded guilty earlier so the best outcome was for the DOJ to drop all charges.
I though Flynn plead guilty, and was trying to vacate the plea. Not sure how the feds can simply drop the case once the plea is entered.
First, the Dallas hairdresser gets released after being jailed for no apparent reason. Now, the DoJ is dropping the phony Flynn case.
Jensen was assigned to review this Feb 15 less than 90 days ago.
The AP first paragraph desperately tries to throw cold water on it.
This is a great day for justice!
I wonder in Judge Sullivan will be an ass and refuse to let the case be dropped on account of Flynn’s “guilty” plea?
Doesn’t the judge have to agree “to let” the case be dropped?
Want to bet indictments are being handed out as we speak.
If no case, there is no plea.
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes · 8m An unbelievable betrayal of the prosecutorial equities of the United States. I will have a lot more to say about this as soon as the filing is available.
... but, but Chris Wall@ss said that what the FBI did to Flynn was perfectly fine.
Can he sue for false prosecution and get everything he lost back?
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