Posted on 05/07/2020 1:44:50 PM PDT by jazusamo
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Attorney General William Barr over the Justice Departments decision to drop criminal charges against President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said the outrageous move called for an immediate explanation. He added the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, would summon Barr to the Capitol as soon as possible, after a March hearing with the attorney general was postponed due to the pandemic.
Rest assured, we are going to reschedule that hearing, ASAP, and demand answers! Nadler said on Twitter.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday its intent to drop the criminal case against Flynn, a former Trump national security adviser who had previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia during the presidential transition. Flynn later withdrew from his plea agreement.
Nadler said the DOJs move demonstrated the politicization of the top federal law enforcement agency under Trump.
Flynn PLEADED GUILTY to lying to investigators, Nadler also said on Twitter. The evidence against him is overwhelming. Now, a politicized DOJ is dropping the case.
Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said the decision reflected the worst politicization of the Justice Department in its history.
Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his illicit Russian contacts. His lies do not now become truths, Schiff said in a tweet. This dismissal does not exonerate him. But it does incriminate Bill Barr.
In a court filing Thursday, the DOJ said newly uncovered FBI documents showed the investigation into Flynn was handled improperly and revealed that agents had misgivings about whether they believed Flynn had lied during his interview.
DOJ lawyers told the court that the FBI had initially moved to close the investigation in 2016 after finding a lack of evidence, but that the case remained open by mistake.
Flynn would later provide agents a description of a conversation he had with a Russian diplomat in the weeks before Trump's inauguration that prosecutors considered to be false and misleading, leading to Flynns guilty plea.
Some legal experts expressed dismay over the departments change in course.
It is highly unusual to dismiss a case after a defendant has pleaded guilty in open court, said Barbara McQuade, a law professor at Michigan University and former federal prosecutor. There is nothing in the public record to justify this dismissal.
They will be sorry they ever asked for an explanation. Looks like the corrupt FBI plot to get Flynn, backed by President Obama is about to be laid wide open.
Somebody obviously needs to give him a huge CLUE and
the devastated look on Nadler's face when you
lay out the whole charade will be comedic GOLD!
I hope like hell that it is televised...Barr’s gonna make them look like a rabid, foaming at the mouth, Senile Joe...
Dont get your Depends in a wad Jerry------if you had not stole the mic from Adam Schiff to make the closing statement
at the Senate trial, Trump would have been impeached. 50,000 people died b/c you, Jerry, stole the mic from Schiff.
Cackle......
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