Daily Mail: Bill Barr's Justice Department DROPS case against Mike Flynn for lying to the FBI even though he pleaded GUILTY - and triumphant Donald Trump accuses 'Obama' officials of 'treason' for bringing case
* Justice Department abruptly drops highest-profile case brought by Robert Mueller saying it is ending prosecution of Mike Flynn
* Donald Trump's first national security adviser had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in a plea deal with Mueller's prosecutors
* Flynn told a judge under oath that he was guilty - but he tried to withdraw that plea after changing lawyers
* Now the DOJ says a review of the case by a U.S. attorney picked by Bill Barr has led to it dropping the prosecution
* Career prosecutor who oversaw the case quit minutes before the move was announced
* DOJ said Barr had 'agreed' with the move, which came after furious tweeting by the president
* Decision means Trump can avoid questions on whether he will pardon Flynn
* Trump called government prosecutors 'human scum'
Attorney General Bill Barr's Justice Department said Thursday it was dropping its criminal case against fired Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn – who has pleaded guilty to numerous charges in federal court.
The stunning turnaround drew immediate praise from Trump, who has long claimed Flynn was railroaded and had kept alive the possibility of a presidential pardon while attacking prosecutors he said were on a 'witch hunt.'
President Trump reacted in the Oval Office by saying Flynn 'was an innocent man.'
'Now in my book he's an even greater warrior,' the president said.
Trump said he would reach out to Flynn at the 'appropriate' time.
'I think he’s a hero. It’s a scam. It was a scam and a hoax. I think he’s a hero, the general,' Trump said.
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WNU Editor: The government's reasoning for dropping the case is the following .... the government has concluded that the interview of Mr Flynn was untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI counterintelligence investigation...government is not persuaded that the January 24 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis (CBS). More here .... The investigation of Flynn was based "solely on his calls with Kislyak." "The calls were entirely appropriate on their face." (Techno Fog). The complete government document to dismiss is here (Flynn Motion to Dismiss). As to what is my take. When General Flynn pleaded guilty I mentioned at the time that when you are in government and you lie to Justice officials, you will have to suffer the consequences. Having said that. The actions of former FBI Director Comey and other senior FBI officials who deliberately sent in the investigators to entrap General Flynn (see here) was and is reprehensible. Especially since we only learned last week that the FBI knew General Flynn had did nothing wrong, but decided to target him anyway (see here). What General Flynn did was bad. But what these FBI officials did was (and is) far worse.
Update: The reaction has been predictable .... from Congressman Nadler and Chair of the House Judiciary Committee (see link here), and from former FBI Director Comey (see link here).
Update #2: President Trump has responded.
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More News On The U.S. Justice Department Has Dropped All Charges Against Former National Security Adviser General Flynn
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US Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Trump aide Michael Flynn -- France 24
DOJ drops criminal case against Michael Flynn -- Politico
Justice Dept. Drops Case Against Michael Flynn -- New York Times
Justice Department drops criminal case against Michael Flynn -- CNN
DOJ drops case against Michael Flynn, in wake of internal memo release -- FOX News
Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn charges of lying to FBI dropped -- BBC
End of Russiagate? DOJ drops case against Trump adviser Flynn that started ‘witch hunt’ -- RT
5 comments:
Lots of people will be getting Richard Nixon masks this year for Christmas.
I am not sure which way to take that comment. I can interpret it 2 ways.
"When General Flynn pleaded guilty I mentioned at the time that when you are in government and you lie to Justice officials, you will have to suffer the consequences."
"And he claimed that at the moment he does not recall whether he discussed sanctions on Russia with Kislyak, as the FBI has alleged.
However, Flynn has previously affirmed at two court hearings that he had falsely told FBI agents in January 2017 that he did not ask Kislyak to refrain from escalating sanctions in response to the imposition of sanctions against Russia by the Obama administration"
Fake Senator: Welcome to the Grand Jury, Mrs. Clinton. How are you?
Fake Hillary: I'm sorry, I don't recall.
Fake Senator: How's the book tour?
Fake Hillary: Uh, I'm sorry, I don't recall.
29 days before inauguration, when Obama is a lame duck, Flynn asks Kislyak for Russian to not retaliate with sanctions?
There was a pundit that said sanctions against Russia was going to hurt American Ag. Pork exports to Russia stopped. When it was over Russia had developed a pork industry. Now, they can grow it and the US loses market share in China too. The Democrats wanted sanctions because of power plays at home. In the meantime they fucked over the Ag sector, but they did not care. Good Job Democrats! You always know how to scream BOHICA with great gusto and as they peg the American public.
29 days before inauguration, when Obama is a lame duck, Flynn asks Kislyak for Russian to not retaliate with sanctions?
The Logan Act is so important in this case, when J Kerrey is Iran? When Podesta gets a pass, but Manafort does not? Manafort and Podesta were working hand in glove and one gets pegged and the other one does not.
The only reason we have a transition from the 2nd Tuesday of November to January 20th is an artifact of the transportation system of the 18th century. Nowadays all it odes is give Democrats time to "find" ballots in car trunks and sow political bombs.
www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/flynn-russia-calls-breakdown/index.html
Democrats can GTH!
It's like Watergate only backwards, the MSM and Democrats DOJ, FBI were all protecting Nixon the whole time...hence the Nixon masks.
What did Nixon do exactly? Maybe covered up a misdemeanor? Maybe.
No proof that he ordered the break in.
The break in was for what? To see what speeches and rhetoric McGovern would use? And maybe to see what hookers all the DNC staff were using.
Could Joe Biden have gotten is sexual assault and womanizing ways passed down to him by Democrats of the 60s and 70s?
Also kind of a leap to infer from a sample size of 1, Gordon Liddy, to the whole FBI.
In the current set up, you have Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, another l FBI lawyer, ....
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