President Trump said he was very happy about a U.S. appeals court decision that directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI
WASHINGTON - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, handing the Justice Department a victory in the politically charged case.
Trump, who has signaled a possible pardon for Flynn, welcomed the ruling. “I’m very happy about General Flynn. He was treated horribly,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “In this case, the district court’s actions will result in specific harms to the exercise of the executive branch’s exclusive prosecutorial power,” wrote Judge Neomi Rao, who was appointed by Trump.
Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia’s then-ambassador, Sergey Kislyak.He then switched lawyers to pursue a new scorched-earth tactic that accused the FBI of entrapping him, and asked the judge to dismiss the charge.He said the Justice Department’s flip-flop on the case raised questions that merited further scrutiny by the District Court.
Sullivan has said he cannot serve as a “rubber stamp” and must carefully review the facts in this “unprecedented” request.
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