• Home
  • About
    • Authors
  • Articles
    • Archives
    • Chaplain
    • Crime & Controversy
    • Community
    • Cop Humor
    • Editorial
    • Op-ed
    • Gear & Technology
    • Investigations
    • Laws & Legal
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Officer Down
    • On Duty
    • Tactics
  • Network
    • Illinois Network
    • Minneapolis Network
    • Tulsa Network
    • Wauwatosa Network
    • Learn more
  • Training
  • Officer Privacy
  • Jobs
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
Law Officer
Law Officer
No Result
View All Result

DOJ drops case against General Michael Flynn

May 7, 2020
Law OfficerbyLaw Officer
Share and speak up for justice, law & order...

The Justice Department has moved to drop its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

The development comes after internal memos were released raising serious questions about the nature of the investigation that led to Flynn’s 2017 guilty plea of lying to the FBI.

According to Fox News, the announcement came in a court filing, with the department saying 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 DOJ 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 was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”

READ THE MOTION TO DISMISS HERE

The final determination to dismiss the case will come from the judge assigned to oversee it.

The retired Army lieutenant general has been trying to withdraw his plea, but the case has been plodding through the court system with no resolution ever since his original plea.

The DOJ decision would appear to put an end to that process.

Earlier Thursday, the top prosecutor on the case, Brandon Van Grack, abruptly withdrew from the case, without explanation.

Documents unsealed a week ago by the Justice Department revealed agents discussed their motivations for interviewing him in the Russia probe—questioning whether they wanted to“get him to lie” so he’d be fired or prosecuted, or get him to admit wrongdoing. Flynn allies howled over the revelations, arguing that he was essentially set up in a perjury trap. In that interview, Flynn did not admit wrongdoing and instead was accused of lying about his contacts with the then-Russian ambassador – to which he pleaded guilty.

The latest DOJ filing stated noted Flynn’s false statement plea pertains to a crime that requires a statement “to be not simply false, but ‘materially’ false with respect to a matter under investigation.” The filing said the government “is not persuaded that the January 24, 2017 interview was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis and therefore does not believe Mr. Flynn’s statements were material even if untrue.”

The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended dropping the case to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week.

Flynn was brought into the Mueller investigation after his interview with investigators and was fired from his prominent post as national security adviser in February 2017. The resignation came as he was accused of misleading Vice President Pence and other senior White House officials about his communications with Kislyak.

Flynn’s communications with Kislyak in December 2016 had been picked up in wiretapped discussions. The FBI agents in January 2017 questioned him on the communications, and later used his answers to form the basis for the false statement charge and his guilty plea.

Flynn’s supporters have insisted he is innocent but was pressured to plead guilty when his son was threatened with prosecution and he exhausted his financial resources. The release of the handwritten FBI notes fueled accusations from Flynn’s defenders that agents did not conduct themselves properly in the case.

 


Share and speak up for justice, law & order...
Tags: dojFBImichael flynnNews
Law Officer

Law Officer

Law Officer is the only major law enforcement publication and website owned and operated by law enforcement—for law enforcement and supporters of justice, law, and order. This unique facet makes Law Officer much more than just a publishing company, but a true advocate for the law enforcement profession.

Related Posts

Witnessing ‘The Purge’ of Phoenix?

September 29, 2023

FBI allegedly lost hundreds of thousands in rare coins during warrant service

September 24, 2023
Source: YouTube

Phoenix Rising…Or Falling?

September 15, 2023

The Nail In A Needed Coffin

September 2, 2023

DOJ names ‘sweetheart plea deal’ prosecutor as special counsel in Hunter Biden probe

August 13, 2023
Craig Robertson

Armed Utah man shot and killed during FBI raid linked to assassination threats against president, other top Dems

August 10, 2023
Load More

Latest Articles

David Andrew Boll

Driver in fatal crash was free on stayed sentence following violent crime conviction

October 4, 2023
Henry Hauser

Repeat sex offender kidnapped woman, kept her in garage for weeks while ‘acting out fantasy,’ prosecutor says

October 3, 2023
Tucker Blakely

Tennessee deputy gunned down during call of domestic violence

October 3, 2023
Tommy Norman

Policeman’s Big Heart

October 3, 2023
Robert Wayne Lee

Michigan man known for unmasking child sex predators online, shot and killed by suspected pedophile

October 3, 2023
Henry Cuellar

Democrat congressman carjacked outside DC apartment

October 3, 2023
Load More

Weekly E-Newsletter

Subscribe—and get the latest news and editorials direct from Law Officer each week!

[newsletter_form type="minimal"]

JOIN THE FIGHT

BE COURAGEOUS

FIND MORE…

Law Officer

© 2021 LawOfficer.com

LawOfficer.com

  • Home
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Corrections
  • Contact

Speak up for justice, law & order

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
    • Authors
  • Articles
    • Archives
    • Chaplain
    • Crime & Controversy
    • Community
    • Cop Humor
    • Editorial
    • Op-ed
    • Gear & Technology
    • Investigations
    • Laws & Legal
    • Leadership
    • News
    • Officer Down
    • On Duty
    • Tactics
  • Network
    • Illinois Network
    • Minneapolis Network
    • Tulsa Network
    • Wauwatosa Network
    • Learn more
  • Training
  • Officer Privacy
  • Jobs
  • Contact

© 2021 LawOfficer.com