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Late last night, a summary filed in support of the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss charges against Michael Flynn contained a couple of new bombshells about both. One FBI agent involved in all three probes describe the case against Flynn as “not great,†and that Robert Mueller and his team had a “get Trump†attitude in a case that never materialized.Politico’s Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein summarize the testimony of Agent William Barnett, who served at times in all of those phases:QuoteA 13-page summary of an interview with Flynn case agent William Barnett, made public in a court filing by prosecutors just before midnight Thursday, also revealed that the veteran agent harbored deep doubts and skepticism about the merits of the investigation into Flynn’s potential ties with Russia — at least in its early stages — and questioned the Mueller team’s tactics in the broader probe of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russians, known as Crossfire Hurricane.Though Barnett said he repeatedly expressed those doubts to colleagues and superiors — and says he feared groupthink and a “get Trump†attitude was driving the investigation forward — he continued to be included in the work of Mueller’s attorneys during sensitive interviews.The interview report says that while Barnett viewed the investigative steps taken as “legally justified,†the so-called predication — or factual basis — for the probe into Flynn was “not great.†Barnett said that his view of the overall Trump-Russia probe was that it was based on “supposition upon supposition.â€
A 13-page summary of an interview with Flynn case agent William Barnett, made public in a court filing by prosecutors just before midnight Thursday, also revealed that the veteran agent harbored deep doubts and skepticism about the merits of the investigation into Flynn’s potential ties with Russia — at least in its early stages — and questioned the Mueller team’s tactics in the broader probe of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russians, known as Crossfire Hurricane.Though Barnett said he repeatedly expressed those doubts to colleagues and superiors — and says he feared groupthink and a “get Trump†attitude was driving the investigation forward — he continued to be included in the work of Mueller’s attorneys during sensitive interviews.The interview report says that while Barnett viewed the investigative steps taken as “legally justified,†the so-called predication — or factual basis — for the probe into Flynn was “not great.†Barnett said that his view of the overall Trump-Russia probe was that it was based on “supposition upon supposition.â€
