BREAKING: Justice moves to drop case against Flynn

[mystery-ak]

Justice moves to drop case against Flynn
By Harper Neidig - 05/07/20 02:39 PM EDT

The Justice Department is moving to drop its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn had entered into a plea agreement in 2017 over charges that he lied to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in the months before Trump took office.

Flynn has since withdrawn from the plea agreement and is fighting the charges.

One of the Justice Department lawyers prosecuting Flynn abruptly withdrew from the case on Thursday amid President Trump's attacks on the case against his former national security adviser.

 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496640-justice-drops-case-against-flynn

[mountaineer]

AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn’s criminal case
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER20 minutes ago
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Russia investigation.

The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. ... MORE from AP

[mountaineer]

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/07/michael-flynn-brandon-van-grack/
DOJ Official Abruptly Withdraws From Michael Flynn Case



A top Justice Department official abruptly withdrew Thursday from the case against Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser.

Brandon Van Grack, who is chief of the Justice Department’s Foreign Agents Registration Act unit, notified the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., through a court filing that he is withdrawing from the case.

Van Grack, who worked on the special counsel’s Russia investigation, did not give a reason for his withdrawal, but it came after a series of revelations that call into question the FBI’s investigation of Flynn. Lawyers for the retired lieutenant general have accused Van Grack and other prosecutors of withholding evidence that they said shows that FBI agents set a “perjury trap” for Flynn.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ...

[mystery-ak]

DOJ drops case against Michael Flynn, in wake of internal memo release
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/drops-doj-case-against-michael-flynn-in-wake-of-internal-memo-release

[Right_in_Virginia]

AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn’s criminal case
WTOP/Washington, DC, May 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Russia investigation.

The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said 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 documents were obtained by The Associated Press.

The Justice Department 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 on January 24, 2017 was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”

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

“Through the course of my review of General Flynn’s case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case,” Jensen said in a statement. “I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed.”


More:  https://wtop.com/national/2020/05/ap-exclusive-justice-dept-dropping-flynns-criminal-case/

[Lando Lincoln]

I can't imagine the personal trauma and cost this has leveled on Mr. Flynn and his family.  There is no repair for that.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The Justice Department 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 on January 24, 2017 was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”

I want to see a lawsuit from Flynn, indictments from Barr and the impeachment of Judge Sullivan.

[mystery-ak]

I can't imagine the personal trauma and cost this has leveled on Mr. Flynn and his family.  There is no repair for that.

After 3 years he can finally relax

[mystery-ak]

I want to see a lawsuit from Flynn, indictments from Barr and the impeachment of Judge Sullivan.

So do I...the only thing they couldn't take away from him was his military pension..

[mountaineer]

Dan Bongino @dbongino
This has been a epic 24 hrs. Adam Schiff’s status as the biggest fraud in congress has been confirmed. The collusion hoax has been entirely decimated, along with the lunatics promoting it, & Comey’s war on Gen. Flynn is over w/Comey completely humiliated. And the media sucks too.
2:56 PM · May 7, 2020

[mystery-ak]

 thehill.com
Justice Department lawyer withdraws from Flynn case


One of the Justice Department lawyers prosecuting Michael Flynn abruptly withdrew from the case on Thursday amid attacks President Trump's on the case against his former national security adviser.

The move was announced with a one-sentence filing to the D.C. District Court that gave no reason for the departure.

Brandon L. Van Grack, a career prosecutor with the department, has been on the case since Flynn entered into a plea agreement in 2017 over charges that he lied to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in the months before Trump took office.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496638-justice-department-lawyer-withdraws-from-flynn-case

[Right_in_Virginia]

The Associated Press
Verified accountï‚™ @AP 

The Justice Department says the FBI's January 2017 interview of Flynn was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn” and “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”



2:58 PM · May 7, 2020·SocialFlow

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1258471190450130947

[catfish1957]

I can't imagine the personal trauma and cost this has leveled on Mr. Flynn and his family.  There is no repair for that.

Now....  time to start connecting the dots back to Schiff.........

[Right_in_Virginia]

God bless Sidney Powell.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Now....  time to start connecting the dots back to Schiff.........

Jack Posobiec
Verified account @JackPosobiec

Someone just schiffed his pants



12:07 PM - 7 May 2020

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1258473601340182534

[mountaineer]

Too bad we can't make Schiff, Obama, et al., pay for this BS.

Sharyl Attkisson @SharylAttkisson
The good news is that @GenFlynn  and @carterwpage  will be among those getting $$ for govt misdeeds against them. The bad news is that means our tax $ pays for what the bad guys did.
3:18 PM · May 7, 2020·

[Bigun]

thehill.com
Justice Department lawyer withdraws from Flynn case


One of the Justice Department lawyers prosecuting Michael Flynn abruptly withdrew from the case on Thursday amid attacks President Trump's on the case against his former national security adviser.

The move was announced with a one-sentence filing to the D.C. District Court that gave no reason for the departure.

Brandon L. Van Grack, a career prosecutor with the department, has been on the case since Flynn entered into a plea agreement in 2017 over charges that he lied to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in the months before Trump took office.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/496638-justice-department-lawyer-withdraws-from-flynn-case

And that lawyer needs to be summarily fired and disbarred!

[aligncare]

Too bad we can't make Schiff, Obama, et al., pay for this BS.

I’ll gladly pay to recompense Flynn, 

who was a pawn targeted by Obama’s FBI scheme to bring down the president.

[mystery-ak]

 washingtonexaminer.com
'Innocent man': Trump honors 'warrior' Flynn after DOJ drops criminal case
by Mike Brest  | May 07, 2020 03:29 PM


President Trump rejoiced when he heard the Justice Department was dropping its criminal case against his former national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.

“He was an innocent man ... Now in my book he’s an even greater warrior," Trump said, according to a press pool report Thursday afternoon. “They’re human scum ... It’s treason," the president added, referring to the Obama administration.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/innocent-man-trump-honors-warrior-flynn-after-doj-drops-criminal-case

[Right_in_Virginia]

I wonder if Comey thinks this is still funny ....


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvmk1loLZQU

[truth_seeker]

God bless Sidney Powell.

Big time. She must be an excelent lawyer.

[mountaineer]

Sean Davis    @seanmdav
It's also beginning to look like the corrupt scheme to entrap Flynn originated in the Oval Office in January 5, 2017. That's the meeting that Susan Rice chose to memorialize in a bizarre Inauguration Day memo claiming Obama told them to do everything "by the book."


3:40 PM · May 7, 2020·

[corbe]

I think you found your new FBI Director, Mr. President.

[aligncare]

Obama. The name that will never be spoken in connection with the FBI coup attempt. Obama’s FBI, fresh off a stint clearing Hillary. Busy little bees over there at FBI management.

[Free Vulcan]

Congrats to Flynn. So glad he did a 180 and fought this. And kudos to Sydney Powell for bringing it all crashing down.

This puts a giant sucking chest wound into Nadler and Schiffty's collusion dog and pony show.

May prosecutions and jail time come from it.