Flynn Moves To Dismiss Mueller Case, Alleging ‘Outrageous’ Prosecutorial Wrongdoing – By Josh Kovensky (TPM) / Jan 29 2020
Michael Flynn accused prosecutors of withholding and manipulating evidence in a Wednesday motion to dismiss his case, marking the latest move in the onetime National Security Adviser’s turn from government cooperator to conspiratorial agitator.
Alleging “outrageous misconduct,” Flynn is trying to convince a federal judge to throw his case out “in the interests of justice” due to allegedly overwhelming prosecutorial wrongdoing.
Flynn is making the request after withdrawing his guilty plea in the false statements case, which saw him briefly cooperating with the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Now, Flynn has taken a recent Justice Department inspector general report, allegations that a federal prosecutor suborned perjury, and allegations of withheld exculpatory evidence to claim that he was framed and setup by his own government in shockingly inappropriate and wrongful conduct by the ‘leadership’ of the FBI, DOJ, and ‘intelligence officials.’”
“Only the dismissal of this prosecution in its entirety would begin to get the attention of the government, the FBI, and the DOJ needed to impress upon them the ‘reprehensible nature of its acts and omissions,’” wrote Sidney Powell, counsel for Flynn.
Flynn argued that a DOJ inspector general report which identified omissions in FISA warrant applications last month exposed how the prosecution against him was politically motivated.
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