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On May 7, the Justice Department moved to drop the charges against Flynn, which was unusual given Flynn had already pleaded guilty.
- Lying to the FBI isn’t a crime, they argued, unless the statements are “material” — that is, harmful to an investigation.
- The department contended that Flynn was not interviewed by the FBI in the context of any “viable counterintelligence investigation,” and thus any lies could not have been material.
- Those determinations were based in part on “newly discovered and disclosed information,” according to the filing.
The Justice Department filing was signedby a longtime Barr ally, but not any of the prosecutors who worked on the case against Flynn.
- Legal experts note that the DOJ doesn’t argue that Flynn was coerced or had his rights violated — more common grounds on which to drop such charges.
- The former acting head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, whose concerns about the Flynn probe are cited repeatedly by the DOJ as evidence that Flynn should not have been under investigation, wrote that her words were “twisted” in service of a “contorted argument.”
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