Flynn committed perjury, and DOJ request to toss his conviction was ‘corrupt'

Could This Be the Beginning of a Trend? #10 Flynn committed perjury, and DOJ request to toss his conviction was ‘corrupt,’ ‘politically motivated,’ court-appointed adviser argues By Spencer S. Hsu and Ann E. Marimow June 10, 2020 at 1:27 p.m. PDT https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/michael-flynn-committed-perjury-but-should-not-face-contempt-hearing-court-appointed-counsel-finds/2020/06/10/09dada24-aa81-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html?fbclid=IwAR06unm11k3uYD-zDHKB3tQrGIYDDjvI-WSOr24JgVRV1bty4YvxROKQei8&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 6.25.20 Michael Flynn committed perjury, and his guilty plea of lying to the FBI should not be dismissed, a court-appointed adviser argued to a federal judge Wednesday, calling the Justice Department’s attempt to undo the conviction corrupt, politically motivated and “a gross abuse of prosecutorial power.” In a formal briefing to the judge overseeing Flynn’s case, former New York federal judge John Gleeson said Flynn’s guilt “could hardly be more provable.” He issued a sharp rebuke of the Justice Department’s move to abandon the long-running case and called out President Trump for refusing to accept “settled foundational norms of prosecutorial independence.” “The Government has engaged in highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President,” Gleeson wrote in an 82-page brief to U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. (Follow up: A federal appeals court has ordered the District Court to drop the charges and end the case. The trend of limiting ‘prosecutorial independence’ seems to be well established by this action. Pres. Trump got what he wanted. It’s up to us to determine if he gets to benefit from intervening in court proceedings. )

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