The Associated Press reports:
A former federal judge appointed to review the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss criminal charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn has found that the government’s request should be denied because there is “clear evidence of a gross abuse of prosecutorial power.”
Former U.S. District Judge John Gleeson said in a filing Wednesday that the government “has engaged in highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President.”
Gleeson was appointed by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in a special role to weigh in on the case, but it will ultimately be up to Sullivan and potentially an appeals court whether to accept the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case.
Wow. Former Judge Gleeson does not mince words in his brief in the Michael Flynn case, calling DOJ’s decision to drop charges “corrupt” and “highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President.” https://t.co/3m9mRxsGH3 pic.twitter.com/TxEs3S1oMy
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) June 10, 2020
An independent lawyer appointed by federal judge in DC recommended that Flynn be sentenced on the charge he pleaded guilty to and found the Justice Department “engaged in h͟i͟ ͟gh͟l͟ ͟y i͟r͟r͟e͟ ͟gu͟l͟a͟r͟ c͟o͟n͟d͟u͟c͟t͟” to benefit Trump ally. https://t.co/lYEmkqMUbY
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) June 10, 2020
BREAKING: An ex-judge reviewing the case against Michael Flynn blasts the Justice Department for what he calls a “pretextual” effort to drop charges https://t.co/0X7EUyd5sv
— POLITICO (@politico) June 10, 2020