Lawyers for retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said they were given “stunning” evidence from a Justice Department review of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s handling of the onetime Trump adviser’s case, but it may not be the total exoneration some anticipate, according to sources familiar with
Some commentators in recent days have been buzzing about documents under protective order in the review of Flynn’s prosecution which they maintain may, if unsealed, be a big step toward clearing the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, whose criminal case stemming from the Russia probe remains in limbo more than three years after he resigned from the White House.
On Saturday, Flynn's family members tweeted a short video of the Rhode Island-raised career military intelligence officer after he went surfing on the beaches he grew up on. Flynn, in a black wetsuit and carrying a surfboard, was shown walking home after catching some waves, as he said he has done for the past 55 years.
"We are willing to take this to the very end -- we will keep fighting," said one close confidant of Lt. Gen. Flynn."If there is a pardon, of course we will take it. We appreciate the President’s sentiments for Gen. Flynn. We will see where it all goes." FBI and Justice Department spokespersons last week denied on the record that FBI Director Christopher Wray or other senior Bureau officials have withheld anything at all.
— Donald J. Trump March 15, 2020 Last fall, Flynn posed at D.C. political haunt The Palm with two men who have since benefited from President Trump’s mercy pen: pardoned former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik and embattled Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, whose rank and SEAL Trident the president restored and protected.
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