The Justice Department's handling of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's case is a 'gross abuse of prosecutorial power,' a court-appointed attorney and former judge wrote in a searing 82-page analysis
The Justice Department's handling of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's case is a"gross abuse of prosecutorial power," a court-appointed attorney and former judge wrote in a searing 82-page analysis on Wednesday.
The court-appointed lawyer John Gleeson also argued that Flynn should be sentenced for lying, including for perjuring himself in court for admitting his crimes then disavowing them.Gleeson, looking at Flynn's full case record, reasoned that the Justice Department's recent support of Flynn is so politically advantageous to President Donald Trump and atypical for prosecutors, it's undermined the public's trust in the rule of law.
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