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June 25, 2020

Appeals Court Will Allow Justice Department to Dismiss Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn
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A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to dismiss the
criminal case against Trump's former national security adviser Michael
Flynn, even though Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about
his communications with the Russian ambassador.

The ruling is a major victory for the Justice Department, which has
sought to drop the case against Flynn. The ruling came as the House
Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the politicization of the Justice
Department. Former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, who served under
George H.W. Bush, said William Barr poses "the greatest threat in my
lifetime to our rule of law."

Donald Ayer: "I think we're on the way to something far worse than
Watergate, where you had a problem of public distrust, because it's
becoming very transparent that many things are being done, essentially,
for reasons that are completely unrelated to the merits of the case.



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