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Appeals Court Orders Federal Judge to Side With DOJ and Dismiss Charges Against Michael Flynn
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a federal district judge to dismiss the charges against President Donald Trump’s fired National Security Advisor, Mike Flynn.
The Dept. of Justice filed a motion to drop the case, but the federal judge legally has the right to refuse that request. An additional issue is that Flynn may have committed perjury. The judge was investigating if Flynn should be charged with that in addition to the other counts, to which he had already pleaded guilty.
The order come just as a federal prosecutor is about to testify before Congress about the politicization of the Dept. of Justice by Attorney General Bill Barr, especially in another case of another of President Donald Trump’s close friends, Roger Stone.
“What I heard – repeatedly – was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the President,” Aaron Zelinsky’s statement reads.
UPDATE:
Trump appointee Neomi Rao, is the judge who authored the 2-1 ruling, per Politico’s Kyle Cheney. Rao is considered by many to be unfit, a Trump loyalist, and an extremist.
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