Appointed outside judge in Flynn case blasts Justice Department for 'gross abuse' of power.
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP, FILEadviser Michael Flynn's criminal case ripped into the Justice Department Wednesday in a lengthy filing that accuses Flynn of committing perjury and alleges the DOJ's unusual reversal in the case amounts to a"gross abuse of prosecutorial power."
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the filing, but is currently appealing Sullivan's refusal to dismiss the case to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is considering whether to overrule Sullivan and throw out the case. Attorney General William Barr speaks during in a roundtable with law enforcement officials in the State Dining Room of the White House, June, 8, 2020, in Washington.In his 73-page argument, Gleeson states his belief that Flynn"has indeed committed perjury in these proceedings, for which he deserves punishment," referring to Flynn's previous sworn statements in court in which he admitted lying to FBI agents who interviewed him at the White House in January 2017.
"Even recognizing that the Government is entitled to deference in assessing the strength of its case, these claims are not credible. Indeed, they are preposterous," Gleeson writes."For starters—and most unusually—they are directly and decisively disproven by the Government’s own briefs filed just months ago in this very proceeding. They are also plainly inconsistent with prior orders of this Court, which constitute law of the case.
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