To link - U.S. judge puts on hold Justice Dept. move to dismiss Michael Flynn's guilty plea
"An Ugly Day for the Justice Department"
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday put on hold the Justice Department’s move to drop charges against Michael Flynn, saying he expects independent groups and legal experts to argue against the bid to exonerate President Trump’s former national security adviser of lying to the FBI.
Trump lied his way to the presidency. [...] The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people. By Neal K. Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer The authors are law professors at Georgetown. [...] It’s because this move embeds into official U.S. policy an extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people. It’s a deception that Americans must see through — and that the federal judge overseeing Mr. Flynn’s case, Emmet Sullivan, can reject by examining the Justice Department’s rationale in open court and by allowing a future Justice Department to reconsider charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/michael-flynn-trump-barr.html