“He was an innocent man. Now in my book he’s an even greater warrior,” Trump said before turning the tables and going after Obama DOJ officials. “They’re human scum. It’s treason.”
“The Obama DOJ was a disgrace and they got caught, it was treason. I’m very happy for General Flynn,” he added.
From The Seattle Times:
In court documents filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.” The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.
The department said it had concluded that Flynn’s interview by the FBI was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn” and that the interview was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”
The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, formally recommended dropping it to Barr last week, the course of action vehemently and publicly recommended by Trump, who appointed Barr to head the Justice Department.
Barr has increasingly challenged the Russia investigation, saying in a television interview last month that it was started “without any basis.” In February, he overruled a decision by prosecutors in the case of Roger Stone, another former Trump adviser, in favor of a more lenient sentence for the longtime Trump friend.
Jensen said in a statement: “Through the course of my review of General Flynn’s case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case. I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed.”
President @realDonaldTrump on the DOJ dropping the case against @GenFlynn: What the corrupt Obama-Biden administration did to him is unprecedented, it never should have happened! pic.twitter.com/9M5xjl0tnQ— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) May 7, 2020
