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Ex-F.B.I. Official Is Said to Undercut Justice Dept. Effort to Drop Flynn Case
NYT ^ | May 13, 2020 | Adam Goldman and Katie Benner

Posted on 05/14/2020 4:34:51 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

WASHINGTON — A key former F.B.I. official cast doubt on the Justice Department’s case for dropping a criminal charge against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn during an interview with investigators last week, according to people familiar with the investigation.

Department officials reviewing the Flynn case interviewed Bill Priestap, the former head of F.B.I. counterintelligence, two days before making their extraordinary request to drop the case to Judge Emmet G. Sullivan. They did not tell Judge Sullivan about Mr. Priestap’s interview. A Justice Department official said that they were in the process of writing up a report on the interview and that it would soon be filed with the court.

The department’s motion referred to notes that Mr. Priestap wrote around the bureau’s 2017 questioning of Mr. Flynn, who later pleaded guilty to lying to investigators during that interview. His lawyers said Mr. Priestap’s notes — recently uncovered during a review of the case — suggested that the F.B.I. was trying to entrap Mr. Flynn, and Attorney General William P. Barr said investigators were trying to “lay a perjury trap.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andrewmccabe; barr; billpriestap; carterpage; christopherwray; davidlaufman; dirtyjudgesullivan; emmetsullivan; flynn; jamescomey; johnbrennan; lisabarsoomian; lisapage; michaelcohen; michaelflynn; mikeflynn; perjury; peterstrzok; priestapsullivan; robertmueller; rodrosenstein; steeledossier
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"Mr. Priestap’s notes were among the documents that Mr. Jensen found."

Why's they have to be found? The note's should have always been readily available as part of the chain of custody.

1 posted on 05/14/2020 4:34:51 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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“[Priestap] said that F.B.I. officials were trying to do the right thing in questioning Mr. Flynn and that he knew of no effort to set him up.”

“knew of no effort”!!!!!

His views were disregarded because they were absurd, and lies, and can be shown to be lies.


2 posted on 05/14/2020 4:40:57 AM PDT by odawg
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This seems really simple: grant Flynn’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea, grant the DOJ motion to withdrawal charges.

It’s over.


3 posted on 05/14/2020 4:41:16 AM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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To: All
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If you believe that Telling the Truth matters to them whatsoever, explain this!



4 posted on 05/14/2020 4:45:15 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Saving face and covering butt.


5 posted on 05/14/2020 4:46:49 AM PDT by exnavy (american by birth and choice, I love this country!)
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Mr. Van Grack and Ms. Ballantine, the prosecutors on the case, acknowledged the facts but vociferously disagreed with Mr. Jensen’s legal argument that Mr. Flynn’s lies were immaterial to the larger investigation into Russian election interference, according to department lawyers familiar with their conversations.

How does what Flynn did after the election be material to "Russian election interference"?

How was Flynn's interaction with Turkey material in "Russian election interference"?
6 posted on 05/14/2020 4:47:05 AM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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They are all nervous and trying to protect each other. The wrong doing is always covered up and twisted. The liberal media will come to the rescue.


7 posted on 05/14/2020 4:48:08 AM PDT by FreedBird
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They are starting to sound like kids making up stupid lies on the fly hoping to stay out of trouble. It won’t work.


8 posted on 05/14/2020 4:49:56 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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“.... that he was giving them his interpretation of the notes as he read them now, according to a person familiar with his interview.”


9 posted on 05/14/2020 4:50:04 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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I suspect they’re trying to create a new narrative in which Priestap will claim to have been “targeted for prosecution” because of “crossing Trump”.


10 posted on 05/14/2020 4:50:10 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: stylin19a

The whole Russian election interference was a complete hoax with many villains throughout the Democrat party, Obama administration and the MSM. And some villains in the Republican party. Many of the rats are getting nervous.


11 posted on 05/14/2020 4:54:48 AM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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Exactly who is bring this to court? What standing?


12 posted on 05/14/2020 4:59:35 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: stylin19a

Funny (not really) that the article doesn’t mention that Van Grack headed for the hills right before the DOJ announced that they were dropping the case against Flynn.


13 posted on 05/14/2020 5:00:14 AM PDT by ratzoe
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It seems almost impossible for a Democrat & especially a federal judge, to admit that a mistake was made on their part. Where one may lie, another will swear to that lie.......until the whole house of cards comes down & many lives are needlessly ruined.


14 posted on 05/14/2020 5:04:13 AM PDT by oldtech
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If Adam Goldman is the author/co-author, you know this is what the left and/or DS want put out there, truth be damned. Goldman is a complete tool.
15 posted on 05/14/2020 5:05:06 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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"Mr. Priestap told investigators that he did not remember the circumstances surrounding the notes that he took, and that he was giving them his interpretation of the notes as he read them now, according to a person familiar with his interview"

Well then Priestap has no credibility to speak up now "to clear the air" He seems to have the Biden defense "I don't remember"

16 posted on 05/14/2020 5:33:30 AM PDT by DAC21
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More and more that sounds like it’s the case. Flynn needed to be taken out to protect Obama. Now it’s all about protecting themselves (FBI). I would love to see one of those honest rank and file FBI guys that Hannity keeps talking about just blow the whistle on all of this.

The judge isn’t much better. I have never heard a case when the prosecutor drops the case, the just says no. When Holder dropped the Black Panther voter intimidation case, the judge did not keep it going, even with they were guilty of the crime. Flynn in innocent of the crimes he is being charged of, the FBI notes show it. In Flynn’s case, he must pay the price for daring to cross Obama. When this is all over, Team Trump should debrief Flynn to figure out what the deep state is so scared of being revealed.


17 posted on 05/14/2020 5:36:27 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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Just minutes after that news surfaced, Justice Department sources told Fox News that the DOJ was dropping the Flynn case entirely. That move came on the recommendation of U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen, who served as an FBI agent for more than a decade and had been evaluating the Flynn case.

Mueller prosecutor withdraws from Flynn case after questions surface concerning his compliance with court order

So it's a little confusing which occurred first. Did the DoJ inform Van Grack they were dropping the case which then prompted him to quit, or did he quit which then prompted the DoJ to drop the case against Flynn. Either way this whole Flynn case was absolutely prosecutorial abuse and people should be heading to jail.

18 posted on 05/14/2020 6:00:02 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Ex FBI Official” huh?
Would that be Priestap the crook?
Ge has about as much credibility as Baghdad Bob.


19 posted on 05/14/2020 6:10:02 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Priestap: ‘Do you believe me or your lying eyes?’


20 posted on 05/14/2020 6:18:34 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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