The judge should look skeptically at Barr's latest effort to rescue another Trump crony
“I RECOGNIZE that the actions I acknowledged in court today were wrong, and, through my faith in God, I am working to set things right,” Michael Flynn said when he pleaded guilty to the felony of lying to the FBI in 2017. “I accept full responsibility for my actions.”
Now, in a stunning blow to impartial justice, Attorney General William P. Barr is proposing to clear Mr. Flynn, who served as national security adviser at the beginning of President Trump’s term. It is the latest and perhaps most disturbing action Mr. Barr has taken to overrule the professionals of the Justice Department in a manner pleasing to his boss.
U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen said he made the call, then consulted Mr. Barr, who agreed. Mr. Jensen should not have been in a position to make that call. He had that position because Mr. Barr tapped him to “assist” other Justice Department prosecutors on a case of particular interest to Mr. Trump. Yet those other prosecutors needed no help determining Mr. Flynn’s guilt.
According to Mr. Flynn’s admissions, he advised Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak shortly before Mr. Trump’s 2017 inauguration that Moscow should resist responding to U.S. sanctions on Russia, which the Obama administration had imposed in response to the Kremlin’s 2016 election interference. Mr. Flynn also admitted that he misled Vice President Pence about what he had discussed with the Russian ambassador. In a plea deal, Mr. Flynn disclosed that he had knowingly lied to FBI agents who were investigating Mr. Flynn’s Russia ties.
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