A lawyer for Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser, said in court Tuesday that she briefed President Trump and one of his lawyers on the status of Flynn's criminal case in the past 2 weeks.
Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, leaves federal court with lawyer Sidney Powell in September 2019.Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, leaves federal court with lawyer Sidney Powell in September 2019.
The disclosure emerged at an unusual hearing in which the judge presiding over Flynn's case probed the Justice Department's motives for abandoning charges against the former national security adviser, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador. Gleeson said that this White House, more than any other since Richard Nixon, had trampled on the independence of the Justice Department and the FBI, which had yielded to pressure from the president to drop the case against Flynn.
"It is a hideous abuse of power that continues to this very minute," Powell said of the case against Flynn.Powell ultimately backed down from her assertion about executive privilege after the judge repeatedly pressed her about meetings and conversations she had with Trump, Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen.
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