Flynn Dismissal Slammed as Corrupt DOJ Bid to Aid Trump Ally (1)

The U.S. Justice Department’s request to drop the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn is a politically motivated attempt to help an ally of President Donald Trump and should be denied, a retired federal judge said.

Flynn should instead be sentenced as originally planned after he pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents, according to a brief filed Wednesday in Washington by John Gleeson, who was named as a “friend of the court” to argue against the government.

The law allows courts to protect “the integrity of their own proceedings from prosecutors who undertake corrupt politically ...