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Bill Barr defends dropping Michael Flynn case: ‘It was not a
crime’
By Joshua Rhett Miller
May 8, 2020 | 9:44am
"Attorney General Bill Barr is defending the Justice Department’s decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn, saying President Trump’s former national security adviser did not commit a crime.
In his first public comments since Thursday’s stunning reversal, Barr defended Flynn, who admitted lying to FBI investigators regarding his contacts during the Russia probe, while denying that he was working at the behest of President Trump.
“Well, you know, people sometimes plead to things that turn out not to be crimes,” Barr told CBS in an exclusive interview. “And the Department of Justice is not persuaded that this was material to any legitimate counterintelligence investigation. So it was not a crime.”
Flynn pleaded guilty in late 2017 to lying about two contacts he had with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. He later tried to withdraw that plea ahead of sentencing, claiming he did not intentionally lie.
Barr denied doing President Trump’s “bidding” in Flynn’s case, insisting the decision was “easy” to make — and a determination he made without consulting the commander-in-chief."
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