Epstein Secrets

, 4.73M) reports the Justice Department argued in a filing with US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's prosecution for lying to federal agents should be dismissed because Flynn accepted a full pardon from President Trump. The Department wrote in it

met Sullivan in Washington that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's prosecution for lying to federal agents should be dismissed because Flynn accepted a full pardon from President Trump. The Department wrote in its filing, "The president's pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots t

te in its filing, "The president's pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots this case. ... No further pro

nd increase Federal Trade Commission enforcement activity." Additionally, the "legal issues involved include U.S. surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" and other directives. The next administration "opens the door to potential reconsideration of, or modifications to," some of these, "which could p

te in its filing, "The president's pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots this case. ... No further pro

, 4.73M) reports the Justice Department argued in a filing with US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's prosecution for lying to federal agents should be dismissed because Flynn accepted a full pardon from President Trump. The Department wrote in it

met Sullivan in Washington that former national security adviser Michael Flynn's prosecution for lying to federal agents should be dismissed because Flynn accepted a full pardon from President Trump. The Department wrote in its filing, "The president's pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots t

nd increase Federal Trade Commission enforcement activity." Additionally, the "legal issues involved include U.S. surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" and other directives. The next administration "opens the door to potential reconsideration of, or modifications to," some of these, "which could p

CNN (7/18, Polantz, 83.16M) reports federal Judge Anthony Trenga is deciding whether to throw out the conspiracy and foreign lobbying charges "that Michael Flynn's ex-lobbying partner faces because the evidence prosecutors have presented at trial this week has been 'very, very circumstantial."' The judge said,

d at trial this week has been 'very, very circumstantial."' The judge said, "Much of it's very speculative." If Trenga were to end the case "against Flynn's partner Bijan Kian, it would be an enormous boon to Flynn and a shocking blow to a Justice Department effort." The biggest hole in prosecutors' p

the Trump-Russia investigation after the conclusion of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation into alleged abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act." Graham, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, "said there are questions he wants to ask former FBI Director James Comey and his deputy Andrew

umbers, of NSA documents. Lieutenant General Mike Flynn, the DIA director, who directed the DIA secret st

the American public, the NSA had not acted on its own. It had obtained a warrant issued by a secret court established by Congress in 1978 as part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for each request for records. Congress empowered the FISA court to hear cases and authorize search warrants in secret in cases involving natio