The Saga of Michael Flynn

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Federal prosecutors are asking a court to throw out their own criminal case against the former national security adviser Michael Flynn. We look at what led to that decision. Guest: Mark Mazzetti (https://www.nytimes.com/by/mark-mazzetti), a Washington investigative correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Background reading:


Attorney General William Barr’s extraordinary decision to drop the criminal case (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/michael-flynn-case-dropped.html?smid=pc-thedaily) against Mr. Flynn shocked legal experts (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/politics/barr-mueller-investigation-flynn.html?smid=pc-thedaily), won President Trump’s praise and prompted a career prosecutor to quit the case
The federal judge overseeing the case has appointed a hard-charging former prosecutor and judge (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/us/politics/michael-flynn-john-gleeson-judge.html?smid=pc-thedaily) to oppose the Justice Department’s efforts. The dropped charges against Mr. Flynn granted him another turnabout in a life filled with them (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/politics/michael-flynn.html?smid=pc-thedaily).


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