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WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trumps first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBIs Russia investigation.
The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. It comes even though prosecutors for the last three years had maintained that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview. Flynn himself admitted as much, and became a key cooperator for Mueller as he investigated ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information. The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.
The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynns interview by the FBI was untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBIs counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.
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