PBS carries an Associated Press report that the Department of Justice is dropping their case against former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. He admitted lying to the FBI before asking the court to withdraw his guilty plea.
Documents recently released appeared to indicate the FBI attempted to entrap Flynn because of political malice. They did this after concluding he had done nothing wrong vis-a-vis the Russians.
It is widely believed that after their investigation determined Flynn had broken no laws, they set out to get him to break the one about lying to the FBI in order to get him fired or, even better, jailed. The motive was hatred of president-elect Trump and a wish to hobble or destroy him, which they failed to accomplish.
The Obama administration, in the waning days of which this all happened, appears to have very dirty hands, so much so that it was likely the Flynn case would not succeed. As we all know, judges throw out cases where the prosecution or police can be shown to have exceeded their authority or acted corruptly. That seems to be the case here.
