ICAP’s Leadership Criticizes Dropping of Flynn Charges

New Op-Eds by ICAP’s Mary McCord, Neal Katyal, & Joshua Geltzer

ICAP’s leadership has taken to the pages of the New York Times to criticize the Justice Department’s startling decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn. Here’s what ICAP Legal Director Mary McCord wrote:

The report of my interview is no support for Mr. Barr’s dismissal of the Flynn case. It does not suggest that the F.B.I. had no counterintelligence reason for investigating Mr. Flynn. It does not suggest that the F.B.I.’s interview of Mr. Flynn — which led to the false-statements charge — was unlawful or unjustified. It does not support that Mr. Flynn’s false statements were not material. And it does not support the Justice Department’s assertion that the continued prosecution of the case against Mr. Flynn, who pleaded guilty to knowingly making material false statements to the FBI, “would not serve the interests of justice.”

Read the full piece here.

And here’s what ICAP Faculty Director Neal Katyal and Executive Director Joshua Geltzer wrote:

It’s important to understand why all Americans should be not just shocked but outraged. It’s not just because Mr. Flynn won’t go to jail or offer any service toward justice. It’s because this move embeds into official U.S. policy an extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people.

Check out the whole piece here.