{"id":8200,"date":"2020-05-08T11:47:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr\/"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:47:32","slug":"attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/press\/attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General\u2019s Decision to Drop Michael Flynn Prosecution Unprecedented & Further Grounds for Impeachment of William Barr"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8200","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Attorney General William Barr is a cancer on justice in this nation. Americans expect and deserve an Attorney General who enforces the law impartially, not one who abuses his office to accommodate the whims of a President who believes he has unlimited power. Barr has turned a proud and honorable Department of Justice (DOJ) into a political tool of a corrupt presidency. The unprecedented decision to drop the prosecution of Michael Flynn, despite his guilty plea, is yet another blatant abuse of the powers of his office to cover up the misdeeds and crimes of the Trump administration. Barr\u2019s attempt at a Soviet-style whitewash of the Mueller report and other abuses of his office led Common Cause in December to call on Congress to impeach Attorney General Barr.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[149,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Attorney General William Barr is a cancer on justice in this nation. Americans expect and deserve an Attorney General who enforces the law impartially, not one who abuses his office to accommodate the whims of a President who believes he has unlimited power. Barr has turned a proud and honorable Department of Justice (DOJ) into a political tool of a corrupt presidency. The unprecedented decision to drop the prosecution of Michael Flynn, despite his guilty plea, is yet another blatant abuse of the powers of his office to cover up the misdeeds and crimes of the Trump administration. Barr\u2019s attempt at a Soviet-style whitewash of the Mueller report and other abuses of his office led Common Cause in December to call on Congress to impeach Attorney General Barr<\/a>.\r\n\r\nWe renew our call to Congress to impeach William Barr before he does irreparable damage to the system of justice in our nation. We are a nation of laws yet William Barr, the nation\u2019s top law enforcement official, has routinely abused the powers of his office to undermine the rule of law for political advantage of the President who appointed him. Congress cannot allow these abuses to stand. The American people are watching and their verdict will be delivered on November 3, 2020.\r\n\r\nIn the interim, if Judge Sullivan grants the DOJ\u2019s motion to dismiss the case, he should do so without prejudice so future DOJ officials could prosecute Flynn for lying to the FBI, along with other crimes for which the DOJ withheld prosecution in exchange for Flynn\u2019s guilty plea. It is important to emphasize the Flynn entered his guilty plea to avoid prosecution for even more serious crimes including violations of Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for failing to register as agent of Turkey.\r\n\r\nTo read Common Cause\u2019s December 17, 2019 letter to Congress calling for William Barr\u2019s impeachment, \u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u044e\u0434\u0430<\/a>."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nAttorney General\u2019s Decision to Drop Michael Flynn Prosecution Unprecedented & Further Grounds for Impeachment of William Barr - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/press-releases\/attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Attorney General\u2019s Decision to Drop Michael Flynn Prosecution Unprecedented & Further Grounds for Impeachment of William Barr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ru\/\u043d\u0430\u0436\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c\/attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/attorney-generals-decision-to-drop-michael-flynn-prosecution-unprecedented-further-grounds-for-impeachment-of-william-barr\/\",\"name\":\"Attorney General\u2019s Decision to Drop Michael Flynn Prosecution Unprecedented & Further Grounds for Impeachment of William Barr - 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