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, 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 • against Mr. Flynn shocked legal experts • , 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 • to oppose the Justice Department’s efforts. The dropped charges against Mr. Flynn granted him another turnabout in a life filled with them • .
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