The recently unsealed documents have marked a new turn in former National Security Adviser to President Trump Michael Flynn's litigation, two and half years after he pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents. American political observers have explained how the new disclosure may backfire on US intelligence.
The new evidence indicates that the retired United States Army lieutenant general apparently fell victim to a perjury trap set by the FBI, says Flynn's defence, raising the question as to why Justice Department prosecutors refused to produce the aforementioned Brady material for so long.
On 4 May, Republican lawmakers Jim Jordan, R-Oh, and Mike Johnson, R-La, wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray criticising the “Obama-Biden era FBI” for multiple instances of “political bias and serious misconduct”, requesting that he “immediately review” the actions of the FBI in targeting General Michael Flynn and asking why the bombshell evidence provided by the DOJ as part of AG William Barr's a re-examination of Flynn's case had not been divulged by Wray earlier.
‘What's Our Goal? Truth or Get Him to Lie?'
The discovered files include handwritten notes attributed to then-Counterintelligence Director at the FBI Bill Priestap which were taken in January 2017, after a meeting with former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, according to Fox News.
“What's our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can…
