Gerrold Nadler, head of the Legal Committee, also intends to request the Inspector General of the US Department of Justice to conduct an investigation in this regard.
Gerrold Nudler (Democrat for the State of New York), chairman of the House Legal Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that hearings involving the head of the Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr will be held “as soon as possible” after the department dropped the criminal case against Michael Flynn, who was Assistant President Donald Trump for National Security until February 2017. A statement to that effect was circulated on Thursday by the press office of the Legal Committee.
Nadler described the decision to drop the criminal prosecution of Flynn as “egregious” because of “exhaustive evidence” of his guilt.
“In response to the pandemic, I have worked with the [Justice] Ministry to reschedule the scheduled hearing with [Prosecutor General William Barr]”, – Nadler said in a statement. – “Now I intend to organize these hearings as soon as possible.”
In addition, the head of the legal committee intends to ask the Justice Department’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz to conduct an investigation into the termination of the Flynn case.
Earlier, the Associated Press (AP) agency, citing court documents in its possession, informed that the U.S. Department of Justice is terminating the criminal case against Michael Flynn “after a thorough analysis of all existing facts and circumstances, including newly discovered information.
The Secretary of Justice, Attorney General William Barr, instructed the Attorney of St. Louis, Missouri, Jeff Jensen to verify the legality and validity of the FBI’s actions in taking Flynn’s testimony on January 24, 2017. Jensen concluded that this interview with Flynn “was conducted without any valid investigative reason”, – citing AP as an excerpt from the prosecutor’s statement.