![Michael Flynn’s lawyers dismiss his Turkey lobbying admissions as ‘meaningless’]( "Michael Flynn’s lawyers dismiss his Turkey lobbying admissions as ‘meaningless’")
Flynn’s attorneys argued in a court filing Monday that a judge’s decision last week overturning a jury’s guilty verdicts on related charges against Flynn’s business partner Bijan Rafiekian “renders meaniningless” the concessions Flynn made under oath during his December 2017 guilty plea. The argument from Flynn’s defense is the latest salvo in their unusual battle to demolish the criminal false-statements case against the retired general and Defense Intelligence Agency chief without formally withdrawing his guilty plea and exposing him to the possibility of additional charges. Flynn’s new submission again suggests that prosecutor Brandon Van Grack, who handled the case for special counsel Robert Mueller’s office and remains assigned to it on special assignment from the Justice Department, bullied Flynn into his plea, which took place after protracted negotiations between Flynn’s Washington defense attorney at the time, Robert Kelner.
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