Democrats came out at Trump’s crossroads in the …

Different figures of the democratic party they expressed their indignation over forgiveness of the outgoing president Donald Trump and General Michael Flynn, who declared Guilty of lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts in 2017. The President of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, described the pardon as a “serious act of corruption”.

Trump announced on Wednesday the leniency of his former national security adviser. The disposition quash the whole criminal case against Flynn, just as a federal judge decided whether or not to accept a motion from the Department of Justice and the attorney general’s office to dismiss the charges against the retired general. Although he pleaded guilty, Flynn changed lawyers and asked to overturn his presumption of guilt.

Unsurprisingly, Democrats came out with peak caps. “Unfortunately, This forgiveness is further proof that Trump plans to use his last days in power to undermine the rule of law in the wake of his failed presidency. ” assured the President of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, through a statement.

He also demanded that Democrats work in coordination with the new Congress to “prevent any president from abusing the power of pardon”, which he considers a “serious act of corruption”.

“The president’s facilitators have built an elaborate narrative in which Trump and Flynn are victims and the Constitution is subject to the whims” of the president, said the chairman of the House of Representatives Legal Affairs Committee Jerry Nadler. “Americans deeply rejected these mistakes when they voted for President Trump to leave,” added.

The chairman of the intelligence commission of the lower house, Adam Schiff, He said forgiveness hadn’t surprised him, though anyway considers him “dishonest”. “Flynn has pleaded guilty to these lies, twice. A forgiveness from Trump does not erase this truth, no matter how Trump and his allies try to suggest otherwise,” he said.

But even the republican organization The Lincoln Project, who generally criticizes Trump, tweeted: “There is nothing good about it. There is nothing honorable about it. Just the last breath of a corrupt man on his way out.”

“A great honor”

“It is a great honor for me to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has received a total reprieve”Trump tweeted on Wednesday. Then he did it again to wish Flynn a Happy Thanksgiving and a “good life.” The retired general thanked him, calling the grace “historic”.

Flynn was the president’s first close friend to be investigated on suspicion of collusion between Moscow and the Republican tycoon’s campaign team in 2016. The investigation marred Trump’s first two years in office, but was closed for lack of evidence.

Flynn participated in the President’s winning campaign and then had confidential discussions with Russian Ambassador to Washington Sergei Kisliak, in December 2016. The FBI questioned him on January 24, 2017, when he was already a national security adviser, but hid these contacts. According to this had to resign for also lying to Vice President Mike Pence.

In 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to perjury and agreed to help with the investigation into the Russian case. But in 2019 he changed his lawyers and defense strategy, and since then He demanded that the trial be quashed, claiming to be the victim of alleged manipulation.

In May, the Justice Department, led by Bill Barr, one of Trump’s most powerful allies, dropped the lawsuits against him, a highly unusual move after the defendant had already admitted his guilt. A new administration could have reopened the case, but Trump’s leniency definitely closes that possibility.

Flynn’s attorney, Sidney Powell, admitted to the judge that she discussed her client’s case with President Trump, but also said the retired general was not asking for mercy because he wanted to be vindicated before the tribunal.

Until last weekend, Powell was part of the president’s legal team in his attempt to challenge the results of the presidential election in which Joe Biden won. Before being impeached, Powell denounced without proof that Chavismo had committed fraud in the American elections.

Who is Michael Flynn?

The 61-year-old general was Trump’s senior national security adviser. Like the president, Flynn did not come from what are seen as traditional Washington structures.

He grew up in New York’s Queens neighborhood and reached the highest military ranks without the West Point lineage., the academy where the highest military personnel are generally trained. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island and, despite his unconventional background, managed to rise through the ranks to the highest military intelligence post in the United States.

It was like that the decorated soldier took part in the campaigns of the American army in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2012, Flynn was appointed by then President Barack Obama as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency., the main foreign military spy agency operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense.

But two years later, her character began to emerge and He was forced to step down due to his controversial views on Islam and the differences with their superiors regarding their management and their vision of the agency. Trump’s rescuer later arrived, with a compelling offer to participate in his campaign.