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McCord argues that the U.S. Department of Justice, acting on Attorney General Bill Barr’s direction, wrongly sought to dismiss a false-statements charge against Michael Flynn. She contends the “302” FBI interview report does not support the motion’s claims, and that the government’s materiality theory relies on an argument about when the FBI should have investigated, rather than proving the statements were not material.",{"@graph":69,"@context":116},[70,84,99],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/bill-barr-twisted-my-words-in-dropping-the-flynn-case-heres-the-truth/639193/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"author":86,"headline":65,"publisher":89,"fileFormat":92,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":93,"datePublished":93,"encodingFormat":92,"isAccessibleForFree":94,"interactionStatistic":95},"DigitalDocument",{"name":87,"@type":88},"How to eat","Person",{"url":74,"name":90,"@type":91},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-22",true,{"@type":96,"interactionType":97,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":98},"ViewAction",{"@type":100,"mainEntity":101},"FAQPage",[102,108,112],{"name":103,"@type":104,"acceptedAnswer":105},"What decision does Mary B. 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Here’s the Truth. -The New York Times  \n [https://nyti.ms/2Wol73H](https://nyti.ms/2Wol73H)  \nBill Barr Twisted My Words in Dropping the Flynn Case. Here the Truth.  \nThe F.B.I ʼs interview of Mr. Flynn was constitutional, lawful and for a legitimate counterintelligence purpose.  \nBy Mary B. McCord  \nMs. McCord was an acting assistant attorney general for national security atthe Justice Department from 2016 to 2017.  \nMay 10 , 2020  \nAt the direction of Attorney General Bill Barr, the Justice Department last week moved to dismiss a false-statements charge against Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser. The reason stated was that the continued prosecution “would not serve the interests of justice.”  \nThe motion was signed by Timothy Shea, a longtime trusted adviser of Mr. Barr and, since January, the acting U. S. attorney in Washington. In attempting to support its argument, the motion cites more than 25 times the F.B.I.’s report of an interview with me in July 2017, two months after I left a decades-long career at the department (under administrations of both parties) that culminated in my role as the acting assistant attorney general for national security.  \nThat report, commonly referred to as a “302,” is an interesting read. It vividly describes disagreements between leadership of the Justice Department and the F.B.I. about how to handle the information we had learned about Mr. Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and, more specifically, Mr. Flynn’s apparent lies about those calls to incoming Vice President Mike Pence.  \nBut the report of my interview is no support for Mr. Barr’s dismissal of the Flynn case. It does not suggest that the F.B.I. had no counterintelligence reason for investigating Mr. Flynn. It does not suggest that the F.B.I.’s interview of Mr. Flynn—which led to the false-statements charge—was unlawful or unjustified. It does not support that Mr. Flynn’s false statements were not material. And it does not support the Justice Department’s assertion that the continued prosecution of the case against Mr. Flynn, who pleaded guilty to knowingly making material false statements to the FBI,“would not serve the interests of justice.”  \nMary McCord in 2017. Susan Walsh/Associated Press  \nI can explain why, relying entirely on documents the government has filed in court or released publicly.  \nNotably, Mr. Barr’s motion to dismiss does not argue that the F.B.I. violated the Constitution or statutory law when agents interviewed Mr. Flynn about his calls with Mr. Kislyak. It doesn’t claim that they violated his Fifth Amendment rights by coercively questioning him when he wasn’t free to leave. Nor does the motion claim that the interview was the fruit of a  \n[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/opinion/bill-barr-michael-flynn.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/opinion/bill-barr-michael-flynn.html) 1/3  \n7/27/2020 Opinion | Bill Barr Twisted My Words in Dropping the Flynn Case. Here’s the Truth. -The New York Times  \nsearch or seizure that violated the Fourth Amendment. Any of these might have justified moving to dismiss the case. But by the government’s own account, the interview with Mr. Flynn was voluntary, arranged in advance and took place in Mr. Flynn’s own office.  \nDEBATABLE: Agree to disagree, or disagree better? Broaden your perspective with sharp arguments on the most pressing issues of the week.  \nSign Up  \nWithout constitutional or statutory violations grounding its motion, the Barr-Shea motion makes a contorted argument that Mr. Flynn’s false statements and omissions to the F.B.I. were not “material” to any matter under investigation. Materiality is an essential element that the government must establish to prove a false-statements offense. If the falsehoods aren’t material, there’s no crime.  \nThe department concocts its materiality theory by arguing that the F.B.I. should not have been ","cbCaipfdFBa9uUQ6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipfdFBa9uUQ6","pdf",835138,"English","# Argument and dismissal\n## What the “302” report shows\n## Constitutional and legal issues raised\n## Materiality theory and counterarguments\n## Importance of the false public statements","[{\"question\":\"What decision does Mary B. 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