Judge says Trump pardon doesn’t make Michael Flynn ‘innocent’ of lying to FBI, but tosses case

Michael Flynn’s pardon by President Donald Trump does not mean the former national security advisor is “innocent” of the crime of lying to FBI agents, a federal judge wrote Tuesday as he formally dismissed the criminal case against Flynn. Judge Emmet Sullivan also cast a judicially cold eye on the fact that Trump’s pardon covered not only Flynn’s twice-admitted felony of lying to agents, but also to other uncharged conduct, which included Flynn lying to the U.S. Justice Department in lobbying documents.-- More...