Judge Slams Government Argument That Michael Flynn Is ‘Coconspirator’ In Former Partner’s Trial

U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in the Eastern District of Virginia slammed the Department of Justice’s request to designate former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn a ‘coconspirator’ in the ongoing case it has against his former business partner after the government stated on numerous occasions that Flynn was a cooperating witness.

UNITED STATES AT THIS POINT HAS NOT PRESENTED OR PROFFERED EVIDENCE TO SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE A CONSPIRACY, JUDGE TRENGA

Trenga issued the 38-page scathing opinion in the late afternoon Tuesday that the “United States at this point has not presented or proffered evidence to sufficient to establish by a preponderance of the evidence a conspiracy for the purposes of admitting against the Defendant the hearsay statements of alleged co-conspirators.”-- More...