Barr’s Flynn Dismissal Motion Portends Greater Abuses Ahead
The attorney general has openly enlisted as an arm of the Trump campaign and brought the full powers of his office with him.
The government’s motion to dismiss the case against Michael Flynn has brought a new urgency to long-standing concerns about Attorney General William Barr’s handling of his job. In the past 15 months, the combination of Barr’s belief in an all-powerful chief executive and a president who thinks that he can do anything he desires has resulted in many actions that have severely undermined trust in an evenhanded and independent rule of law. But the Flynn dismissal motion reflects a new level of open defiance of established norms. There is reason for serious concern about what lies ahead.
The government’s supposed justification for the motion
