The Justice Department rejected what it called an “extraordinary reversal” by retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn for claiming to be the victim of a “plot to set up an innocent man and create a crime.”
Flynn “now claims that he is innocent of the criminal charge in this case,” federal prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday, referring to an allegation by Flynn’s legal team that he was ambushed for an interview by the FBI in January 2017.
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