Ex-Trump Aide Michael Flynn Tries to Withdraw Guilty Plea
- Prosecutors acted in ‘bad faith,’ Flynn’s attorney tells court
- ‘If you’re looking for a pardon, the argument doesn’t matter’
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President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn accused prosecutors of pressuring him to lie under oath and told a judge he wants to withdraw his guilty plea to the charge he lied to federal agents.
Flynn “exercised his right to move to withdraw his plea of guilty because the government has engaged in bad faith and vindictive conduct,” breaching a plea deal made when Flynn first conceded the charge in late 2017, defense attorney Sidney Powell said in a statement Wednesday morning, calling her client “innocent.”