KEY POINTS
  • The Justice Department is dropping its prosecution of former national security advisor Michael Flynn, according to a court filing Thursday.
  • The move comes more than two years after Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his discussions with Russia's ambassador to the United States in the weeks before President Donald Trump took office.
  • The Justice Department said it is abandoning the prosecution of the retired Army general after "a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information."

The Justice Department on Thursday dropped its prosecution of former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his conversations with a Russian diplomat in the weeks before President Donald Trump's inauguration.

The bombshell move comes more than two years after Flynn's guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the then-ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.