WASHINGTON—A government lawyer shed new light Tuesday on the decision to drop the case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn, suggesting that the Justice Department may have found new evidence as part of its long-running internal investigations. Jeffrey Wall, the Justice Department’s top litigator, told the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that Attorney General William Barr could have made the decision to drop charges against Mr. Flynn based on information that hasn’t been shared with the public. “The attorney general sees this in the context of nonpublic information from other investigations,” said Mr. Wall in response to questions from the court. He added: “The attorney general made that decision or that judgment on the basis of lots of information. Some of it is public and fleshed out in the motion.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 11, 2020 16:52 UTC