AG Barr sought to dismiss Flynn case based on 'undisclosed' evidence, DOJ attorney says

Attorney General William P. Barr moved to drop the criminal case against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn because of “undisclosed” information, a Justice Department lawyer said Tuesday.

Appearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Columbia Circuit, Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall said the decision to abandon the Flynn prosecution was prompted by a combination of public and secret evidence.

“The attorney general based that decision or that judgment on the basis of lots of information, some of it is public and fleshed out in...