#Flynn In 43 page opinion, Judge Sullivan calls POTUS full pardon “political decision not a legal one” CONTEXT: Sullivan dismisses @GenFlynn case as “moot,” more than 7 months after DOJ motion + weeks AFTER District Court ordered Sullivan to act with dispatch. Sullivan writes, https://twitter.com/cbs_herridge/status/1321919603547738112

“The history of the Constitution, its structure + the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the pardon power make clear that President Trump’s decision to pardon Mr. Flynn is a political decision, not a legal one. Because the law recognizes the President’s political power to pardon,

the appropriate course is to dismiss this case as moot. However, the pardon ‘does not, standing alone, render [Mr. Flynn] innocent of the alleged violation’ of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).” @ClareHymes22 @CBSNews