Flynn’s lawyers seeking to have criminal case dropped
Lawyers for Michael Flynn are asking a federal appeals court to order the dismissal of the criminal case against the former Trump administration national security adviser.
They also want the case reassigned to a different judge, saying the one now handling it overstepped his authority when he did not immediately grant the Justice Department’s request to dismiss the case.
Meanwhile, then-fbi Director James Comey told then-president Barack Obama the National Security Council might need to withhold information from Flynn before he assumed his post.
This was revealed Tuesday as the redacted, classified portion of Susan Rice’s “by the book” email she sent to herself on President Donald Trump’s inauguration day was obtained by multiple media sources.
WASHINGTON — Nevada’s two U.S. senators, both Democrats, say an extramarital affair involving Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford is a private matter, the first comments from fellow lawmakers since the story broke in the Las Vegas Review-journal on Friday.
Horsford, 47, acknowledged the affair with Gabriela Linder after she revealed details and named him in a podcast titled “Mistress for Congress.” The affair began in 2009, when Linder, then 21, was an intern for former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-nev., and Horsford, then 36, was majority leader of the state Senate.
Initially, no one in Nevada’s congressional delegation would discuss the matter publicly, even as Horsford’s political opponents in the 4th Congressional District called for his resignation or an investigation into the affair.
That changed Tuesday, when Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen issued nearly identical statements describing the issue as personal.
“Senator Cortez Masto has read the Review Journal report and believes this is a personal matter for Congressman Horsford and his family,” according to a statement released by her office.
A spokesperson for Rosen said “the senator believes that this is a personal matter for Congressman Horsford and his family and wants to respect their privacy at this time.”
The on-again, off-again relationship ended in April, before Linder began her series of podcasts under the pseudonym “Love Jones.” A fifth episode that was expected to be released Sunday did not appear.
For his part, Horsford has said the affair was “a very poor decision” and has asked for privacy.
A staffer in his office who asked not to be named says Horsford has no intention of resigning. He is seeking his third, nonconsecutive term in the House.
(Horsford was the first person to represent the 4th District seat, which was created after the 2010 census. He served from 2012-14, when he was defeated for re-election. He won the seat back in 2018.)
A House Ethics Committee investigation would require a request by a sitting member of the House of Representatives.
The staff director for the committee declined to comment on the matter Tuesday.
Contact Gary Martin at gmartin@ reviewjournal.com or 202-662-7390. Follow @garymartindc on Twitter.