Mary McCord was an acting assistant attorney general at the Justice Department ("DOJ").  In that capacity, she was on the Flynn case in January 2017 when the FBI was trying to "prosecute him or get him fired."  On August 10, 2017, the FBI interviewed McCord about those events and prepared a Form 302 reflecting that interview. In its Motion to Dismiss Flynn, the DOJ relied heavily upon McCord's factual statements in the 302.  On Sunday, the New York Times published McCord's lengthy opinion piece taking umbrage at the fact that the DOJ relied upon her facts to reach conclusions different than those she would have drawn. It's unnerving to think a career DOJ attorney would be incapable of distinguishing between facts and conclusions or unable to recognize that the same facts can lead to different conclusions.  She seems not to understand that a person analyzing the facts...(Read Full Post)