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'It's a Treason': Trump Slams Obama Administration Over Flynn After DOJ Drops Charges

© REUTERS / Carlos BarriaU.S. President-elect Donald Trump talks to members of the media as retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn stands next to him at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 21, 2016
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump talks to members of the media as retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn stands next to him at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 21, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Earlier on Thursday, the US Department of Justice filed a motion to drop the case against Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn amid allegations that he gave "lies to the FBI" over his "contacts with Russian officials".

US President Donald Trump condemned actions by the administration of former President Barack Obama against Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, characterizing them as "treason" and suggesting that a "big price is going to be paid". While commenting on the case being dropped by the Department of Justice (DoJ), Trump lambasted the Obama administration as "scum" and "dishonest", accusing it of forcing "fine people" into being forced to lie.

​"It's a disgrace, the Obama administration, Justice Department was a disgrace, very dishonest people, and they got caught. But much more of that... it's treason, Trump said to reporters, repeating, "it's treason".

He also said that he is "very happy of General Flynn", noting that he "was and is a great warrior".

Back in 2017, when the Flynn case began, Trump tweeted that he had to fire him because he "lied to [the] Vice President and the FBI" and pleaded guilty, and suggested that the moves were a shame particularly as, according to Trump, Flynn's actions were "lawful".

​Trump's speech followed a motion filed on Thursday by the DoJ on dropping the case against Flynn, because a particular line of questioning taken by the FBI had "no legitimate investigative basis". Commenting on the motion, former FBI Director James Comey, who was in charge when Flynn was charged, said that "the DoJ has lost its way". 

Flynn entered his guilty plea with the FBI in 2017, admitting to having had a conversation with the Russian ambassador to the US on December 2016 prior to Trump's inauguration, making an attempt to prevent Russia from responding to sanctions imposed upon them. Flynn later backtracked on the deal, however, instead insisting that FBI had tricked him into lying.

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