To the editor:

I am responding to David Schoorens’s letter in your Dec. 28, 2023 edition.

Mr. Schoorens knowingly or unknowingly leaves out the key facts regarding Gen. Flynn’s unlawful prosecution.

1. On May 7, 2020, the DOJ (U.S. Department of Justice) moved to dismiss the criminal information that had been filed against Gen. Flynn on Nov. 30, 2017, charging him with one count of willfully and knowingly making false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements. In this motion the DOJ admitted that the interview conducted was not conducted with a legitimate investigative basis and therefore does not believe his statements were material even if untrue.

2. This is an admission from the DOJ that they never should have brought the prosecution against Gen. Flynn.

3. Therefore, agents and agencies of the U.S. government (DOJ, FBI, and SCO), utilized their official positions to initiate a baseless investigation, keep the investigation open, undertake illegitimate investigative steps, and bring unjustified criminal charges to maliciously prosecute Gen. Flynn.

All the above are from court filings from the DOJ. It is all factual and facts are a stubborn thing.

The U.S. government illegally persecuted Gen. Flynn simply because he served a president that they did not like. The damages both financially and to his impeccable reputation were devastating. 

Gen. Flynn served this country so people like Mr. Schoorens could enjoy our many freedoms, including free speech.

We should all be grateful for his service.

Thomas Berg

16 Pages Way

Portsmouth