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TrendingAdvertisementFormer national security adviser Michael Flynn attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017. File Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI |The Justice Department wants to revive convictions on two charges against an associate of former national security adviser , even though a federal court dismissed them last summer.The department said in a it wants to raise the case against Bijan Rafiekian, who was convicted last year on two counts of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act during work for Turkey.AdvertisementIn September, a federal judge said there was not enough evidence to support the felony convictions.The has surprised some because U.S. Attorney General has sought to drop related charges against Flynn, who was expected to testify against Rafiekian.In its 53-page filing, the department said the court made a mistake last year by dismissing the convictions."The district court here adopted erroneously high legal standards, rewrote Congress's statute, and failed to adequately defer to the jury's role," the department wrote. "Its legally erroneous acquittal and new-trial decisions and its errors in reviewing the evidentiary record warrant reversal."The filing mentions Flynn and his role that led to the charges against Rafiekian, but did not mention the department's decision to drop the case against President 's former national security aide.AdvertisementRafiekian's attorney Robert Trout two weeks ago asking for a review of his client's case, since the department was no longer going after Flynn.Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell criticized the move to file an appeal in the case.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement

TrendingAdvertisementFormer national security adviser Michael Flynn attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on January 22, 2017. File Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI |The Justice Department wants to revive convictions on two charges against an associate of former national security adviser , even though a federal court dismissed them last summer.The department said in a it wants to raise the case against Bijan Rafiekian, who was convicted last year on two counts of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act during work for Turkey.AdvertisementIn September, a federal judge said...

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