Feds file last-minute appeal to stop dismissal of Flynn partner’s spy case tomorrow
Gen. Mike Flynn (left) and Bijan Rafiekian, partners in Flynn Intel Group (FIG).
Judge Anthony Trenga had the Bijan Kian Rafiekian case teed up to dismiss tomorrow.
Federal prosecutors objected.
Their appeal and motion preventing the case from being dismissed was filed today.
Rafiekian was President of Flynn Intel Group (FIG).
Kian was to be sentenced up to 15 years in prison for being a spy from Turkey.
His business partner was Gen. Mike Flynn.
A jury found Bijan guilty.
Flynn was pardoned.
Judge Trenga reversed Rafiekian’s jury conviction.
An appeal court reversed Trenga’s dismissal and reinstated the jury verdict.
Trenga ignored the court’s ruling and is going to try to dismiss the case tomorrow.
Rob Kelner, attorney for Flynn Intel Group, testified that Kian paid $80,000 in bribes to Inovo, a shell corporation in the Netherlands.
The payment was made to Ekim Alptekin, another FIG partner.
At the time, Alptekin was taking orders from the President of Turkey.