Why is the DOJ slow-walking everything? Barr runs the DOJ - is he DS? We would be screwd. - Flynn lawyer wants prosecutors to turn over cellphones from mysterious professor linked to Russia probe The lawyer representing Michael Flynn in the case against the former national security adviser demanded federal prosecutors turn over two cellphones used by a shadowy professor whose role in the Trump-Russia investigation has long been shrouded in mystery. Flynn’s attorney, Sidney Powell, filed a motion on Tuesday seeking the devices that belonged to Maltese Professor Joseph Mifsud, claiming that they contained imperative information to the defense of her client. “This information is material, exculpatory, and relevant to the defense of Mr. Flynn,” Powell wrote in the court filing. She claimed the phones could contain specific information related to Western intelligence being “tasked against [Flynn] likely as early as 2014 to arrange – unbeknownst to him – ‘connections’ with certain Russians that they would then use against him in their false claims.”