Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Re-Examine Conviction of Michael Flynn's Former Business Associate
Federal Appeals Court Refuses to Re-Examine Conviction of Michael Flynn’s Former Business Associate Aaron Keller © Provided by Law & Crime A complete panel of federal appeals court judges has declined to hear the case of a Trump transition team member convicted of recruiting Bijan Rafiekian, also known as Bijan Kian for short, 69, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., of acting as an undisclosed agent of a foreign government and of conspiring with Kamil Ekim Alptekin, 43, of Istanbul, to covertly operate in the United States. Federal District Judge Anthony John Trenga of the...