Judge McCarthys Decision on Flynn Charges is a Golden Opportunity to Unearth the Deep State

[JimBowie1958]

A Conservative group like Judicial Watch should file an amicus curiae breif and start using its participation in this kangaroo court to dig for information related to the Flynn case and all the bad actors in the Obama administration.

Judge's delay on resolving Flynn case stuns court watchers

Judge Emmet Sullivan's decision to allow third parties to submit briefs in former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn's case after the Justice Department moved to dismiss has struck legal experts as "unusual," if not "outrageous," while Flynn's own counsel argues that it should not be...

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Judge Emmet Sullivan's decision to allow third parties to submit amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs in former national security adviser Michael Flynn's case after the Justice Department moved to dismiss it has struck legal experts as "unusual," if not "outrageous," while Flynn's own counsel argues that it should not be allowed in the first place.​

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The DOJ agreed to drop the charges against Flynn last week, but Sullivan has to sign off on it in order for the case to go away. Sullivan's order Tuesday shows he is not ready to do this just yet.​

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“This is an outrageous decision by a judge who’s now placed himself into that, you know, awful category of an activist who’s willing to set aside rules, set aside ethics, set aside precedent, and just go in a direction because he is politically motivated to do so," former Utah U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning.​

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Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell wrote in a court filing following Sullivan's order that there is no local rule allowing for amicus briefs in criminal cases.​

 

[JimBowie1958]

Former US attorney on judge's 'outrageous' decision in Flynn case: I thought I'd 'seen everything'

Former U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman thought he had "seen everything" in over twenty years in the federal criminal justice system until U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan opened the door Tuesday for legal experts and other outside parties to oppose the Justice Department’s motion to drop the...

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Although Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in 2017, the Justice Department argued last week that the FBI had an insufficient basis to question Flynn in the first place and that statements he made during the interview were not material to the broader counterintelligence investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.​

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Tolman told host Brian Kilmeade that while the court is going against its own rulings - which he labeled "sacrosanct" - Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell is now "going to have to do some quick-acting" on her client's behalf.​

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"She may file for example a writ of mandamus. That would allow her to immediately appeal this decision and this approach by this judge to the circuit," he remarked.​

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"And let's face it, if it looks like this is what's going on, there is strategy then that’s at the heart of what this judge is trying to accomplish. And, that strategy is offensive to anyone who practices," he...​

 

[JimBowie1958]

Andy McCarthy: Judge in Michael Flynn's case has been 'so unhinged'

Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that the federal judge presiding over the case of ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has been “so unhinged on this case.”

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Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy told “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday that the federal judge presiding over the case of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn has been “so unhinged on this case.”​

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McCarthy, a Fox News contributor, made the comment a day after D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan angered critics Tuesday by saying he would not immediately rule on the Justice Department's decision to dismiss its criminal case against Flynn and issued an order indicating he would soon accept "amicus curiae," or "friend of the court" submissions, in the case. The move drew immediate scrutiny and a planned ethics complaint against Sullivan, who had previously refused to hear amicus briefs in the case.​

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“Judge Sullivan, who has been so unhinged on this case that he originally characterized it as a treason case, decided this was just a peachy idea so now he’s inviting basically an anti-Trump group therapy session,” McCarthy said.​

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“All the lawyers out there who want to file amicus briefs are invited to do that,” he went on to explain, adding “It will make no difference in the end but it will just drag the process out.”​

 

[Sunsettommy]

Judge Sullivan is an idiot now, since the PROSECUTOR and the DOJ Dropped the case.

He is trashing his once good career away with this absurd move.

 

[White 6]

A Conservative group like Judicial Watch should file an amicus curiae breif and start using its participation in this kangaroo court to dig for information related to the Flynn case and all the bad actors in the Obama administration.

Judge's delay on resolving Flynn case stuns court watchers

Judge Emmet Sullivan's decision to allow third parties to submit briefs in former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn's case after the Justice Department moved to dismiss has struck legal experts as "unusual," if not "outrageous," while Flynn's own counsel argues that it should not be...

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Judge Emmet Sullivan's decision to allow third parties to submit amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs in former national security adviser Michael Flynn's case after the Justice Department moved to dismiss it has struck legal experts as "unusual," if not "outrageous," while Flynn's own counsel argues that it should not be allowed in the first place.​

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The DOJ agreed to drop the charges against Flynn last week, but Sullivan has to sign off on it in order for the case to go away. Sullivan's order Tuesday shows he is not ready to do this just yet.​

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“This is an outrageous decision by a judge who’s now placed himself into that, you know, awful category of an activist who’s willing to set aside rules, set aside ethics, set aside precedent, and just go in a direction because he is politically motivated to do so," former Utah U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman told "Fox & Friends" Wednesday morning.​

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Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell wrote in a court filing following Sullivan's order that there is no local rule allowing for amicus briefs in criminal cases.​

Can easily understand an amicus filing in consideration of a sentencing phase. Inviting more amicus briefs in consideration of what to do with a prosecution motion (any prosecution motion) seems like a cop out, and he should just rule one way or the other, though I recognize many of a judge's rights as almost absolute until overturned by high authority.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Judge Sullivan is an idiot now, since the PROSECUTOR and the DOJ Dropped the case.

He is trashing his once good career away with this absurd move.

I think Judge Sullivan is owned by Pro-Deep State personalities who have basically told him to fall on his sword.

 

[JimBowie1958]

OMG, this went from bad to abhorrent fast.

Lawyer appointed by Judge Sullivan to offer arguments in Flynn case already has slammed Trump WH's 'improper political influence'

D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan issued a head-turning order Wednesday that appointed a law firm partner who has openly criticized the Trump administration's handling of Michael Flynn's case "to present arguments in opposition to the government's motion to dismiss" the matter -- and to...

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D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an unusual order Wednesday appointing a law firm partner "to present arguments in opposition to the government's motion to dismiss" the matter -- and to consider whether the court should hold Flynn in contempt for perjury.​

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The partner, retired federal judge John Gleeson, has openly criticized the Trump administration's handling of Michael Flynn's case, raising concerns that he was selected to improperly bolster Sullivan's efforts to keep the Flynn case alive even though both the government and defendant want it dismissed.​

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Sullivan has previously suggested Flynn may have committed treason, in a bizarre 2018 courtroom outburst, and seemingly confused key details about Flynn's overseas lobbying work.​

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The precise reasons for the perjury review were not clear in Sullivan's order. Last year, Flynn abruptly abandoned his plan to provide testimony against a former associate, after admitting that he had lied on federal forms required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Flynn has said he received constitutionally inadequate legal advice....​

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Gleeson, a retired New York federal district court judge, was specifically appointed as an "amicus curiae," or friend of the court. Gleeson is now a partner at the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton.​

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Gleeson penned an op-ed this week apparently pre-judging the Flynn case, writing that "the [Flynn] record reeks of improper political influence."​

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"So if the court finds dismissal would result in a miscarriage of justice, it can deny the motion, refuse to permit withdrawal of the guilty plea and proceed to sentencing," Gleeson wrote.​

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The Twitter sleuth Techno_Fog pointed out that Gleeson has recently worked with Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team. And, attorney Ron Coleman noted that Debevoise has also represented Sally Yates -- the former deputy attorney general who was fired after she took the extraordinary step of refusing to defend a Trump administration executive order in court....​

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Sullivan notably has not appointed an amicus to counter Gleeson's argument.​

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Sullivan has said, however, that he anticipated that "individuals and organizations" will file briefs "for the benefit of the court," as he prepares to rule on the government's motion to dismiss the case, citing a mountain of previously undisclosed exculpatory evidence.​

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Among those unearthed materials was a handwritten note from a top FBI official debating whether the bureau's goal in pursuing Flynn was to "get him fired."​

 

[JimBowie1958]

My Gawd, all the people involved in umasking Flynn makes me think that this is why so many Deep State thugs want Flynn destroyed.

List of officials who sought to 'unmask' Flynn released: Biden, Comey, Obama chief of staff among them

Top Obama administration officials purportedly requested to "unmask" the identity of former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition period, according to a list of names from that controversial process made public on Wednesday.

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Top Obama administration officials purportedly requested to "unmask" the identity of former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition period, according to a list of names from that controversial process made public on Wednesday.​

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The list was declassified in recent days by Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell and then sent to GOP Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, who made the documents public. The roster features top-ranking figures including then-Vice President Joe Biden -- a detail already being raised by the Trump campaign in the bare-knuckle 2020 presidential race where Biden is now the Democrats' presumptive nominee.​

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The list also includes then-FBI Director James Comey, then-CIA Director John Brennan, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and Obama's then-chief of staff Denis McDonough.​

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The declassified list specifically showed officials who “may have received Lt. Gen Flynn’s identity in response to a request processed between 8 November 2016 and 31 January 2017 to unmask an identity that had been generically referred to in an NSA foreign intelligence report,” the document, obtained by Fox News, read. ​

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“Each individual was an authorized recipient of the original report and the unmasking was approved through NSA’s standard process, which includes a review of the justification for the request,” the document said. “Only certain personnel are authorized to submit unmasking requests into the NSA system. In this case, 16 authorized individuals requested unmasking for [REDACTED] different NSA intelligence reports for select identified principals.”​

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The document added: “While the principals are identified below, we cannot confirm they saw the unmasked information. This response does not include any requests outside of the specified time-frame.”​

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The list revealed that then-U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power made unmasking requests seven times between Nov. 30, 2016 and Jan. 11, 2017. The list revealed that Clapper made three requests from Dec. 2, 2016 through Jan. 7, 2017; and that Brennan made two requests, one on Dec. 14 and one on Dec. 15, 2016. Comey also made a request on Dec. 15, 2016. On Jan. 5, 2017, McDonough made one request, and on Jan. 12, 2017, Biden made one request....​

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The unmasking concerns events between the November 2016 election and Inauguration Day 2017. Unmasking occurs after U.S. citizens' conversations are incidentally picked up in conversations with foreign officials who are being monitored by the intelligence community. The U.S. citizens' identities are supposed to be protected if their participation is incidental and no wrongdoing is suspected. However, officials can determine the U.S. citizens' names through a process that is supposed to safeguard their rights.​

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Meanwhile, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Wednesday penned a letter to Grenell inviting him to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Government Oversight next week about the unmasking of Flynn, noting that he has questions about what Biden and former President Barack Obama knew.​

All these traitorous cretins MUST be punished for their crimes.

 

[Care4all]

Justice is blind, supposedly.

 

[JimBowie1958]

How Sidney Powell fails to overturn this crap is beyond my creative capacity.

 

[task0778]

According to DOJ officials and Flynn's lawyers, exculpatory evidence was withheld from the courts and Flynn's legal team for years despite repeated orders that all exculpatory Brady materials, i.e. evidence of innocence, be produced. That's not the way it is supposed to work. That's grounds right there to dismiss this case.