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| More than 1,100 former U.S. prosecutors slam attempt to drop Flynn charges |
| 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1,100 former U.S. federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying the move puts Trump’s personal interests ahead of the public good. The criticism came in a legal brief the nonprofit The Protect Democracy Project plans to file in federal court in Washington. They accused Attorney General William Barr of abusing his oath of office by asking to dismiss the criminal charge against Flynn, who has pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI. The group included former Acting Attorney General Stuart Gerson - who served in that role under Democratic then-President Bill Clinton, and former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, who served under Republican then-President George H.W. Bush - marks the latest development in an escalating drama over whether U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan will grant the department’s bombshell request to drop the case. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Democrats/Progressives 99% of them |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-21 23:00 |
| #6 Matt, the numbers are like the climate expert numbers that include a large number of people who watch the weather on TV. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-05-21 19:15 |
| #5 Go ahead, 'skin that smoke wagon.' Take it back into the courtroom. Attorney Sydney Powell and her team will pound it straight up your arses, and she may even reveal a few other tantalizing bits. Grin, chuckle, chuckle, grin. Wish I'd said that. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-05-21 11:59 |
| #4 This story keeps shifting around. Sometimes it's 1,000 former officials, sometimes it's 1,000 former prosecutors, and sometimes it's 1,000 former employees. The DOJ employs a lot of people, and a significant percentage of them are attorneys who are not "prosecutors", e.g., attorneys employed in the Civil Division. And many are not attorneys at all. And what's so special about the DOJ? How many former employees of the Texas State Attorney General's office are troubled by the Flynn dismissal? |
| Posted by: Matt 2020-05-21 11:29 |
| #3 Nice of them to self identify wasn't it? |
| Posted by: Warthog 2020-05-21 09:51 |
| #2 They would say that, wouldn't they? These are the same folks whose m.o. is to routinely coerce over 95% or so of defendants in this country to cop a plea whether they're guilty or not. Meet Sydney Powell, Esq. Get ready to have your head handed to you. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-21 09:38 |
| #1 Justice by political petition is it ? Go ahead, 'skin that smoke wagon.' Take it back into the courtroom. Attorney Sydney Powell and her team will pound it straight up your arses, and she may even reveal a few other tantalizing bits. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-21 02:18 |