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Home Front: Politix
Flynn case judge issues unusual order telling government to certify evidence is 'true and correct'
2020-10-25
[FOXNEWS] In an unusual order posted Friday, the federal judge in the case of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn told the Justice Department to file a declaration -- under penalty of perjury -- by Monday that evidence in the case is "true and correct."

The court order was issued after prosecutors admitted accidently altered documents -- notes written by former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe -- were used.

"The government has acknowledged that altered FBI records have been produced by the government and filed on the record in this case," noted Judge Emmet Sullivan

The order from Sullivan comes as the government again requested the judge dismiss the criminal case against Flynn, a move Sullivan has so far resisted.

It’s the latest twist in a case where the former Trump national security adviser pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials. Flynn has since tried to withdraw the plea, and the Justice Department has sought to have the charges dismissed.

Flynn’s legal team has long clashed with Sullivan. Earlier this month, Flynn demanded in a new court filing that Sullivan should recuse himself from "further participation" in his case, citing an "appearance of bias," which his legal team cast as "terrifying and mandates disqualification."

"The circumstances of this case lead any reasonable observer to believe that the current judge has a personal interest in the outcome, is irreparably biased against general Flynn, and is actively litigating against him," according to the filing.


Posted by:Fred

#16  "When the government does it, it isn't perjury perjury..."

- Whoopi Goldberg
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-10-25 11:28  

#15  Um, correct me if I'm wrong but if you submit false evidence it IS perjury.

Tell it to Kamala.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-10-25 11:10  

#14  Um, correct me if I'm wrong but if you submit false evidence it IS perjury. So the judge is hiving the DOJ a chance to go back and clean up their testimony??? This is the very thing DOJ did not allow Flynn to do in the beginning. This is judicial overreach by any measure...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-10-25 10:22  

#13  /\ In some places in the world, perhaps...not too sure about the US.
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-25 10:10  

#12  Isn't it the court's job to make sure evidence presented there is "correct and true?" Isn't that sort of the whole point of a "trial?"
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-10-25 10:07  

#11  Thanks! Corrected.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-25 09:10  

#10  Visitor, it's #7
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-10-25 09:04  

#9  Ref 7: No, I think the problem here is that Flynn annoyed too many people - by being right when the majority of "intelligence" community was wrong.

Precisely! He knew the deal. He read the traffic, communicated with like-minded colleagues, and represented a threat to the Klingons and Soetoro.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-25 09:00  

#8  Nothing like upsetting the apple cart intel good-old-boy network.
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-25 08:58  

#7  Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC)

Appointed how many conservative judges?

No, I think the problem here is that Flynn annoyed too many people - by being right when the majority of "intelligence" community was wrong.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-10-25 08:56  

#6  Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC), head of Senate Judiciary Committee......
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-25 08:47  

#5  /\ If the Trunks take the House, find someone with the courage.....

Unfortunately this statement disqualifies itself. Over the past four years, few of them have had the nads to stand with the Orange Man. They are a pitiful, perfidious lot.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-25 08:46  

#4  If the Trunks take the House, find someone with the courage to invoke the checks and balances in the Constitution and send a message to end activist judges granting themselves powers by fiat not by Congress.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-10-25 08:40  

#3  Judge Emmet Sullivan looking for a face saving way to come down from the high tree that he's climbed?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-10-25 03:34  

#2  The court order was issued after prosecutors admitted accidently altered documents -- notes written by former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe -- were used.

Other more notable "accidents" include Ruby Ridge and Waco.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-10-25 01:53  

#1  More delay
Posted by: KBK   2020-10-25 00:20  

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