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2020-05-14 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Judge To DoJ: Not So Fast On Flynn Withdrawal
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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Black robed tyrant.

Rope, tree, judge. Some assembly required.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-14 00:26||   2020-05-14 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 if Flynn were to be found guilty of perjury for pleading 'guilty' and then changing his plea, it would be a Kafkaesque precedent

having a special council brought in to oppose the government motion to dismiss, given the government has stated its reasons for the dismissal, is only irrational and senseless
Posted by lord garth 2020-05-14 00:44||   2020-05-14 00:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Will Judge Sullivan drag the case past November hoping for a Dem controlled regime?
Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-14 01:04||   2020-05-14 01:04|| Front Page Top

#4 if Flynn were to be found guilty of perjury for pleading 'guilty' and then changing his plea, it would be a Kafkaesque precedent

It was weird enough when the government asked to delay sentencing. Twice. After Flynn plead guilty.
Posted by SteveS 2020-05-14 01:40||   2020-05-14 01:40|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Just thinking 'outside the box' here, but is it possible that U.S. Attorney John Durham might have signaled a strategic pause with regard to the sentencing of Mike Flynn ?
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-14 01:48||   2020-05-14 01:48|| Front Page Top

#6 It gets worse: Judge Sullivan has now appointed a retired judge to look into “whether the Court should issue an Order to Show Cause why Mr. Flynn should not be held in criminal contempt for perjury.

All hands on deck. Gotta protect "The Won".
Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-14 01:52||   2020-05-14 01:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Power without accountability.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-14 03:38||   2020-05-14 03:38|| Front Page Top

#8 "...appointed a retired judge..."

What, do retired judges have hip-pocket orders?
Snark O'The Day
Posted by Clem 2020-05-14 06:14||   2020-05-14 06:14|| Front Page Top

#9 It's now kabuki^2
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-14 07:37||   2020-05-14 07:37|| Front Page Top

#10 /\ kabuki^2

Line dance clogging.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-14 07:59||   2020-05-14 07:59|| Front Page Top

#11 SS?
Posted by Lex 2020-05-14 08:01||   2020-05-14 08:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Clinton appointed black-robed tyrant practicing lawfare. Ya got to wonder who has what on him.

If government wants to dismiss a case, the district court cannot refuse.

Thought Sullivan was better than this based on the Stevens case a few decades back. Turns out, he's not.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-05-14 08:18||   2020-05-14 08:18|| Front Page Top

#13 The DOJ and Flynn's lawyers should appeal for an immediate dismissal of the case. The evidence shows there was no crime, not even a process "crime", but this judge wants to act as if there was.

Imagine an accused murdered pleading guilty just to end the doubt and save himself from the death sentence, and then the supposed victim turns up alive. Sullivan would put an innocent man in prison for trying to save his life.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-05-14 08:28||   2020-05-14 08:28|| Front Page Top

#14 Through the Looking Glass now.

Sullivan = Queen of Hearts' little brother
Posted by Lex 2020-05-14 08:42||   2020-05-14 08:42|| Front Page Top

#15 fwiw, the retired (John Gleeson) appointed by Sullivan wrote an op ed in the WaPo calling for Flynn to be found guilty even though the DOJ found otherwise. This was the day before the appointment.

golly gee
what a coincidence
Posted by lord garth 2020-05-14 10:09||   2020-05-14 10:09|| Front Page Top

#16 Impeach him.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-14 10:27||   2020-05-14 10:27|| Front Page Top

#17  Supreme Court Ruled Unanimously Last Week Against Improper Use of Amicus Briefs; Relevant for Flynn Case.

Stay on the page and keep up Judge.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-05-14 11:36||   2020-05-14 11:36|| Front Page Top

#18 It's possible he is suffering from dementia. My first reaction is too strong to print, and am hoping mere dementia or loss of faculties is the root cause.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-05-14 11:41||   2020-05-14 11:41|| Front Page Top

#19 He's taking revenge for the defeat of his side on an enemy POW.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-14 11:42||   2020-05-14 11:42|| Front Page Top

#20 Judge Sullivan called Flynn 'a traitor' earlier in this case and then was forced to apologize.

He may still hold a grudge.
Posted by lord garth 2020-05-14 12:08||   2020-05-14 12:08|| Front Page Top

#21 This Judge for life knowe his job isn’t really in jeopardy so being overturned on appeal with a scoulding from a higher court is meaningless to him. What he will do is find Flynn guilty and sentence him to confinement of some duration hoping to force Trump to issue a pardon to give cover to this disgraceful abuse of power for the upcoming elections. The Flynn conviction was the sole concrete “proof” of the whole spy gate conspiracy. For the rubes that constitutes the backbone of the democrat/progressive socialist coalition, they need a talking point.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-05-14 13:12||   2020-05-14 13:12|| Front Page Top

#22 Thought Sullivan was better than this based on the Stevens case a few decades back. Turns out, he's not.

If memory serves, he only threw out that case after Stevens was defeated in the 2008 Senate race. Mission accomplished.


I was tempted to point out that this precedent, if accepted, could render all future plea bargains inoperative -- but then I remembered that the left never applies its own rules to itself -- and the Right never does so when they are "in charge", Kurt Schlicter's fulminations to the contrary.
Posted by charger 2020-05-14 13:59||   2020-05-14 13:59|| Front Page Top

#23 I'm hoping the judge is going to get briefs from any crazy lefty willing to submit one, then release Flynn as none of the briefs are going to be compelling law. This will delay things until more lefties accept the reality and cool down, and give him statesman-like non-partisan status of saying he gave everyone a shot to make their case before agreeing to the dismissal.

This will enable him to avoid wearing a bullet proof vest the rest of his life.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-05-14 14:05||   2020-05-14 14:05|| Front Page Top

#24 We are witnessing the Perfect Military IO, Information Operation Campaign, by Gen Flynn. He played them and they are voluntarily queuing themselves up to the Gallows.. What Fun!!! They (CIV) have no idea of the warrior spirit.....
Posted by Joe of the Jungle 2020-05-14 17:32||   2020-05-14 17:32|| Front Page Top

#25 #17 John - link doesn't work
Posted by Lex 2020-05-14 18:44||   2020-05-14 18:44|| Front Page Top

#26 Operational linkie to John's numma 17.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-14 18:46||   2020-05-14 18:46|| Front Page Top

#27 They are trying to run out the clock in terms of protecting Biden and smearing Trump any way they can into the election season.

The precedent is already there in the DC Court Of Appeals that binds this jusdge to accept the dismissal. Legally speking, he has no choice. This is all about creating smoke and noise and delay.
Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-05-14 18:54||   2020-05-14 18:54|| Front Page Top

#28 D for Destruction
D for Denial
D for Delay
D for Democrats
Posted by Lex 2020-05-14 19:05||   2020-05-14 19:05|| Front Page Top

#29 #17 link fixed.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-14 19:05||   2020-05-14 19:05|| Front Page Top

#30 Thanks, b.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-14 19:07||   2020-05-14 19:07|| Front Page Top

#31 Obama was first to bring up the perjury charge.
Posted by Grunter 2020-05-14 22:42||   2020-05-14 22:42|| Front Page Top

#32 hoist wit 'is own petard
Posted by Lex 2020-05-14 22:48||   2020-05-14 22:48|| Front Page Top

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21:32 Mullah Richard
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