These are better times for obtaining information. In the past the system hid everything. Many things are being disclosed that brought this order about. There is still much more we will never know.
Wow! Did we find an honest judge?
Who appointed Sullivan? He is looking like a good guy and one of the unsung heroes of this swampy mess.
Interestingly, Sullivan's order may actually provide Mueller some cover here. Mueller may have been aware of the illicit FISA surveillance but almost certainly did not use any of it in his investigation. Even if he were rabidly partisan in the case, he would know better than anyone that the evidence was so tainted it would never be admissible in court.
So the only way he could deal with it was to lay low and ignore it until someone else would eventually reveal its existence in a very public manner that would allow him to deal with it as if it were the first time he was "officially" aware of it. I believe this is precisely why the announcement about the delay in Flynn's sentencing was made within 1-2 days of the release of the Nunes/HPSCI memo.
ALL OF IT...............................
First Flynn, then Manafort, then what?
Might be reading too much into this.
It's pretty rare for a judge to be involuntarily recused from a case by his superiors on the bench without any explanation at all, and normally there would be no reason to delay the sentencing for someone who has already pled guilty.
I do think it's highly likely that Mueller is looking for some way to gracefully back out of this entire sordid mess in a way that gives him some cover from the psychotic left who would accuse him of being in on the "conspiracy".
Excerpt from comment section of the article:
“A common thread between Gen. Flynn and Sen. Stevens is Attorney Andrew Weissmann - Mr. Mueller’s right-hand man on the SC team. Mr. Weissmann is a man with a history of prosecutorial misconduct that includes his overturned prosecutions of Arthur Anderson, Merrill Lynch employees and Sen. Stevens”
Bottom line:
Weissmann has a history of withholding exculpatory evidence and should be disbarred, if not in jail.
If Flynn’s case is dismissed without predjudice that leaves Mannafort and Papadopoulos.
I think Mannafort is cooked. He looks like he was moving money around and hiding it from the IRS, but this is stuff that happened years before he got on the Trump campaign team.
Papadopoulos lied to prosecutors also and he may be cooked. However, he was a low level advisor who the press admits was trying to arrange a meeting between Putin’s people and Trumps people and was rebuffed time and again.
Given the above facts as truth, where exactly does that leave us with this investigation? Where is there any sign of Russian collusion or any crime whatsoever? The press called the Nunes memo a big nothingburger, no this investigation is a big nothingburger with cheese and pickles on it!!!
Clarice Feldman seems to think the prosecutor can “dismiss” a case for which there has already been a conviction. Judge Sullivan’s request is for exculpatory information he wants to consider before sentencing. In this case, that might be material about Flynn’s long, exemplary career, the relative nothingness of the transgression, or it could be whether he cooperated, i.e., ratted out others to the Inquisition, as promised?”
Among the many things that bug me is Item 2 of the Statement of Offense attached to Flynn’s plea, wherein the Mueller group claims Flynn’s misstatements “impeded or otherwise had a material impact on the [...investigation of Russia’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election]”. That is a howling lie. Flynn’s denials of making certain statements to the Russian Amb. during the transition, about subjects that had nothing to do with the election, had no impact whatsoever on the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference in the election. The FBI possessed transcripts of Flynn’s calls before asking Flynn the questions. It was irrelevant to the “election interference investigation” whether Flynn admitted or denied these calls. The Special Prosecutor’s justification to the court for why the whole case mattered, was utterly false — it didn’t matter one whit. An admission of that lie is the “exculpatory” information Mueller should turn over — but of course will not.
Re: Mueller will dismiss against Flynn
That’s a really interesting, well reasoned, and really bold prediction.
I hope it happens.
George P. has already made one more bad mistake.
He let his girlfriend publicly claim that “heads are going to roll” when George P. testifies.
In case Mueller decides not to dismiss against George P., which is possible since George P. told a blatant material lie, Trump will not lift a finger to help him.
Put on your tin foil hats gents.
The whole Fylnn investigation was a ruse, slight of hand. Comey told Congress during a hearing that Flynn had not lied and the FBI did not recommend any action be taken. Mueller charged him. Flynn has been busy digging exposing deep state thugs shhhhh
They [the prosecutors] are compelled immediately to turn over all exculpatory material in their possession to General Flynn.As officers of the court, weren't they already required to do that before getting a specific order to do so?