I listened to the whole thing. I love Sidney but she was a little bit flustered. DOJ guy was good, sharp. Sullivan hack was typical hack - even tried, like Wilkins and Henderson - do the soft sell - let it proceed - Sullivan may just dismiss. To me that’s a con job just so Gleason can spew his garbage into the public square.
I puked in disgust when Wilkins did a direct, inflammatory insert of White Officer/Black victim DOJ not forthright crap. Talk about speaking to the listening audience. Disgusting. But he’s an Obama extension, so not surprising.
“- let it proceed - Sullivan may just dismiss. To me that’s a con job”
That was my exact read on Beth Wilkerson trying to soft-pedal a way out for Sullivan. I wasn’t buying but I can’t say the appeals panel won’t.
They could sit on this until July 11th and then just watch to see what Judge Sullivan does but they absolutely shouldn’t.
They should give him no more rope than needed to hand himself and sign the order of dismissal.