I read the order. It contained boilerplate language. I don’t think that negates your point. Even with boilerplate language, how often are Brady orders issued in cases where there is a guilty plea?
The rats circle the wagons to defend their lowest allies. OTOH, senior pubbies scatter like cats. Eff ‘em all.
The entire Mueller affair is sickening and disgusting. General Flynn should never have been indicted let alone entrapped.
Your understanding matches my understanding.
No way Mueller will turn over any material that is helpful to Flynn - that would take integrity, which Mueller does not possess.
I’d love to see this judge boot Flynn free and make a referral for Mueller.
If a motion to withdraw a plea of guilty or nolo contendere is made before sentence is imposed, the court may permit the plea to be withdrawn if the defendant shows any fair and just reason. At any later time, a plea may be set aside only on direct appeal or by motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
With Strzok interviewing Flynn Strzok would have a conflict of interest in the case based on his temperament revealed in his text messaging.
President Trump tweeted a few months ago that Mueller would be done by Christmas. We can always hope that this was envisioned.
Always keep in mind that the original judge in the case had to recuse before sentencing because he was also a FISA court judge.
This is the judge that Dick Morris was talking about in his video yesterday.
So now Mueller has a problem. He knows his agents were dirty and he knows the IG knows his agents are dirty. He also knows someone wearing a white hat is feeding the evidence to the Judicial Committee run by Devin Nunes.
So if he hides or omits anything and Sullivan is made aware of it his goose is cooked.
This guy Sullivan has recently been assigned to look over Mueller’s shoulder. He’s got an interesting history who may give Mueller some trouble.
"Sullivan presided over the 2008 trial of Senator Ted Stevens, who was convicted of ethics violations in October of that year. The judge initially refused requests by the defense for a mistrial to be declared, after information was revealed that the prosecution had withheld material.[4][5] But in April 2009, Sullivan set aside the conviction following a Justice Department probe that found additional evidence of gross prosecutorial misconduct.[6]"
Bueller Bueller Mueller. ...
And...
"Government concealment of evidence
In February 2009, FBI agent Chad Joy filed a whistleblower affidavit, alleging that prosecutors and FBI agents conspired to withhold and conceal evidence that could have resulted in a verdict of "not guilty."[107] In his affidavit, Joy alleged that prosecutors intentionally sent a key witness back to Alaska after the witness performed poorly during a mock cross examination.
The witness, Rocky Williams, later notified the defense attorneys that his testimony would undercut the prosecution's claim that his company had spent its own money renovating Sen. Stevens's house. Joy further alleged that the prosecutors intentionally withheld Brady material including redacted prior statements of a witness, and a memo from Bill Allen stating that Sen. Stevens probably would have paid for the goods and services if asked.
Joy further alleged that a female FBI agent had an inappropriate relationship with Allen, who also gave gifts to FBI agents and helped one agent's relative get a job. ..."
Much more at link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens#Government_concealment_of_evidence
I do not believe the conviction is deemed legally final until the sentencing phase is complete. In any event, the prosecutors are in a big hurt locker now since the FISA facts will have to be produced since they were likely used to set up and sack Flynn. This is a big deal since the case and conviction may be tainted if the court determines that the surveilled conversations relied on were obtained through a fraudulently obtained FISA warrant, i.e., the FISA application presented to the FISA court included phony dossier facts that the affiant knew or had reason to know was fabricated and thereby perpetrated a fraud on the FISA court.
material, that could potentially help Flynn’s defense...
Flynn has already plead guilty... Could the new judge throw out the guilty plea based on the conduct of Mueller’s Trump hating investigators?
Frankly, Flynn is guilty of lying under oath and he’s has admitted this fact by offering his plea of guilt. The question is, if Flynn had instead not pled guilty, would the Mueller team be able to convict him in a court of law given the tainted and biased tone of the investigation that has only now been revealed after the plea of guilt has been offered. In effect, if Flynn and more importantly, Flynn’s lawyer had access to the facts as known today regarding the investigators, their ties to the Trump dossier and their obvious bias toward Trump. Would his lawyer advise him to accept a plea deal?
The likely answer given the facts, would be that a lawyer would not make that recommendation. There is now a growing amount of evidence that if presented to a jury in court, would result in Flynn avoiding a conviction.