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Grassley to DOJ: It's Time to Unseal Michael Flynn's Case Documents
Townhall.com ^ | April 29, 2020 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 04/29/2020 8:19:41 AM PDT by jazusamo

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To: zeestephen

riiiiiiggghhht.


21 posted on 04/29/2020 8:56:43 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I’m cynical....

I wonder if Barr isn't ready to talk around December, 2020 after a certain election is safely over for interested Deep State insiders. Then "What? Do all this messy indictment stuff during our happy family oriented Christmas week?"

Then news headline: Retirement from the DC fray looks better and better for Barr and other Trump people who now face replacement by Dem President. New AG Nominee Was College Pal of AOC.

22 posted on 04/29/2020 9:02:47 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Ann Archy

Not to mention dangerous!


23 posted on 04/29/2020 9:08:03 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
You need to read the language of Flynn's plea deal.

The judge asks specific questions to the defendant like...

Are you pleading guilty just to get a lighter sentence?

Are you pleading guilty because you cannot afford an attorney?

Do you understand that you are entitled to a formal trial and a judgment by a jury of your peers?

Flynn probably lied on half a dozen questions or more that will have relevance to a civil lawsuit or prosecutorial misconduct.

24 posted on 04/29/2020 9:08:23 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Ann Archy

Re: riiiiiiggghhht.

96% of federal defendants plead guilty to a lesser crime.

When is the last time you heard about a federal defendant overturning his own guilty plea?

Not often!


25 posted on 04/29/2020 9:13:38 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Did General Flynn lie?

With the full weight of the Department of Justice conspiring and conniving with Flynn’s own lawyers to frame him?

Nahhh. Why would he lie.


26 posted on 04/29/2020 9:17:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: zeestephen
There is a key legal problem.

Indeed. There is also a key justice problem that fatally taints the entire case. He was framed by the FBI, aided and abetted by the DOJ and his legal counsels. That is why he fired his lawyers and retained Sidney Powell who is destroying the people you are making the same arguments that you have just made. He will be pardoned, if required; but, he should be exonerated in view of his clear innocence and the egregious criminal handling of this case by the FBI, the DOJ, and the Covington law firm.

27 posted on 04/29/2020 9:19:27 AM PDT by centurion316 (.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Unseal the case documents?

Why are they sealed in the first place? There is no national security issues here.

28 posted on 04/29/2020 9:19:42 AM PDT by usurper ( version)
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To: usurper
Unseal the case documents?

Why are they sealed in the first place? There is no national security issues here.

 

 

The very idea these documents will vindicate the General and expose the intense levels of criminal actions that Obama's DOJ went through to threaten and frame Flynn is far greater than any petty "national security issues".

29 posted on 04/29/2020 9:25:48 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

DOJ/FBI frame/threatened rather than former Law Firm? Sounds like Covington failed represent/may have colluded w DOJ though.

Judge Sullivan has issued a minute order that requires Flynn’s former Law Firm to conduct a search and provide to his current legal representation any documents:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/judge-orders-michael-flynns-former-attorneys-to-re-execute-search-for-documents-after-new-trove-discovered

“The federal judge presiding over retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s case issued a surprise order telling the former national security adviser’s previous attorneys to conduct another search of their entire case archive after it was revealed they failed to turn thousands of documents over to Flynn’s new defense team.”

“The ruling by Judge Emmet Sullivan was made public Tuesday afternoon after Robert Kelner and Stephen Anthony, Flynn’s former lawyers at the powerhouse firm Covington & Burling, claimed there were 6,800 records they had only just now unearthed and turned over to Flynn’s current defense team, which has been led by former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell since July 2019.”

““It is FURTHER ORDERED that Covington & Burling LLP shall re-execute a search of every document and communication pertaining to the firm’s representation of Mr. Flynn,” stated Sullivan’s ruling, which appeared on the public docket. “It is FURTHER ORDERED that Covington & Burling LLP is FORTHWITH DIRECTED to produce to Mr. Flynn’s successor counsel all documents or communications concerning the firm’s representation of Mr. Flynn that were not previously transferred in the rolling productions. It is FURTHER ORDERED that Covington & Burling LLP shall file a notice of compliance with this Order by no later than 12:00 PM on May 4, 2020.””

Note that they are required to CERTIFY that they have produced all relevant documents.

FOR THIS REASON, WE AND FLYNN do NOT want them to unseal the DOJ documents UNTIL Ms. Powell Esq. has received the Covington documents and Judge Sullivan the certification he demanded. Covington & Burling needs to be kept guessing about these documents because they do NOT want to be in a position where they failed to supply common or related documentation supplied by the DOJ and to be found NOT in compliance with Judge Sullivan’s order. Let them SWEAT IT OUT!

After May 4th, next week, DeClass away!


30 posted on 04/29/2020 9:28:18 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: zeestephen

How many times has such a patriot and father been FRAMED by the highest in the land.....not often, thank GOD!


31 posted on 04/29/2020 10:28:14 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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