Here’s a goodie.
The unseen hand of Barr and Durham is all over the recent filings by Sidney Powell, Flynn’s atty.
These are the altered 302s that we have all been hearing about for the past year that nobody has managed to produce.
How did Powell suddenly come by them?
If one starts from the assumption that Mueller was mentally incapable of running his investigation and that Andrew Weissmann was in fact the guy in charge, and that the prosecution of General Flynn is being handled by Weissmann’s minions, everything begins to fall into place. Andrew Weissmann’s criminal tactics are all over the Flynn prosecution.
By exposing the corrupt prosecution of Flynn, Barr and Durham have not only an opportunity to bring justice to General Flynn, they help build the public narrative of a vast criminal conspiracy that included Andrew Weissmann and his enabler, Rod Rosenstein, James Comey (remember he bragged about setting up Flynn), and Andrew McCabe (“First we f*ck Flynn, then we F*ck Trump”).
And by channeling this evidence through Sidney Powell into the Flynn case, Barr and Durham get it introduced into the public domain through court filings. Plus, by having the evidence introduced in the Flynn case, the argument that Barr’s investigation is simply revenge by President Trump is shot to pieces. And who better than Sidney Powel to handle the gutting of Andrew Weissmann? She has literally written the book on his corrupt tactics: Licensed to Lie.
I now see Powell’s efforts in the Flynn case as only tangentially about exonerating and bringing justice to General Flynn. In a much more profound sense what she is doing as an integral part of the effort to expose the criminal conspiracy to subvert the office of the Presidency of the United States.
This seditious conspiracy is in fact an attempted coup d’etat. Barr and Durham — and now with the help of Sidney Powell — are without question handling the prosecution of the most important criminal case in the history of the United States.
In this construction, General Michael Flynn is fighting the last and indisputably most important battle of his distinguished military career: The battle to save our Republic.
Your points are well made, but I highly doubt that Barr/Durham are working with Sidney Powell at all in the defense of Flynn.
I may not have understood what you wrote, but such a ploy would be highly unethical given that “Barr” is prosecuting Flynn. It is his DOJ. If Barr/Durham had direct evidence of wrongdoing in the Flynn matter he would be required to submit it to the court and move for dismissal. That has not happened.
I do believe the Flynn case used the same tactics they applied to Crossfire Hurricane and it was the same bad actors.
Regardless, I am encouraged to see the change in Barr’s language and he is one who is usually very careful with his words. His statement is very pointed with no nuance. It is the first time he has made a declarative statement to my knowledge that shows he has reached the same conclusion we did long ago.
With that said, my rage meter pegged long ago so I will remain tucked safely into my pessimistic “I will believe it when I see it” safe space that so many other frustrated FReepers have found.