Posted on 09/24/2019 6:45:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In a stunning move, a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia overturned the conviction of ex-business partner of former National Security Advisor Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Bijan Rafiekian, Tuesday who was charged earlier this year with undisclosed lobbying that prosecutors claimed was to ensure the extradition of a Muslim cleric living in the United States back to his homeland of Turkey.
Judge Anthony Trenga, who oversaw the case, stated in his 39 page acquittal decision that the evidence presented to the jury was insufficient to prove any type of conspiracy and based mainly on hearsay.
He noted in the decision that the “jury was not adequately instructed as to the role of Michael Flynn in light of the government’s in-court judicial admission that Flynn was not a member of the alleged conspiracy and the lack of evidence sufficient to establish his participation in any conspiracy; and there was a substantial danger that the jury drew inferences against Rafiekian with respect to the existence of and his participation in the alleged conspiracy based on a belief that Flynn could be regarded as a member of the alleged conspiracy.”
Trenga noted in his decision that the government’s use of information that was related directly to Flynn in an effort to convict Rafiekian was wrong and that the jury “was not adequately instructed as to the knowledge element necessary to convict Rafiekian of a violation of Section 951, as charged in Count II.”
Trenga listed a litany of reasons to acquit Rafiekian and stated, “for the reasons above, the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain either of Rafiekian’s convictions, and the Motion for Acquittal is therefore Granted.”
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Hopefully this will help LTG Flynn’s case.
Hope so too!
No reason for judges or juries to believe the FBI when they say someone lied to them considering how much they have lied to US.
Ping
Lies and deception
The legal savages who brought this against Flynn will shrug and move on to their next kill.
Sullivan is indirectly telling the prosecution that the plea agreement will not be enforced because of the Brady violations.
The prosecutors were already trying to find a face-saving way to drop the charges. The vacation of the conviction of this guy doesn’t help them.
Sydney Powell has not asked the judge to vacate Flynn’s plea deal. She wants to shove the case down the throats of Mueller, Weinstein, and the prosecutors in the case. It also sets up Flynn for a slam dunk civil lawsuit against the FBI and DOJ. Flynn is going to become a very, very wealthy man.
I read the entire decision of the judge. The government prosecutors admitted that Flynn was not part of the alleged “conspiracy” in this case.
You said: “Flynn is going to become a very, very wealthy man.”
I certainly hope so, after this illegal vendetta has caused him to sell his home and bankrupted him.
It will be a slam dunk for Flynn to win a civil rights violation lawsuit once the Judge dismisses the charges based on civil rights violations; and, especially when they knew he did not commit any crimes.
Unfortunately, this was an Alexandria VA jury that voted guilty on a very weak case. This shows you what we are up against if Barr decides to prosecute. A DC/ VA jury will never convict Democrats. That’s just an unfortunate fact of life. The best we can hope for is that they have to spend an inordinate amount of money defending themselves.
Dear Free Republic Compatriots: Lets Get C-SPAN to cover this TIMELY EVENT! ActivistChat.com ^ | Feb 6, 2004 | ActivistChat.com Posted on 2/6/2004, 5:37:58 PM by faludeh_shirazi
Dear FreeRepublic Compatriots: There is a SPECIAL EVENT on Iran that is going to be held on February 11th in California. The program is called "From a Great Civilization ... IRAN .. To the Axis of Evil?" and the speakers will be LARRY ELDER, KENNETH TIMMERMAN, and BIJAN KIAN. Because most of us won't be able to attend we are urging everyone interested to email C-SPAN at events@c-span.org and see if we can't get them to give coverage to this program! Let C-SPAN know that this is a very important and timely event and will get MANY viewers!
Lets see if we can't send a few hundred emails their way and get this program AIRED! Good Luck Fellow Freepers!!!!
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