Posted on 05/25/2020 2:59:48 AM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., told "Fox & Friends" on Sunday it was an "unprecedented" step for U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to hire a personal attorney as an appeals court reviews his decision not to immediately grant the Justice Department's request to dismiss its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
"He's wanting to play every position, he wants to play the defense attorney, the prosecutor... the judge, he wants to bring in his own hearings here. This is something that's very concerning," Collins told co-host Griff Jenkins. "It's no shock to me that he finally had to go get his outside counsel because he's operating in areas right here that frankly, he needs to explain."
Sullivan hired high-profile attorney Beth Wilkinson, after Flynn's attorney last week filed an emergency writ of mandamus to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking that the prosecution against Flynn be dismissed as the Justice Department has requested, and for Sullivan to be taken off the case.
The order issued Thursday directed Sullivan to file a response by June 1, and invited the government to respond "in its discretion within the same 10-day period."
"I think the court of appeals is saying, 'This is something wrong, we need to look at [it],'" Collins said. "DOJ acted properly. It happens all the time in cases. Why is he not doing this? I think he's trying to play politics."
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I wish he would spend his own money for an attorney, so that he could at least have a taste of what Flynn endured. Of course, he won’t pay a dime - we will.
Many are bottom feeders.
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