Posted on 03/27/2018 5:24:01 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
Rumor and speculation as to why District of Columbia Judge Rudolph Contreras was recused from Flynn case An option being discussed by attorneys, pundits and supporters is that Flynn withdraw his guilty plea before sentencing The Office of Special Counsel complied with a federal judges order and as a result turned over all evidence related to former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynns case, according to two sources who spoke to this reporter.
In December, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller to provide Flynns attorneys with any and all information that may have been withheld from the case. Sullivan took over as the presiding judge after District of Columbia Judge Rudolph Contreras was recused from the case on Dec. 7. There was no explanation as to why Contreras, who presided over Flynns guilty plea on Dec. 3, was recused from the case. Flynn pled guilty to one count of lying to the FBI, despite testimony provided to Congress by former FBI Director James Comey, where he stated that the agents did not believe Flynn had lied about his conversation with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016.
Sullivan ordered the government to produce any evidence in its possession that is favorable to defendant and material either to defendants guilt or punishment.
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You’re welcome. If anybody understands all this stuff and can communicate it clearly, it’s Howie Carr. He’s a walking encyclopedia of the Boston FBI, and a superb writer.
Haven’t listened to Howie in years - mostly because I don’t go up that way any more; his encyclopedic knowledge of Boston went well beyond the FBI - he could cite chapter, verse and context of all of the players in the Mob up there too - didn’t he supposedly have a hit put on him years back?
Lol—oh, you’re right about that. Don’t get Howie started on the Boston-area mob unless you have some time on your hands. He was always fascinating on that topic though—a born storyteller.
The tale of the unfulfilled hit appears in Ratman—Howie’s account of the Whitey Bulger trial:
Ratman
‘With a $2 million reward on his head, James Whitey Bulger was the most-wanted fugitive in America for sixteen years when he was captured by the FBI in June 2011. Two years later, this Boston organized-crime boss went on trial in his hometown. In his latest book, Ratman: The Trial and Conviction of Whitey Bulger, New York Times bestselling author Howie Carr chronicles the trial of this notorious mob boss, who was charged with nineteen murders. Carr also shares accounts of a uniquely personal nature, including testimony from one of Bulgers hit men, who Whitey ordered to kill Carr in the driveway of his home. Despite Bulgers attempts to keep this Boston Herald columnist and radio talk-show host out of the courtroom by listing him as a defense witness, the judge allowed Carr to cover the trial, putting readers in the front row at one of the most entrancing murder trials in recent history.’
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