Posted on 10/25/2019 8:44:47 AM PDT by Cboldt
An explosive new court filing from Michael Flynn's legal team alleges that FBI agents manipulated official records of the former national security adviser's 2017 interview that led to him being charged with lying to investigators. It's Flynn's lawyers latest attempt to get the case thrown out. ...
Whether the combative filings will persuade the court in a case where Flynn has already pleaded guilty remains to be seen.
Prosecutors have strongly rejected claims they're hiding evidence, saying "the government has exceeded its discovery and disclosure obligations in this matter," including by providing Flynn with thousands of pages of documents.
Federal prosecutors earlier this month called the defense's filings a "fishing expedition."
"Since the beginning of their involvement, the defendant's new counsel, have sought to get the charges dropped, professed their client's actual innocence, and perpetuated conspiracy theories, all while stating that the defendant does not intend to withdraw his guilty plea," they wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
They must be obliged to defend just as the crummy OJ lawyers had to. It’s all about the American Constitution.
Could be any one or more of many reasons. Busy with other matters, believe the judge will do the right thing, protocol is to allow independence (in spades, in this case, which was brought by team Mueller, not by the usual DOJ) are reasons that come to mind quickly.
It would be better if team Mueller was sanctioned by a federal court, than if the goons were called off by Barr.
The thing that still perplexes me is that Trump seemed to be caught off guard by all of this. Why? How? One thing that Donald Trump has NEVER struck me as being is naïve.
weissman has a book deal, I’ll be real interested to see the Fk Flynn chapter, which appears to have boomeranged and see if he incriminates himself in the book....
I suspect Trump couldnt conceive the breadth, depth and vileness of the Deep State.
But now, he knows explicitly.
So much more public and believable if a US Judge finds the DOJ lawyers violated Flynn’s rights and then takes action against them.
Perp walks, confessions, and referrals to lose their licenses are much more effective than Barr stopping things.
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