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Barr has tapped outside prosecutor to review case against Flynn: NYT
The Hill ^ | 02 14 2020 | Marty Johnson and John Kruzel

Posted on 02/14/2020 12:20:01 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Attorney General William Barr has ordered an outside prosecutor to review the criminal case against Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, sources tell The New York Times.

Such reviews are rare and are likely to raise new questions about potential political interference by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials into cases.

The report comes after the DOJ earlier this week reversed a decision to recommend a seven- to nine-year prison sentence for Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Trump. That decision led the entire prosecutorial team to resign in an apparent protest.

According to the Times, Barr has also tapped outside prosecutors to review other politically sensitive cases being handled by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, which is overseeing Flynn’s prosecution.

Among the team members identified were Jeff Jensen, a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in St. Louis who is handling Flynn's case, and additional prosecutors from Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen’s office.

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KEYWORDS: barr; flynn; trump
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1 posted on 02/14/2020 12:20:01 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Review? Is that a nice way of saying ESAD, Trump supporters?


2 posted on 02/14/2020 12:21:12 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: yesthatjallen

Really dude, (Barr) don’t bother. You must be so busy doing other things. President Trump can handle it.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 12:22:44 PM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: CatOwner

What does esad mean?


4 posted on 02/14/2020 12:23:43 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Eat [excrement] and die.


5 posted on 02/14/2020 12:24:41 PM PST by MortMan (Trump's 2020 win can only be as big as we can make it.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Cuts both ways.


6 posted on 02/14/2020 12:25:34 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: CatOwner

This is what you do with oversight AH. ESAD yourself.


7 posted on 02/14/2020 12:26:09 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s happening. AG Barr on the job one year is putting professionalism back into the DOJ.

The Swamp and DNC Media are triggered.

Go AG Barr!


8 posted on 02/14/2020 12:26:31 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Throw the mob a bone!


9 posted on 02/14/2020 12:27:40 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: yesthatjallen

Who did he appoint, Sessions?


10 posted on 02/14/2020 12:28:50 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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It’s happening. AG Barr on the job one year is putting professionalism back into the DOJ.

I can no longer differentiate what people really believe and sarcasm.

11 posted on 02/14/2020 12:29:26 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: CatOwner

is the NYT a trusted source?


12 posted on 02/14/2020 12:30:08 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’s good news, figure it out.


13 posted on 02/14/2020 12:31:25 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh this will all end well.


14 posted on 02/14/2020 12:34:44 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo2)
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To: yesthatjallen

In other words - he RECUSED himself.

Sessions 2.0

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.


15 posted on 02/14/2020 12:39:10 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Dittoes that.

It’s either sarcasm. Or a severe case of HUA.


16 posted on 02/14/2020 12:40:45 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: romanesq

Jeff Jensen is a Trump pick. We’ll see.


17 posted on 02/14/2020 12:42:36 PM PST by Engedi (ui)
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To: Engedi

Great development!


18 posted on 02/14/2020 12:49:01 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: Engedi
Jeff Jensen is a Trump pick. We’ll see.

I think a lot of it depends on when Trump picked him. The first two years of appointments were filled with backstabbers and deep state moles. It has taken a while for Trump to clear a lot of that out.

19 posted on 02/14/2020 12:52:18 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Only in mediaworld could bringing in an outside prosecutor to review the case somehow create a conflict inside DOJ.

No wonder the Mueller Dem rats scrambled for the exits when they figured out their dirtywork would be reviewed.

20 posted on 02/14/2020 12:53:09 PM PST by colorado tanker
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