Posted on 05/07/2020 1:44:50 PM PDT by jazusamo
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Attorney General William Barr over the Justice Departments decision to drop criminal charges against President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said the outrageous move called for an immediate explanation. He added the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, would summon Barr to the Capitol as soon as possible, after a March hearing with the attorney general was postponed due to the pandemic.
Rest assured, we are going to reschedule that hearing, ASAP, and demand answers! Nadler said on Twitter.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday its intent to drop the criminal case against Flynn, a former Trump national security adviser who had previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia during the presidential transition. Flynn later withdrew from his plea agreement.
Nadler said the DOJs move demonstrated the politicization of the top federal law enforcement agency under Trump.
Flynn PLEADED GUILTY to lying to investigators, Nadler also said on Twitter. The evidence against him is overwhelming. Now, a politicized DOJ is dropping the case.
Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said the decision reflected the worst politicization of the Justice Department in its history.
Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his illicit Russian contacts. His lies do not now become truths, Schiff said in a tweet. This dismissal does not exonerate him. But it does incriminate Bill Barr.
In a court filing Thursday, the DOJ said newly uncovered FBI documents showed the investigation into Flynn was handled improperly and revealed that agents had misgivings about whether they believed Flynn had lied during his interview.
DOJ lawyers told the court that the FBI had initially moved to close the investigation in 2016 after finding a lack of evidence, but that the case remained open by mistake.
Flynn would later provide agents a description of a conversation he had with a Russian diplomat in the weeks before Trump's inauguration that prosecutors considered to be false and misleading, leading to Flynns guilty plea.
Some legal experts expressed dismay over the departments change in course.
It is highly unusual to dismiss a case after a defendant has pleaded guilty in open court, said Barbara McQuade, a law professor at Michigan University and former federal prosecutor. There is nothing in the public record to justify this dismissal.
He looked a little gray there.....
Nadler and Schiff are not going to hold any hearings on Flynn. They’ll huff and puff for a few days and this will go away.
Nadler is a waste of skin. He and the rest of the House Rat leadership so need to be brought to justice by a peoples’ court since the current justice system will never hold them accountable.
50,000 people would be alive today if you hadnt stole the mic from Schiff.
ROTFLOL.
I am not going to forget that moment for a long time. It encapsulates Congress
Give him the full explanation — eyeball-to-eyeball.
Sounds like Barr is in BIG trouble now
What if he is called to resign by House Dems??
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said the outrageous move called for an immediate explanation. He added the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, would summon Barr to the Capitol as soon as possible, after a March hearing with the attorney general was postponed due to the pandemic.
He may deeply regret doing this.
I should also add,
Nadler is bluffing and AG Barr should go on national tv to goad him for an open hearing.
Barr then can explain he’s not responsible for the past wrong-doing of DoJ/FBI, suggest Nadler haul in Comey et al. for questioning.
That I would pay to see.
Well said Bump!
Nadler is a waste of skin.
Yes, and a lot of it hangs around his ankles.
Nadler said the DOJs move demonstrated the politicization of the top federal law enforcement agency”
What is it like to lack the capacity to feel shame? The rat scumbags are always on offense, always.
That should be Barr is in BIG BIG trouble now. :^)
How about an immediate explanation about Hillarys hundreds of crimes that she has never been accountable for?
Ha!! Okay. Works for us.
I don’t want those movies talking I want them dead
He can get his explanation by reading the news over the last week.
All of this was supposed to happen under Hillary.....they never counted on Trump and are obsessed with removing him from office.
<><> The Demoslobs were planning going to turn the world into a police state one way or the other before the election.
<><> The world, via the Internet, is getting wise to their trickery, they are out of time, period.
<><> The Demogarchs absolutely cannot let Trump get in for a second term.
<><> The slobs are cashing in on the virus---suspending civil liberties,
<><> getting Democrat goons to LEGISLATE our rights into the dustbin of history.
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