Posted on 05/13/2020 8:20:38 AM PDT by jazusamo
It’s a sure sign of desperation whenever lawyers try to raise President Richard Milhous Nixon from the dead.
And so it is that a group of former Watergate special prosecutors this week resurrected the Ghost of Watergate Past in a last-ditch effort to keep alive the federal court case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The gang, adopting the sobriquet “Watergate Prosecutors,” asked permission from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to allow them to intervene in the Flynn case so they can – to put it bluntly – tell his honor how to think and what to do.
The judge issued an order Tuesday indicating he will soon accept “amicus curiae” (“friend of the court”) submissions in the case.
But in trial court proceedings involving crimes, only prosecutors and defense attorneys are permitted to be heard. Judges are supposed to render decisions based on evidence and arguments presented by the parties involved, not outside interests.
The prosecution of Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, has been on life-support since the Justice Department belatedly moved last week to dismiss charges against him. He was accused of making false statements to the FBI during an interview that was nothing more than a devious perjury trap designed to “get Flynn to lie.” The FBI was creating a crime, not investigating one.
A review ordered by Attorney General William Barr discovered that former FBI Director James Comey’s agents and Robert Mueller’s special counsel hit squad concealed vital exculpatory evidence from Flynn and his attorneys. The hidden documents showed that the retired lieutenant general did not lie to FBI agents, despite his coerced guilty plea under threat.
The former Watergate prosecutors now want to meddle in the Flynn proceedings like uninvited house guests...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Off the Wall Ping!
Contact to be added.
Thanks jazusamo.
Flynn is presumed guilty by Sullivan. It was my impression that the American legal system bent over backwards to presume someone was innocent. Silly me.
Come on guys, get over it, the Judge is just doing what he has to do to keep the Bribe Money we paid him, otherwise we would be demanding our money back, and just for the Record, Judge Sullivan is one of the Finest Judges Money can buy.
Yes, but isn’t it also true that if convicted and then subsequently pardoned, Flynn can no longer hold office in government, like being the new ass-kicking Director of the FBI?
Thanks for the info
The weirdo is promptly reversed on appeal.
Sullivan could deny all motions and sentence. The US filed a motion to dismiss....denied; he already pled guilty. The defense filed a motion to withdraw the guilty plea and to enter a plea of not guilty....denied. Second defense motion, prosecution should be dismissed for prosecutor misconduct....denied. The only thing left is sentencing...judge rules on how long Flynn is in prison. Denies bail continued until appeals are over....BOOM, Flynn doesn’t walk out the front door. He’s in a van to Club Fed.
That’s the nightmare scenario Flynn is facing.
Surely Powell takes an immediate writ ( in fact I’d do it today for an appellant ruling to toss the amicus briefs out, before they’re even filed).
I’m not sure but if POTUS wants to nominate him for a federal office the Senate has to confirm the nominee, in a case like this the Rats would squeal like stuck pigs. :^)
GREAT POINT!! Notice that NO JUDHES are Speaking Out about this JUDICIAL TRAVESTY!
Flynn’s persecution should be a stark and sober warning to future military leaders of what can happen to them if they dare to delve into politics — despite their honorable and heroic service to the country. They and their families will be harassed and trashed if they have any notions of working in a conservative administration.
A partisan and unforgiving legal system awaits them.
He’s not a fool. He’s a tool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
(derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971)
was a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations.
So this is basically Mueller's 17 angry democrat lawyers all over again
I meant Freedom in terms of dismissing his case, not physical or his
ability to speak.
He better like heat because he’s about to feel it if he allows it to happen.
Audit to ensue
The DOJ has already declined to prosecute. The case is over.
So the only possible explanation is that the judge is allowing “amicus curiae” briefs is to simply extend the propoganda generation and allow for a bit more headline generation and narrative building by the mainstream media.
Greg is often right, and brings out htings folks don’t usually think about- but unfortunately, the left just keep right on breaking the law- and the msm goes right on protecting them from scrutiny-
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.