But it’s not unprecedented. Prosecutors drop or reduce charges across the country every day. This is legal poppycock, just as the opening statement that it ls “unprecedented” for a defendant to change or withdraw his/her plea. This also happens in due course in courts across the land. It would be unprecedented if NO ONE EVER sought to withdraw a plea.
The “with leave of court” language implies that the court has ab overriding jurisdiction within the bounds of law. But there is no leave within federal rules of sentencing, when prosecutors and defense are in curiea on dismissing a case. The Flynn case is not merely about dropping charges - it’s about outright dismissal, warranted as we now know by a pattern of malicious intent at the FBI
“But it’s not unprecedented. Prosecutors drop or reduce charges across the country every day. This is legal poppycock, just as the opening statement that it ls “unprecedented” for a defendant to change or withdraw his/her plea.”
As a reminder, FraudCo’s handlers have always been fixated on using “unprecedented” wherever possible.