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Retired judge calls effort to drop case against ex-Trump adviser 'gross abuse' of power
Reuters ^ | June 10, 2020 | Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe

Posted on 06/10/2020 10:28:11 AM PDT by Rennes Templar

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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Okay thanks. I don’t have a Twitter account, and only view postings on it, when someone on FR post a link to it, or the White House sends links in their emails.


61 posted on 06/10/2020 1:00:28 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: gogeo

We will see where this goes. I hope dismissal. Flynn charged. Flynn pleads guilty under oath freely and voluntarily. Flynn seeks to withdraw a plea claiming mislead by former counsel and bad faith by gov. Judge orders all parties including former counsel to file explanations before revoking the guilty plea. Gov responds not with an admission of wrong doing but merely stating essentially, “we are not interested in pursuing the case anymore.” To me it seems the court is saying, has there been a fraud on the court, by whom and how? In the meantime, the court has Flynn in a bind. Does he also have the Gov in a bind? the former attys? Fraud on the court is extremely dangerous. Remember, the Gov hasn’t admitted doing anything wrong. Now the story is that they re-evaluated the case.


62 posted on 06/10/2020 1:22:32 PM PDT by Oystir
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To: Rennes Templar

So, if you falsely fire one of my employees, and I complain long and loud about the unfairness, then it is corrupt if the prosecutors independently discover it was a covert corrupt prosecution and drop the charges???

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

We should continue with what we know to be a kangaroo prosecution based on lies, and we should send a known innocent man to jail?


63 posted on 06/10/2020 1:25:58 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: mass55th

Click on the June 9 2020 link in red in post 57 which is:

https://twitter.com/SidneyPowell1/status/1270503509079793665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


64 posted on 06/10/2020 1:26:12 PM PDT by map
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To: Rennes Templar

Former advisor??? Michael Flynn was the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He was sitting in his WHITE HOUSE office when he was ambushed by coupist FIB agents.


65 posted on 06/10/2020 1:27:50 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Rennes Templar
The strangest aspect of this case, which has a great deal of twists and turns already, is why Sullivan is holding onto it well into two and a half years. He complains about the DoJ wanting to drop the case, but he let it linger for so long that they were able to get all the information to show the past prosecutorial abuse.

And in his brief to the court last week, he asked them to at least give him a chance to make a decision, and if it was wring, they could reverse it. But, he's had plenty of time.

One theory is that as long as Flynn's case is open, he cannot speak about it, and that would be motivation to keep it dangling for all this time.

I just don't know. It's the strangest case I can think of from a legal process point of view.

66 posted on 06/10/2020 1:35:46 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Rennes Templar
Gleeson also said there was "ample evidence in the record that Flynn committed perjury," or lying under oath.

He could not have lied under oath since he wasn't under oath.

67 posted on 06/10/2020 1:59:41 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: Rennes Templar
Gleeson, I think.


68 posted on 06/10/2020 2:27:57 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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To: Rennes Templar
Gleeson also said there was "ample evidence in the record that Flynn committed perjury,"

Cite the evidence, dickweed.

69 posted on 06/10/2020 2:30:27 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I saw that tweet on twitter yesterday

Had nothing to do with the Flynn case, SP was calling out the mayor of Baltimore for being a jerk.

mass55th, you have to click on the date to see the tweet.


70 posted on 06/10/2020 3:11:53 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: mass55th; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Oops seems to be the mayor of Chicago, the dem mayors all merge together in my mind.


71 posted on 06/10/2020 3:18:01 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Rennes Templar

GFY Judge.

Enjoy your retirement on our dime you pathetic parasite!


72 posted on 06/10/2020 3:20:43 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Rennes Templar

The retarded judge?!!!!!!


73 posted on 06/10/2020 3:41:20 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: Oystir
There are some unreported problems with the plea that this judge points out. When entering a guilty plea in Federal Ct. the party/defendant is sworn and then under oath admits guilt along with facts that support the plea of guilty. Flynn, under oath and with facts, admitted guilt. You are also asked if anyone or anything coerced this plea. Flynn said no. As I state this, please be aware that it is difficult to change a guilty plea. There were obvious shenanigans in this court. Shouldn’t the court get down to the reasons? The gov just asking for it to go away is not always sufficient.

Look, Oystir, if you say ANYTHING different than what was agreed to in the plea bargain, the plea bargain is null and void. GET IT???? That is a REQUIRED PART OF THE PLEA BARGAIN! He cannot state anything different in court than what the prosecutors tell him to say. GET IT?????

NOW get a brain.

74 posted on 06/10/2020 4:01:35 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot)
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To: Oystir
Remember, the Gov hasn’t admitted doing anything wrong. Now the story is that they re-evaluated the case.

Did you read the filing the DOJ made to Judge Sullivan in requesting the dismissal. I’ve read every filing. It has LOTS of evidence of wrong-doing on the part of the prosecution as part of its reasoning for dismissal, and the reason—which they are NOT required to file at all—for withdrawing the case. Multiple cases and precedents allow the government to withdraw cases prior to sentencing in the interest of Justice. That is what they are claiming.

75 posted on 06/10/2020 4:08:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Sydney Powell misspelled "ipsa" on twitter but I know what she means.

I sincerely doubt that Attorney Sydney Powell misspelled that word. Try it sometime on a computer and you’ll find the computer auto spell check converts it to ipas, the plural for a light beer. It does on my computer and it also does on many uploads, automatically. They don’t recognize Latin. LOL!

76 posted on 06/10/2020 4:12:57 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot)
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To: Swordmaker

Autocorrect doesn’t change ipsa on my computer but it is certainly possible.


77 posted on 06/10/2020 5:30:12 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: Rennes Templar

I give you Judge, Jury and executioner, and prosecutor, Mr. Sullivan.

When persecuting a white man that Obama hates, there’s no role he can’t play, no bridge too far.


78 posted on 06/10/2020 9:59:24 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Rennes Templar

Gleeson is insane, which is why Obama and Sullivan picked him to do something that is procedurally unethical and possibly illegal.

Sullivan will get his very soon when official complaints from DOJ, filed with the Judicial Council (or whatever the name is for the official group who hears ethics/malpractice complaints filed against them by other judicial persons).

Hopefully he will be disbarred and thrown out of the court.

As for Gleeson, he might get his kick in the ass from a higher court who realized that he is insane and dangerous.


79 posted on 06/10/2020 11:21:54 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (??)
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To: Swordmaker

Oh, I certainly get it and I hope the appeals court moves quickly for a dismissal. I also believe that it is highly unfair that Flynn is left dangling. I was just trying to give you the legal/fact that the procedure of withdrawing a guilty plea is NOT so simple. Unfortunately, this “independent” judge says so too. In fact, this idiot says no to a withdrawal - go strait to sentencing. A withdrawal leads to the Gov having to prosecute a case they now don’t believe in. This judge says no trial. Go to sentencing and that Sullivan can take Flynn’s court behavior against him as he is showing no remorse.


80 posted on 06/11/2020 7:01:04 AM PDT by Oystir
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