Posted on 06/25/2020 9:10:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
A federal judge late Wednesday halted all proceedings in the case against President Trump’s first national security adviser Michael Flynn.
U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan issued a one-page order hours after a federal appeals court ordered him to dismiss the case saying he overstepped his authority by keeping it alive.
The move buys Judge Sullivan some time while he decides whether to appeal the 2-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Judge Sullivan could appeal the case to the en banc appellate court or the U.S. Supreme Court.
It is also possible one of the appellate court judges could request en banc hearing even if Judge Sullivan doesn’t.
“In light of the Opinion and Order issued by the Court of Appeals on Mr. Flynn’s petition for writ of mandamus, the deadlines and hearing date set forth in the Minute Order of May 19, 2020 are hereby stayed,” Judge Sullivan wrote in the order.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Has this ever happened in America’s history before?
Judges appealing decisions to dismiss a case?
Taking retired judges to serve a prosecutors?
The damn communists are inside the wire now.
How can a lower court judge appeal a ruling made by a higher court? That makes zero sense. That turns our system of justice completely upside down and makes the appeals court a worthless entity if the lower court can appeal their ruling. Mind boggling.
I am confused. How is it the Judges place to appeal?
Either the prosecutor or the defense appeals, why is this judge allowed to?
Go ahead. Take this to SCOTUS. The longest this is drawn out, ore info is going to come out against Obama, Biden, and their goons in his administration. Watergate looks like a picnic in comparison.
Let them appeal. Optics versus a Gag order.
They can’t let Flynn start talking now, so this must continue for the bad guys.
The Lunatic Is On The Grass, The Lunatic Is On The Grass.....................
The “judge” has no standing to appeal anything. He isn’t a litigant. Is Sullivan really that oblivious?
Clearly this judge has skin in the game...
Affirmative action judge.
The lunatic is on the bench.
Effing scumbag. If I were Sidney Powell, I would immediately re-request this scumbag, this disgrace to the bench, this Roland Friesler, this Torquemada, to be removed from the case.
It ain’t over until Pelosi says its over.
The rogue leftist ape thinks the legal system is his to run interference for Maobama.
“”””Let them appeal. Optics versus a Gag order.
They can’t let Flynn start talking now, so this must continue for the bad guys.””””””””””””””
Maybe Flynn can’t talk but plenty of people can speak for him.
If the judge wants the circus to continue then so be it.
Exactly so.
The Lunatic is in the hall.
- Flynn goes on Rush Limbaugh and spills what he knows in violation of the gag order
- Sullivan cites him for contempt
- Sydney Powell goes back to the Appeals Court challenging his authority to enforce a gag order on a case they’ve ordered him to drop
- The information gets out there and the contempt citation gets hung-up at the appeals court
- And if something stupid happens Trump can still issue a pardon on the contempt charge.
Sullivan is pretty much checkmated here. Only question is, is he smart enough to realize it?
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.