Pardon Michael Flynn. Time for the President to end this highly politicized prosecution.

Wall Street Journal ^ | July 10, 2020 | WSJ Editorial Board

[karpov]

The prosecution of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has already exposed the bad faith of the FBI and Justice Department in pursuing him even when they knew there was no basis for an investigation. Now federal Judge Emmet Sullivan is continuing the legal torture by appealing an order from a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to drop the charges. President Trump should step in now and end this farce by pardoning Mr. Flynn.

In an honest process, Judge Sullivan would have signed off on dropping charges once prosecutors and the defense agreed there is no case to adjudicate. He refused. Mr. Flynn then sought a writ of mandamus from the D.C. Circuit, and he prevailed in a 2-1 opinion that ordered Judge Sullivan to dismiss the case.

Judge Sullivan is now refusing again by requesting this week an en banc review of the writ by the full D.C. Circuit. Though we don’t know whether the full court will take the appeal, remember that Senate Democrats and Barack Obama packed the D.C. Circuit with liberal judges after ending the judicial filibuster on a partisan Senate vote in 2013.

Judge Sullivan knows that once the court takes the case en banc, the panel opinion is immediately vacated under D.C. Circuit rules. That means the writ ordering him to dismiss vanishes, and the eventual en banc ruling would control. Mr. Flynn’s legal agony would continue for months and perhaps until a Biden Administration takes office.

This is outrageous and continues the politicized nature of this sorry prosecution. The review of the Flynn case ordered by Attorney General Bill Barr found the FBI and Justice Department withheld exculpatory evidence, revised the bureau’s 302 interview forms, and did an end run around normal White House procedures to sandbag Mr. Flynn.

[Glad2bnuts]

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[Glad2bnuts]

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[Impy]

I read his pension is safe even if he went to prison, he was retired already at the time of his alleged offense.

[Nifster]

I hope that’s true

[The Westerner]

Thank you. It's jarring to find a soul intent on continuing the left’s narrative about Flynn on every single thread about Flynn posted on FR. Reading Sidney Powell's Motions and accompanying evidence requires tremendous concentration, yet the story she and Flynn have unraveled is scary as hell. For if this poster and its brethren succeed in destroying Flynn through this case, they will have succeeded in destroying the entire triparte system with its checks and balances. This week will be a nail biter waiting to hear whether the Full Circuit hears the case. The more exculpatory evidence Wray allows Flynn to have, the more I find he was that man they didn't believe existed: a man who cannot be corrupted.