Judge Who Presided Over Michael Flynn’s Case and Recused Himself — ALSO SITS ON FISA COURT!

thegatewaypundit.com/ ^ | December 7, 2017 | by Jim Hoft

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Judge Who Presided Over Michael Flynn’s Case and Recused Himself — IS OBAMA APPOINTEE WHO ALSO SITS ON FISA COURT!

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On Thursday evening U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras recused himself from former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s criminal case. Emmet G. Sullivan will now oversee over the trial.

[BradyLS]

My apologies and thanks! :-)

[tennmountainman]

Yep. Big difference.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Makes you wonder if there is anything they won’t do to acquire and retain power.

[dennisw]

you have no friggin facts that this Judge signed the FISA request. True, he is on the list of FISA Judges but there are also a lot more on that list too.

With 11 FISA Judges total and with Judge Bozo Contreras recusing himself, the odds are high that Bozo signed the FISA for Trump Tower server.

[Bratch]

THE BIG UGLY – Why U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras Recusal From Mike Flynn Case is a Big Deal…

Posted on December 8, 2017 by sundance

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Last night news broke that U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras “has been recused” from the case overseeing the prosecution of General Mike Flynn. Details are vague. According to Reuters, both the judge and the Flynn legal team have yet to comment.

Additionally, there is no concrete answer as to whether the recusal was done by the judge himself or was forced upon him. While the reasoning is the key, the difference between the two options adds another layer of consequence within the rest of this outline.  Reuters News Service puts it this way:

(Reuters) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia judge presiding over the criminal case for President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has been recused from handling the case, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

According to a court filing, U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras, who presided over a Dec. 1 hearing where Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his contacts with Russia, will no longer handle the case.

Court spokeswoman Lisa Klem did not say why Contreras was recused, and added that the case was randomly reassigned. Reuters could not immediately learn the reason for the recusal, or reach Contreras. An attorney for Flynn declined to comment. (Link)

Obviously, the customary reason for recusal is when there is a conflict of interest between the case as assigned and the judge overseeing it.  However, as you can clearly see, in this case it’s rather odd that if a conflict existed the judge would have even begun to oversee the case at the prior hearing.  Why wait until six days after the first hearing?

As to the reasoning for the recusal, and stressed against the backdrop of the new information surrounding the investigative practices of the DOJ and FBI, this recusal is potentially both a game-changer and a massive dose of sunlight.

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[RegulatorCountry]

So which is it, was the judge removed involuntarily due to conflicts of interest, or did the judge voluntarily remove (recuse) himself?

Huge difference.

[mazda77]

We can send you some Valiums! Better yet, some blood pressure medicine.

“I want”? We’ll just call Trump on AF1 and let him know your demands.

And some here call liberals unhinged demanding twits!

Why else did he recuse— fill in that blank hummmmmmmm?

If you chill for just a little while, you will discover he did not recuse himself, he was recused, or in other words, FIRED!

[dennisw]

FROM CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE

Judge Rudolph Contreras is one of a very small group of FISA Court Judges. –LINK–

My instincts tell me that Judge Contreras was most likely the judge who signed off on the FISA warrant that led to the surveillance of Donald Trump’s campaign officials, that included National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn.

text from treehouse too

[mazda77]

well then, let’s just all make inferences as to what is and what is not when none of us knows for a fact that it is or it isn’t.

The problem here is that you and the other guy don’t know what you don’t know.

[raiderboy]

Thank you Judge for dropping by Free Republic. We note you as a troll.

[kenmcg]

“Emmet G. Sullivan will now oversee over the trial”

What trial? Flynn pled guilty.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Empire is on the run.

[Terry Mross]

This judge didn’t have to believe the dossier. He didn’t even have to see it to do what he was appointed to do.

[mazda77]

Unhinged loonies are trolls. I am not doing the judging. You are by demanding things which you can’t support with fact, just supposition.

[raiderboy]

Then He didn’t do his job and should be impeached, as I said. We want the Affidavit and we will get the affidavit in Congress so there will be no further cover up of this criminal use of the government f to spy on the campaign. This is one of the darkest moment in American History.

[AndyJackson]

If it’s the same judge, he may let the IG report address it

That is way outside the jurisdiction of an IG which is departmental internal affairs.

[timestax]

Then He didn’t do his job and should be impeached, as I said. We want the Affidavit and we will get the affidavit in Congress so there will be no further cover up of this criminal use of the government f to spy on the campaign. This is one of the darkest moment in American History.

Darn tootin.

[tired&retired]

Time to file a formal complaint against the judge and get a judicial misconduct review started.

[ConservativeMind]

This is the type of “collusion” that matters.

[tired&retired]

Hate to say it, but when the rule of law is cheated, often it reverts to chaos and warfare in society.

These FISA judges need to come clean or face the guillotine.