Posted on 12/12/2018 10:26:36 PM PST by conservative98
One day after former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's legal team made the bombshell allegations that the FBI had pushed him not to bring a lawyer to his fateful Jan. 24, 2017 interview with agents at the White House, the federal judge overseeing Flynn's criminal case late Wednesday ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller to turn over all of its highly secret documents related to the questioning.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan -- who overturned the 2008 conviction of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens after government misconduct came to light -- is weighing how to sentence Flynn, who pleaded guilty to one count of lying to federal authorities in the Russia probe during that interview in the West Wing.
Flynn faced mounting legal bills that forced him to sell his home in the run-up to his guilty plea, and Mueller has recommended he receive no prison time.
Sullivan's extraordinary request puts Mueller under the microscope and sets a Friday afternoon deadline for the special counsel's office to turn over sensitive FBI documents under seal. The judge's review could shed light on why the FBI apparently took a significantly more aggressive tack in handling the Flynn interview than it did during other similar matters, including the agency's sit-downs with Hillary Clinton and ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos.
Flynn is set to be sentenced next Tuesday -- but Sullivan's move might delay that date, or lead to other dramatic and unexpected changes in Flynn's legal fate. Sullivan even has the authority to toss Flynn's guilty plea and the charge against him if he concludes that the FBI interfered with Flynn's constitutional right to counsel, although he has given no outward indications that he intends to do so.
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I’m not sure they can do that. Even if they are, the judge has the ability and right clearance to see them. He can make the decision to make them public or not. Be interesting if he discovers all the dirt, finally, and tosses Gen Flynn’s plea and forces everyone into a courtroom. Case against Gen Flynn will be dropped with prejudice.
I don’t think the General would have a problem raising money through GoFundMe for his legal team.
Mueller should be hung by his nuts until he falls off the hook.
Thanks conservative98.
It occurs to me that Mueller didn’t recommend any jail time in the hopes that the whole thing would just “squeak” past the judge and get closed without any real examination of the facts. But there are two major skunks in the basket.
The fact that Flynn was effectively denied counsel and not informed of his rights, and the fact that the 302s regarding the meeting were written months afterward. There is also the fact that the judge has ample past reason to dislike and distrust Mueller. The ultra-short deadline is another indication that he’s somewhat pissed.
I want to see Obama’s docs. When all the dust settles on this we may.
They all F’d with the wrong POTUS.
This is the advice that I would tell anyone. Just think of all the things Hoover did. I believe it's much worse now. I truly am fearful of my own government - something I never thought about growing up in this country. I was taught to think that 'if you've done nothing wrong, you don't have anything to worry about'. That's clearly not true.
Why no FIB recordings/tapes of what actually went down? [Do we have the tech today to get video/audio recordings of “meetings” in real time?]
Just FIB, made-up 302s.
Whatta scam.
A Fed. Judge can easily go Roberts at any time. Afterall Roberts says so.
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He no can do that. They are coming at Mueller from many directions. He is going to have to release these documents.
Don’t get too excited. The FBI will probably tell the judge that it’s none of his business, and the judge, wanting to keep his kids from being kidnapped, taken to Mexico, tortured, and killed, will likely say: “Oh, never mind”.
The schadenfreude just keeps coming. It started November 8, 2016. No particular reason.
Why the HELL did they WAIT SO DAMNED LONG???? It’s the Eleventh HOUR and people have been BANKRUPTED and RUINED!!! WHAT REASON FOR WAITING SO LONG?? STUPID!
Walpole? If that’s the one you’re referring to, it was a dump 45 years ago, too. I’m sure it’s even worse now. It was a bad place to be incarcerated.
(1) What crime was committed that required investigation by the “special counsel”?
We been hearing about "ballot harvesting," finding the votes to win AFTER Demoncrats lost an election.
This sure looks like "crime harvesting," a Democrap scheme to "get" whoever beat their candidate.
(2) Where is the spreadsheet WRT the $17 millions tax dollars used to coverup Congress and staffs' sex misdeeds?
AMERICANS DEMAND TO KNOW THE SCOPE AND DIMENSION OF TAX DOLLARS EXTORTED FOR POLS’ SEXUAL ABUSE PAYOFFS-——
It came in many forms:
<><> tax-paid hush money disguised as bonuses to victims
<><> tax-paid severances to victims
<><> no-show jobs to silence victims
<><> tax-paid legal assistance to victims
<><> payouts from the Office of Compliance
<><> payouts from tax-paid office budgets
<><> all other forms of tax-paid bribery
<><> all other forms of tax-paid hush money.
ACTION NOW-——Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414
CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044
The entire “Justice “ Department aND CIA needs to be fired.
The plea may be vacated.
If the judge throws this out can he also order the government to reimburse Flynn for his legal costs?>>>>>
Flynn could sue Mueller civilly and personally to pay to un-bankrupt him.
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