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Judge in Flynn case orders Mueller to turn over interview docs after bombshell claim of FBI pressure
Fox News ^ | Last updated 6 minutes ago | Gregg Re

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 20170124; alaska; andrewmccabe; emmetsullivan; fbi; fieldoffight; fisa; flynn; georgepapadopoulos; jamescomey; joepientka; judgesullivan; lisapage; michaelflynn; mueller; peterstrzok; robertmueller; sullivan; tedstevens; trump
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To: ZULU

some of the clerks in that court and at least
one judge is as corrupt as coal.

America is SCREWED by the lies rubberstamped
in that court, and has been for YEARS.


41 posted on 12/13/2018 2:56:24 AM PST by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: taxesareforever

A few decent men may save this country


42 posted on 12/13/2018 3:00:07 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

excellent interview to the very end.

Ingraham Angle - Devin Nunes begins at 38minutes 06seconds to the end of the show; Nunes wants Judge to request transcripts of Comey interview by Senate Intel Committee; Laura covers Jeannie Rhee as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc8T1SoXnfs


43 posted on 12/13/2018 3:18:06 AM PST by MAGAthon
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To: conservative98

That truly is the face of evil. You just know there’s a perv hidden there — and not hidden well.


44 posted on 12/13/2018 3:31:26 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Great things never come from comfort zones.)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
"In nearly 25 years on the bench, I've never seen anything approaching the mishandling and misconduct that I've seen in this case," Sullivan said."

Yeah...and what happened? Who went to jail or was held accountable for that gov't misconduct?

Nobody...as usual.

Stop thinking that someone on a White Horse is going to rescue us. The Deep State is undefeated so far.

45 posted on 12/13/2018 3:41:11 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-mob)
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To: conservative98

Don’t hold your breath. If Mueller hands anything at all over, it will be altered. He will protect himself at any cost. Sacrificing ethics is no problem for him.


46 posted on 12/13/2018 3:42:15 AM PST by djpg
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To: DesertRhino
The crooks advised Flynn not to have a lawyer. They didn’t record the interview. And they didn’t write a written report about it until 7 months later. They wrote the way they “remembered” the interview.

Did they forget to Mirandize him too?

47 posted on 12/13/2018 4:34:48 AM PST by Rapscallion (Iran's leaders are as crazy as bedbugs.)
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To: Reno89519

Yes.


48 posted on 12/13/2018 4:37:52 AM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: conservative98

Join Corsi in another lawsuit against Mueller and his Stasi accomplices.


49 posted on 12/13/2018 4:42:21 AM PST by grumpygresh (Abolish administrative law. It's regressive, medieval and unconstitutional!)
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To: Reno89519
If the judge throws this out can he also order the government to reimburse Flynn for his legal costs?

And restore his home?

50 posted on 12/13/2018 4:46:36 AM PST by Rapscallion (Iran's leaders are as crazy as bedbugs.)
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left

“In nearly 25 years on the bench, I’ve never seen anything approaching the mishandling and misconduct that I’ve seen in this case,” Sullivan said.”

Was there any accountability for the above?


51 posted on 12/13/2018 5:22:40 AM PST by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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To: conservative98

The paper shredders are working full time.


52 posted on 12/13/2018 5:23:58 AM PST by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: Captain7seas

I don’t think so!! The Holder/Obama DOJ did nothing. I don’t recall anything else happening.


53 posted on 12/13/2018 5:24:37 AM PST by Trump_the_Evil_Left (FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
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To: conservative98

Trump made a grave mistake not firing Sessions and Mueller for criminal activities.


54 posted on 12/13/2018 5:26:10 AM PST by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!.)
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To: Candor7

they should vacate the plea (an sentencing) and have an open trial in court, under oath on record. Including discovery.

That would get very interesting fast.


55 posted on 12/13/2018 5:38:55 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: conservative98

Why do I have the feeling one of those commercial shredder trucks just pulled up in front of FBI headquarters?


56 posted on 12/13/2018 5:47:07 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: CodeToad
Trump made a grave mistake not firing Sessions and Mueller for criminal activities.

I think that was a deliberate tactical move, realizing stuff like THIS would happen.

I'm with you though, I'd rather he just fired them.


57 posted on 12/13/2018 5:48:16 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: conservative98

bump


58 posted on 12/13/2018 6:28:16 AM PST by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: conservative98

I hope Mueller refuses, is found in contempt of court, and thrown in jail.


59 posted on 12/13/2018 6:42:20 AM PST by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: conservative98

I don’t think Flynn ever committed a crime.


60 posted on 12/13/2018 6:52:27 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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