Posted on 04/28/2020 2:02:50 PM PDT by bitt
The federal judge presiding over retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynns case issued a surprise order telling the former national security advisers previous attorneys to conduct another search of their entire case archive after it was revealed they failed to turn thousands of documents over to Flynns new defense team.
The ruling by Judge Emmet Sullivan was made public Tuesday afternoon after Robert Kelner and Stephen Anthony, Flynns former lawyers at the powerhouse firm Covington & Burling, claimed there were 6,800 records they had only just now unearthed and turned over to Flynns current defense team, which has been led by former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell since July 2019.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that Covington & Burling LLP shall re-execute a search of every document and communication pertaining to the firm's representation of Mr. Flynn, stated Sullivans ruling, which appeared on the public docket. It is FURTHER ORDERED that Covington & Burling LLP is FORTHWITH DIRECTED to produce to Mr. Flynn's successor counsel all documents or communications concerning the firm's representation of Mr. Flynn that were not previously transferred in the rolling productions. It is FURTHER ORDERED that Covington & Burling LLP shall file a notice of compliance with this Order by no later than 12:00 PM on May 4, 2020.
Around the same time Tuesday afternoon, a seven-page filing from the Covington attorneys was unsealed, which showed that Kelner and Anthony had just transferred thousands of documents that they had been sitting on for almost a year to Powell and Flynns new team. Earlier in April, Covington admitted it failed to transfer a number of emails and two hand-written notes over to Powell, but Tuesday showed that this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Covington has now re-executed the email collection and searches on the broader set of emails,
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
They can delay until november 5th. Mission Accomplished
What is the connection between the IC and FBI and Covington & Burling and the attorneys at that firm that tried to help railroad Michael Flynn?
What is the connection between the IC and FBI and Covington & Burling and the attorneys at that firm that tried to help railroad Michael Flynn?
Same firm as Holder....no?
Having Holder on the hook would be frosting on the cake.
It would be interesting if Eric Holder is on any of the internal communications. He is a partner at the firm.
What DO they have, and how much of the smokin' gun, nuclear stuff do we STILL hold back - unsure if it's already in Flynn's hand. Who wants to be disbarred, and do 10 yrs in Fed prison?
Seriously?
Gen. Flynn’s attorneys were from a firm with Holder as partner?
smh
He should also order them to pay back all their fees.
Question: will Flynn be able to sue his former attorneys for malpractice or some other issue relative to their withholding documents and recover his millions in legal fees paid/owed to them?
He was evidence is actually overwhelming that Flynn is guilty as charged. The evidence Im talking about is Flynns guilty plea ... along with the fact that he appeared at least TWICE before this judge and gave statements UNDER OATH that he was guilty as charged.
But making them cough up ALL the documents first is better in the long run.
What if Powell has in hand some Covington documents that they haven’t turned over yet and she’s just sitting on them waiting for Covington to say to the judge that they’ve turned over everything?
Is it possible Covington & Burling LLP were directed to hose the defense of Flynn?
‘The evidence is overwhelming that this is an utter fraud on the court. It was Sullivans duty to act a year ago.
Hes shown by past actions that hes willing to stand by while careers and lives are destroyed.
If he had an ounce of integrity, he would have already done the right thing.”
This.
Then they’ve cut their own throats. I’m guessing they aren’t quite that stupid, since they know the government turned over a bunch of previously hidden stuff.
They will cough it up and quietly enter negotiations for settlement. I fully expect Powell and Flynn will write books when it’s finally and fully finished. They will be best sellers.
I don’t know who introduced Powell to Flynn, but that person did him and justice a solid with it.
What ever happened to the people who railroaded Senator Ted Stevens? How large were their performance boneses?
>> surprise surprise
Investigate the firm for collusion.
Ping
“It would be interesting if Eric Holder is on any of the internal communications. He is a partner at the firm.”
ERIC HOLDER
The secret side deal for the non-prosecution of Junior goes a long way to invalidating those pleas as evidence of duress, doncha think?
Flynn’s lawyer has proof that Justice threatened Flynn’s son with reprisals if he didn’t cop a plea. That should have been enough for Judge Sullivan. However, he found in the Senator Stevens case that the FBI would go to any illegal length to screw its perceived enemies. This is history repeating itself.
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