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AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn’s criminal case
AP ^ | 5/7/2020 | By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER

Posted on 05/07/2020 11:35:51 AM PDT by RaceBannon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Russia investigation.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boom; coup; crossfirehurricane; doj; fbi; flynn; gettrump; mueller; obamacrimes; obamascandals; q; qanon; qwasright; russia; setup
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To: RaceBannon
3 lines-no waiting!


121 posted on 05/07/2020 12:14:12 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (This tagline is an advertisement-free zone. Is yours?)
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To: bert

They must be stood against a wall and shot

By this trangression against the Republic, they forfeited their rights to be Americans


They must be stood against a wall and shot

By this trangression against the Republic, they forfeited their rights to breathe.

FTFY


122 posted on 05/07/2020 12:14:35 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: RaceBannon

They dam well better tie each and every one of these m************ to a post and light them on fire!


123 posted on 05/07/2020 12:15:06 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: shalom aleichem
"Much better because (a) Sullivan cannot be safety predicted to dump it..."

I can't imagine Judge Sullivan, being a Clinton appointee or not, is happy with the fact that he, and his court was jerked around for all these years with what the DOJ has now declared an illegal case from the beginning. He was lied to by the prosecution from day one, and his courtroom used for political purposes. And he went along with it because he was gullible enough to think it was all on the up and up. It makes him look like a fool, that doesn't know what is going on in his own courtroom.

124 posted on 05/07/2020 12:18:07 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: QualityMan

They’re all human ... plus satanic scum.


125 posted on 05/07/2020 12:20:28 PM PDT by rx (Truth will out!)
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To: RaceBannon
18 U.S. Code § 241. Conspiracy against rights

If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured— They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

18 U.S. Code § 242. Deprivation of rights under color of law

Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.

126 posted on 05/07/2020 12:21:00 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Sarah Barracuda

He sure has been to hell and his family, too. They have lost so, so much and the left is saying he admitted to lying. They make me ill!

I hope he sues big time!


127 posted on 05/07/2020 12:21:52 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: gcparent

I agree Judge Sullivan should have taken action on this, but DOJ stepped up and did the right thing.


128 posted on 05/07/2020 12:22:34 PM PDT by SlipperySlope99
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To: RaceBannon

YES!!! They owe him and his family an apology plus millions of dollars!


129 posted on 05/07/2020 12:24:03 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: hsmomx3

I want to see heads rolling for what they did to Flynn, his family, and everyone else associated with the Trump Administration..what they did to Flynn is what they want to do to ALL Trump supporters, put us all in jail


130 posted on 05/07/2020 12:28:11 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: freedomlover
"Barr is Trumps hand puppet in 3, 2, 1 ..."

They can say that all they want, but Barr appointed an outside U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen from St. Louis to review the criminal case against General Flynn. It was on Jensen's recommendation, that Barr dropped the case. The left and the media will keep saying Flynn lied to FBI agents, but what they won't say is that those same FBI agents had no legal basis to question him in the first place.

131 posted on 05/07/2020 12:28:55 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: RaceBannon

Flynn lied? No, the FBI fabricated evidence to charge him with lying... That’s it.


133 posted on 05/07/2020 12:30:04 PM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: mass55th

Judge Sullivan is on record telling Flynn you sold your country out.


134 posted on 05/07/2020 12:30:28 PM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: BeauBo
"That would seem to demand some accountability."

People using the power and authority of their position to conduct witch hunts, and create a crime where one doesn't exist, all for political and personal gain. That's what it all boils down to.

135 posted on 05/07/2020 12:31:20 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: CatOwner

Actually, he can file his own criminal charges. Civil ones too.


136 posted on 05/07/2020 12:32:22 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: RaceBannon

Another article says the case is not over. Just because the DOJ withdrew, Judge Sullivan already has the case, and Flynn has already pled guilty. Sullivan can still make a decision if he wants.


137 posted on 05/07/2020 12:32:51 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: billorites

Worse, now the media will spin it as politically motivated.


138 posted on 05/07/2020 12:32:55 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: volunbeer

OK, but I think the judge has to sign off on the dismissal.


139 posted on 05/07/2020 12:36:50 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Political Junkie Too
"Michael Flynn's resignation was the first falling domino that led to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation..."

What a fool Jeff Sessions was, and he will have to live with that decision the rest of his life. He turned tail and ran, without even letting his boss know his intentions. President Trump should have accepted his resignation back in 2017 when it was offered. My mother always said everything comes out in the wash, and although you might not think so at the time, things usually do work out for the best in the end. The fact that this stuff is coming out now in the months before the election, are a plus for President Trump in the long run. He's being vindicated for everything he's claimed all along.

140 posted on 05/07/2020 12:37:23 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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