DOJ drops case against Michael Flynn, in wake of internal memo release

Fox News.com ^ | May 7, 2020 | Brooke Singman

[Kaslin]

The DOJ decision would appear to put an end to that process.

Earlier Thursday, the top prosecutor on the case, Brandon Van Grack, abruptly withdrew from the case, without explanation, in a brief filing with the court.

Breadcrumbs were being dropped in the days preceding the decision that his case could be reconsidered. Documents unsealed a week ago by the Justice Department revealed agents discussed their motivations for interviewing him in the Russia probe—questioning whether they wanted to“get him to lie” so he'd be fired or prosecuted, or get him to admit wrongdoing. Flynn allies howled over the revelations, arguing that he was essentially set up in a perjury trap. In that interview, Flynn did not admit wrongdoing and instead was accused of lying about his contacts with the then-Russian ambassador – to which he pleaded guilty.

Then on Wednesday, the DOJ released a mostly unredacted version of former acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s August 2017 “scope memo,” outlining the authority then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller had for his investigation. That document revealed for the first time that Mueller’s authority went significantly beyond what was previously known.

Rosenstein’s memo was known to have authorized Mueller to probe “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump,” and “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation,” and “any other matters within the scope of [obstruction of justice laws].”

But the new document made clear that Rosenstein authorized a deep-dive criminal probe into the Trump campaign that extended well beyond Russian interference efforts.

The memo revealed that Mueller was, among other things, looking into whether Flynn “committed a crime or crimes by engaging in conversations with Russian government officials during the period of the Trump transition.”

[poconopundit]

I like your spirit, Bagster. You have every reason to whoop it up and taste the fine wine of Justice doing its work. Well done.

You, too, HarleyLady! Congrats. It’s a big night for patriots.

Thanks for the ping, Albion.

[bagster]

Jerry Nadler is eating angrily over this.

Ahahahahaha.

Shiny.

[bagster]

The facts are plain as day. Wray has been sitting on these the Flynn FIB docs for near 3 years. Barr has allowed Horowitz and now Durham to slow walk their administrative investigations. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Criminal Democrats free as birds. Trump supporters ruined and jailed.

Leave it to you to misread EVERYTHING, lodi.

Promise to never become a political analyst on FOX news, okay? Kthx.

[bagster]

Gee, I didn’t know you were also claiming to be psychic.

Maybe you haven't heard. I am the all seeing, all knowing, all powerful Oracle.

And I know EVERYTHING. But you gotta be special for me to tell ya stuff. You're not that kind of special. You're the other kind of special.

#BetterAxtSomebody

[Doctor Freeze]

Mr. Comey and his loyalists then set up Mr. Flynn in an interview despite having no legal basis. The documents show that Mr. Comey told his deputies not to inform the White House general counsel of the visit and not to tell the White House about his conversation with the ambassador. They also show that Mr. Comey worked around senior Justice officials, including Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who thought the White House should be informed. As he did with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Hillary Clinton’s emails, Mr. Comey acted as if he was a law unto himself.(Wall Street Journal Editorial Board; 5/7/2020)

Given the government is the only entity that has the power to unilaterally and "legally" deprive you of your life or liberty, this should send a shiver down the spine of all Americans. Comey and his corrupt cronies were able to deprive of the one protection that could have thwarted their plan... a lawyer.

[bagster]

This gives Flynn the opportunity to Sue the hell out of every body for Millions!

Its not about the money, money, money....its about the silent war, forget about the price tag.

Flynn is a super patriot and he will do what is best to help Trump win this silent war we are engaged in. If making a lawsuit against the derps will help that cause, then he will do it. If only to bring further evidence to light.

Money would be a side issue. I would expect the Donald might drop a few benjamins his way anyway. I hear he's rich. And they can't say he was paying Flynn to keep his mouth shut anymore.

I also expect, now that this particular mission is complete, we may see Flynn in some role in the administration, at least in the second term and maybe sooner, depending on how bad Trump wants to piss off the derps.

And FURTHERMORE, since I'm on a roll, I also expect him to continue helping Rodgers and the Q team to win this war. Oh, have I said too much?

Forget I said that last part.

[bagster]

Awwww, thank you Pocono.

#MAGA

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

Great news. I hope some of the culprits are prosecuted.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

Great news. I hope some of the culprits are prosecuted.

[A Navy Vet]

"Someone explain to me how someone could lie when they don’t know what the supposed lie was?"

It's simple and how LE interrogates. They keep asking the same question over and over and if a suspect says just one word wrong, they may have committed perjury. Plus, it now appears that if Flynn didn't plead guilty to perjury, the FBI was going after his son.

NEVER EVER TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY PRESENT! All you need tell them is you refuse to say anything without an attorney present. However, you can also use the Hillary protocol of, "I don't remember"; "I don't have any recollection of that"; "I can't recall"; "I have no memory of that". There is no way anyone can prove you don't remember, unless an eye witness or documents prove otherwise.

[poconopundit]

Trust the Plan, Trust the Man

[timestax]

[stuckincali]

APPARENTLY THERE WAS COLLUSION IN THE RUSSIA SITUATION. THE COLLUSION WAS BETWEEN THE FBI AND THE DEMOCRATS TO OVERTURN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THAT IS CALLED A COUP ATTEMPT AND COUP ATTEMPTS ARE SEDITION. SEDITIONISTS BELONG IN PRISON.

[V K Lee]

Yo!

Any idea as to today’s date? May 7, 2020 = NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.

Appres pos, yes?
Our Prayers have, at long last, been answered.

Signs, signs, everywhere signs. All we need do is look and hope to understand.

[Liz]

Adam Schiff may be the biggest loser of Russia probe declassification

Everything Schiff does is motivated by his pathetic political ambitions. The self-absorbed Schiff can’t let it go....
even when DOJ said you can’t redo Mueller. We know Mueller’s report is full of lies, omissions and errors, but
Adam Schiff desperately needs to smear President Trump. Small-minded Schiff thinks he can advance himself by tearing down someone else.
Schiff has sickening “delusions of grandeur” about being the one who took down a president......

---

Schiff arranged to get himself on talk TV some 237 times, and stupidly based his reputation on “getting” Trump.

He cant accept the thing was a lie, sham, hoax and plot that involved Obama, Hillary, etc;
Schiff is desperately trying to salvage what little integrity he imagines he retains.

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AND THIS___realpolitics.com reprorted that on Meet The Press, Schiff, the head of the Congressional Intel Committe actually said
“he had evidence” of Trump-Russia collusion. But he couldnt show it, suggesting to a national audience
that he alone had privileged information nobody else had.

Why is Schiff’s statement so shocking?

B/c its true. Schiff undermined US Ntl security and imperiled Americans to keep th TV cameras rolling.

Adam Schiff is ranking Democrat member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Schiff’s Committee oversees all or part of the following executive branch departments and agencies:
- Office of National Intelligence
-Central Intelligence Agency
-Defense Intelligence Agency
-Department of Defense
-Department of Energy
-Department of Homeland Security
-Department of Justice
-Department of State
-Department of Treasury
-Drug Enforcement Administration
-Federal Bureau of Investigation
-National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
-National Reconnaissance Office
-National Security Agency
-Office of Naval Intelligence
-Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
-United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
-United States Coast Guard Intelligence
-Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

Did Schiff ever notify these agencies that he was POSITIVELY SURE he had information on Russia interference in US elections
and that the intel given in confidence to him from these agencies may have been compromised?

[Liz]

Adam Schiff may be the biggest loser of Russia probe declassification

Everything Schiff does is motivated by his pathetic political ambitions. The self-absorbed Schiff can’t let it go....
even when DOJ said you can’t redo Mueller. We know Mueller’s report is full of lies, omissions and errors, but
Adam Schiff desperately needs to smear President Trump. Small-minded Schiff thinks he can advance himself by tearing down someone else.
Schiff has sickening “delusions of grandeur” about being the one who took down a president......

---

Schiff arranged to get himself on talk TV some 237 times, and stupidly based his reputation on “getting” Trump.

He cant accept the thing was a lie, sham, hoax and plot that involved Obama, Hillary, etc;
Schiff is desperately trying to salvage what little integrity he imagines he retains.

---

AND THIS___realpolitics.com reprorted that on Meet The Press, Schiff, the head of the Congressional Intel Committe actually said
“he had evidence” of Trump-Russia collusion. But he couldnt show it, suggesting to a national audience
that he alone had privileged information nobody else had.

Why is Schiff’s statement so shocking?

B/c its true. Schiff undermined US Ntl security and imperiled Americans to keep th TV cameras rolling.

Adam Schiff is ranking Democrat member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Schiff’s Committee oversees all or part of the following executive branch departments and agencies:
- Office of National Intelligence
-Central Intelligence Agency
-Defense Intelligence Agency
-Department of Defense
-Department of Energy
-Department of Homeland Security
-Department of Justice
-Department of State
-Department of Treasury
-Drug Enforcement Administration
-Federal Bureau of Investigation
-National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
-National Reconnaissance Office
-National Security Agency
-Office of Naval Intelligence
-Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
-United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
-United States Coast Guard Intelligence
-Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

Did Schiff ever notify these agencies that he was POSITIVELY SURE he had information on Russia interference in US elections
and that the intel given in confidence to him from these agencies may have been compromised?

[poconopundit]

Another day of TRiUMPh! Let the trumpets of the Lord blare out.

[DuncanWaring]

They will.

If not in this life, then in the next.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Sidney Powell made Covington and Burling look incompetent. Either that...or they were not all that interested in rocking the establishment boat in defense of their client.

Not a good look for one of the most prestigious firms in the country. But a great look for Sidney Powell.