Posted on 05/07/2020 1:44:50 PM PDT by jazusamo
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Attorney General William Barr over the Justice Department’s decision to drop criminal charges against President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said the “outrageous” move called for an “immediate explanation.” He added the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, would summon Barr to the Capitol as soon as possible, after a March hearing with the attorney general was postponed due to the pandemic.
“Rest assured, we are going to reschedule that hearing, ASAP, and demand answers!” Nadler said on Twitter.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday its intent to drop the criminal case against Flynn, a former Trump national security adviser who had previously pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia during the presidential transition. Flynn later withdrew from his plea agreement.
Nadler said the DOJ’s move demonstrated the politicization of the top federal law enforcement agency under Trump.
“Flynn PLEADED GUILTY to lying to investigators,” Nadler also said on Twitter. “The evidence against him is overwhelming. Now, a politicized DOJ is dropping the case.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said the decision reflected “the worst politicization of the Justice Department in its history.”
“Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his illicit Russian contacts. His lies do not now become truths,” Schiff said in a tweet. “This dismissal does not exonerate him. But it does incriminate Bill Barr.”
In a court filing Thursday, the DOJ said newly uncovered FBI documents showed the investigation into Flynn was handled improperly and revealed that agents had misgivings about whether they believed Flynn had lied during his interview.
DOJ lawyers told the court that the FBI had initially moved to close the investigation in 2016 after finding a lack of evidence, but that the case remained open by mistake.
Flynn would later provide agents a description of a conversation he had with a Russian diplomat in the weeks before Trump's inauguration that prosecutors considered to be false and misleading, leading to Flynn’s guilty plea.
Some legal experts expressed dismay over the department’s change in course.
“It is highly unusual to dismiss a case after a defendant has pleaded guilty in open court,” said Barbara McQuade, a law professor at Michigan University and former federal prosecutor. “There is nothing in the public record to justify this dismissal.”
“It is highly unusual to dismiss a case after a defendant has pleaded guilty in open court,” said Barbara McQuade, a law professor at Michigan University
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/charges-against-new-black-panthers-dropped-by-obama-justice-dept
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He’ll never have to deliver. Sen. Grassley will replace Linda as Judiciary chair in January. Summer break and election break means little Congressional business the rest of the year.
We lost the House in 2018 because Democrats had better turnout 60,572,245(D) to 50,861,970(R). Notice, a LOT fewer Republicans showed up than in 2016.
The GOP threw the House to the Dems in 2018. Ryan and a bunch of GOP incumbents retired because they did not support the MAGA agenda. The Dems won in a walk over.
All the elites screaming against Trump have probably all recieved prophylactic doses of hydrochloriquine, while trying to prevent ordinary Americans from having it—ever.
F them. Kill fascists.
“Mistake” my a**.
Twitter:
Tough to say which has exposed the rotted moral core of the Democrat party more this week:
That they treat sexual assault allegations very differently when its bad for a Democrat
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Even when the ambush and dirty play against Flynn is proven, they still want him ruined— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) May 7, 2020
stuff it jerry.
If Trump gets re-elected I believe there will be an awful lot of deep state players and democrat politicians retiring.
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And Barr should read a short explanation about how it was all a politically motivated Contrived False Case and a Manipulated Prosecution - Perpetrated by democrat operatives and that should have been obvious to the “House Judiciary Committee” from the start.
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The DOJ should hold its own public hearings, subpoena Nadler, Schiff, and all the rest. Put them under oath, and get to the bottom of it.
Oh, they’re going to get an explanation all right. They’d better lawyer up and prepare, because the explanation is going to implicate many of them as the treasonous bustards that they are!
It's another world we live in, folks. Literally exactly the opposite of this is true - proven by actual documentation and evidence - and these two guys hold powerful committee Chairmanships.
This is so embarrassing. And this person actually teaches people in class, folks.
I don’t see how the political climate could be that Trump wins and the Dems win the House at the same time. So you are writing off everything?
I don’t know how either of them let alone the both of them continue to show their ignorance like this.
It has to be that they think the Rats they’re sounding off to are more ignorant than themselves and they’re probably right.
It would be extremely difficult not to publicly insult that fat pig on national television. I know I would if I had the opportunity. Nadler reminds me of Boss Hogg... a fat sleazebag.
......... Do these people ever read the actually evidence or do they just willfully and blissfully wait for the official almighty talking points to verbally spew without ever knowing what they are talking about?
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