Posted on 05/12/2020 4:10:23 PM PDT by CaptainK
A federal judge said Tuesday that he would allow interested parties to weigh in on Michael Flynn's case, an unusual move for a criminal prosecution, after the Department of Justice (DOJ) sought to drop the charges against the former national security adviser.
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the D.C. District Court said in a brief order that "at the appropriate time, the Court will enter a Scheduling Order governing the submission of any amicus curiae briefs."
The case was upended last week when the DOJ moved to dismiss its charge against Flynn for lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in 2016.
ADVERTISEMENT The lead prosecutor on the case, who had been overseeing it since Flynn first pleaded guilty to the charge in 2017, withdrew shortly before the motion was filed last Thursday.
It's unusual for prosecutors to withdraw a case against a defendant who has already pleaded guilty. The move to allow amicus briefs offers critics of the DOJ's decision an opportunity to weigh in.
Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, still needs to approve the DOJ's motion to drop the charges. He has yet to schedule a hearing or ask for further briefing.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Sullivan is being pressured!
Total CYA mode move.
Possibly on the take too.
Check his bank/financial accounts.
The fix is in yet again.
These will be some fun briefs, soiled for sure, but fun to read.
He’s a Bubba appointee. Which means he’s a compromised pussy.
No Sullivan is part or the resistance.....
We need to hire a FReep Lawyer to file an amicus curiae brief. It can be short and sweet - “String up all of his illegal persecutors.”
This insanity needs to end
Are you phuquing kidding me??
Good Grief!
Keep praying for the evil in this land to continue to be exposed. . . . .truth and justice!
Maybe Joe Pientka has something to say on the record.
Yeah, exactly. Sullivan is pretending he has some kind of choice. He is looking for a legal fig leaf, any kind of remotely plausible left-wing legal mechanism or argument, that will allow him to sentence Flynn on his own, even in the absence of a prosecution.
He will no doubt find one to his liking with the help of the Lawfare minions, and will sentence Flynn to 500 years, which will then be appealed.
A total time-waster, and a way to stick it to Trump and his supporters while drawing out the march to Flynn's inevitable exoneration.
I wouldn't be surprised if this has to go all the way to the Supremes.
Off Topic : Kerri Kupec, DOJ spokeswomen just told Fox News, Grennell has sole authority to release names of those who did unmasking - ODNI owns the documents
Sullivan is just the tip of the Democratic iceberg. The Federal judiciary in Washington DC and northern Virginia is heavily Democratic. Court juries and grand juries will be loaded with biased Democrats. That is why Brennan, Comey, McCabe, Klapper et al continue to grin and are not terribly worried about being indicted, tried or convicted.
This judge is WAY out of line. His courtroom is a joke.
Since when do you take amicus breifings as a finder of fact in a criminal case?????!!!!
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