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The Flynn case isn’t over until the judge says it’s over [John Gleeson, dirty Clinton judge]
The Beijington Post [The Washington Post] ^ | May 11, 2020 | John Gleeson, David O'Neil and Marshall Miller

Posted on 05/13/2020 8:08:26 PM PDT by kiryandil

The Justice Department’s move to dismiss the prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn does not need to be the end of the case — and it shouldn’t be. The Justice Department has made conflicting statements to the federal judge overseeing the case, Emmet G. Sullivan. He has the authority, the tools and the obligation to assess the credibility of the department’s stated reasons for abruptly reversing course.

The department’s motion to dismiss the Flynn case is actually just a request — one that requires “leave of the court” before it is effective. The executive branch has unreviewable authority to decide whether to prosecute a case. But once it secures an indictment, the proceedings necessarily involve the judicial branch. And the law provides that the court — not the executive branch — decides whether an indictment may be dismissed. The responsible exercise of that authority is particularly important here, where a defendant’s plea of guilty has already been accepted. Government motions to dismiss at this stage are virtually unheard of...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dccircuit; dirtyjudgesullivan; emmetsullivan; emmettsullivan; johngleeson; judiciary; michaelflynn; mikeflynn; politicaljudiciary; rapinbilljudge
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To: malach
As Sol Wisenberg stated on Fox, the Fokker Case is controlling in the DC Circuit.

In that case the DC COA held: "[T]he `leave of court' authority gives no power to a district court to deny a prosecutor's Rule 48(a) motion to dismiss charges based on a disagreement with the prosecution's exercise of charging authority." United States v. Fokker Servs. B.V., 818 F.3d 733, 742 (D.C. Cir. 2016).

The case further held:

The Constitution allocates primacy in criminal charging decisions to the Executive Branch. The Executive's charging authority embraces decisions about whether to initiate charges, whom to prosecute, which charges to bring, and whether to dismiss charges once brought. It has long been settled that the Judiciary generally lacks authority to second-guess those Executive determinations, much less to impose its own charging preferences.

21 posted on 05/13/2020 8:30:16 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: kiryandil

He used to be a candidate for the SC.
He’s not anymore... I think that has a lot to do with his decisions.

No reason to be fair- at least for his own sake.


22 posted on 05/13/2020 8:31:46 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: MountainWalker
We’re basically already in a civil war.

I have reluctantly come to the same conclusion ... all these protestors being provoked by governors are like birth pains ... something is going to pop ...

23 posted on 05/13/2020 8:32:57 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

See post 21 !!!!


24 posted on 05/13/2020 8:34:02 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: kiryandil

It all seems like a big deal to me.
But, with the way the Dems are reacting it seems like Armageddon. This is huger than huge.


25 posted on 05/13/2020 8:34:20 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: AndyJackson

Thanks for posting - that ruling deserves it own thread


26 posted on 05/13/2020 8:37:09 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: 11th_VA

So it looks like Sullivan is caught with his pants down.

We’ll see, they don’t call it the swamp for nothing.


27 posted on 05/13/2020 8:41:10 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: kiryandil
The only thing this judge is doing is providing the American people with even more evidence that the justice system is utterly broken and is in fact beyond repair.

We need a new system. A system where judicial power is limited per our Constitution and judges have term limits and accountability to the people. No more lifetime appointments, no more nationwide injunctions, no more secret courts, no more stare decisis, etc. etc, and on and on.

28 posted on 05/13/2020 8:41:34 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: 11th_VA

Post 6 has your answer.


29 posted on 05/13/2020 8:42:11 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: kiryandil

Three authors.


30 posted on 05/13/2020 8:49:59 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (THE)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

“So it looks like Sullivan is caught with his pants down.

We’ll see, they don’t call it the swamp for nothing.”

Exactly. Barr boxed in Sullivan and he has nowhere to go. He is flailing about by calling in Judge John Gleeson to bail him out. That will get over ruled on appeal in a heart beat.


31 posted on 05/13/2020 9:07:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: MuttTheHoople
The Beijington Post
32 posted on 05/13/2020 9:26:50 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: mrsmith

He let Stevens off after he had lost re-election.


33 posted on 05/13/2020 9:28:55 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: precisionshootist

Judges should have six years, just like senators. They have broken the system. It is a grand joke.


34 posted on 05/13/2020 9:29:54 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: kiryandil

You’re right. The Dems have never been so blatantly corrupt. They will get worse and worse and they don’t care who sees it.


35 posted on 05/13/2020 9:48:57 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: kiryandil

Judge Sullivan can go get @#%&* by a rabid billy goat.


36 posted on 05/13/2020 10:01:45 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Slo-Joe Biden... puts the DEM in Dementia.)
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To: kiryandil

Sullivan can’t stop the inevitable, and he knows it. His goal is to extend the case as long as he possibly can. Notice you haven’t seen Flynn speak in public or to the press yet? He really can’t until the case has been officially dismissed. When he is free to speak his mind, he will destroy any Deep State narrative about the legitimacy of the Obama admin spying and unmasking on him. That will also rally more public support to his/Trump side and away from the DS/dems. That is what Sullivan’s delays are all about.


37 posted on 05/13/2020 10:28:35 PM PDT by GLDNGUN
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To: kiryandil
DC Circuit Court overrules Judge Leon in Fokker DPA case (Judge Sullivan can pound sand - it’s over)

"Tuesday’s appellate opinion (pdf) written by Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan said, “The Constitution allocates primacy in criminal charging decisions to the Executive Branch.”

38 posted on 05/13/2020 10:28:55 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

What the judge may not anticipate...he’s likely to be turned into a Trump-campaign-theme and bring another million Democrats to the ‘red-pill’, voting for Trump. I’d want to clear this off my schedule, and dump this.


39 posted on 05/13/2020 10:38:22 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: kiryandil

Are these three shysters in search of 15 seconds of fame or infamy? I hope the other dominating precedent cases they seem to ignore bitch slaps them into “Happy Dale” where the bars are iron, not legal.


40 posted on 05/14/2020 12:58:39 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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