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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“Is it possible that this ends up in the USSC?”
I doubt it would go that high, but you never know.
Flynn is under a Gag Order.
When he finally tells his side in public, the fall out will be devastating.
It’s Gonna Be Biblical.
That would be the most stupid thing he could do...
Someone had to do the spadework
Thank you. That’s encouraging..
“If I were Trump, I would call Flynn and tell him not to worry about any of it, because if the judge won’t dismiss, Trump will pardon him.”
Nope. I has to be “clean”
LOL! I like the way you think.
"A Federal District Court Of The Department Of Justice judge today issued a nationwide injunction against Democrat Federal judges pulling cr@p in their courtrooms. Hyper-partisan Democrat tool Emmet "Lefty Clown" Sullivan was the first to feel the wrath."
Here is more encouragement.
Thanks.
Why are they prolonging the inevitable? They don’t have a legal leg to stand on. They must be stalling for some reason.
The stalling is to keep Flynn gagged. I am not sure what is going on with the judge. Is he senile and his clerk running the show? Is he just pissed off at Powell for making him look like a fool? Is he pissed off at Flynn for re-affirming his guilty plea before Brady material was released?
Good thinking. It’s all so very disgusting and infuriating.
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