Posted on 05/14/2020 5:29:35 AM PDT by knighthawk
Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors have notified Emmet Sullivan, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, that they intend to file an "amicus curiae" ("friend of the court") brief in the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after the Department of Justice (DOJ) moved to dismiss the charges against him.
Flynn had previously pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators, but he moved to withdraw that plea earlier this year, followed by the DOJ decision last week.
Sullivan, however, has not yet approved the DOJ's motion and made the unusual move this week of announcing that he would accept such amicus briefs in the case. Sullivan is a trial judge in a trial court and amicus briefs are typically associated with appellate courts.
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“Hey, listen, I don’t know nothing about this Flynn guy, but I really hate the President. Can I file a brief?”
Wait, a ‘conservative Republican’ who donate money to Democrats is not a conservative nor a Republican.
“If This Judge has the GALL to Not Throw This Out, He Ought to be Impeached!” – Alan Dershowitz
Video at link
Sixteen former Watergate prosecutors go fishing.
Is there any truth to the rumor (you heard it here first!) that Greta Thunberg has been asked to file an Amicus Brief, too? I’ve tried to get confirmation, but not even the Babylon Bee has it.
So did Mueller’s investigators.
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