Posted on 05/24/2020 5:31:53 AM PDT by billorites
From the beginning of the Michael Flynn case, Judge Sullivan has been hostile to Flynn. By December 2018, based upon a misreading of the facts, Sullivan accused Flynn of conduct amounting to treason and said that he felt “disdain” and “disgust” for what he believed Flynn had done.
Sullivan’s behavior, however, went from hostile to bizarre when the Department of Justice, having uncovered massive wrongdoing the FBI’s and DOJ’s handling of the Flynn matter, moved to dismiss the case. On Saturday, though, Judge Sullivan managed to escalate from bizarre to . . . well, maybe paranoid is the correct word.
A Motion to Dismiss a criminal case is a routine procedure when the government realizes, for whatever reason, that there is no further reason to prosecute a defendant. Because the Constitution gives the prosecutor sole discretion about whether to bring a case and then, having brought it, whether to miss it, the judge has a limited role – and that role is to protect the defendant.
Thus, it is the judge’s responsibility to make sure that the government isn’t toying with the defendant by dismissing a losing case while intending to refile in the hopes of drawing a more amenable judge or jury. Absent that problem, the judge’s only job is to rubber-stamp the dismissal.
Judge Sullivan refused to use that rubber stamp. He also declined to act as Flynn’s last defense against an overreaching prosecution.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
They hope to keep Flynn in limbo till Trump is out of office. They are terrified he will return to some position of authority and set about unraveling their webs. There is no other explanation for this behavior.
This case is over on the 2nd/3rd of June. Sullivan’s merry little ride in politically motivated judicial activism is over.
Motivation for his actions? I see two: one he is an obamabot. Two, probably an attachment to one, there is a color connection.
I wonder if da judge was on the alleged obama phone call to his minions or if it was publicized as a dog whistle to his flock which includes this asshat. Calling a defendant a traitor from the bench, probably has not happened since the days of that Nazi judge Roland Freisler.
Everyone in the beltway is married to someone else in the beltway, or has some school/family relationship.
It might be an interesting study to find out the judge’s connections.
This is what happens when Judges are promoted based on “Affirmative Action” only.
So the prosecutor doesn’t want to prosecute any more, so the judge takes over the prosecution. Why is this “judge” not impeached and disbarred? I wonder what his scores were on the Affirmative Action admission tests, let alone class tests and the bar exam.
He is actually a pretty respected judge. His behavior in this case s inexplicable. The latest thing, hiring counsel, is weird. A judge is not a party in the case. Why does he need a lawyer?
“...This is what happens when Judges are promoted based on “Affirmative Action” only.....”
True, and without a doubt. But it goes way beyond this particular so-called “judge”.
This is what happens when ANYONE is promoted based on “Affirmative Action” only.
Well, yes, of course they should. My post was to consider the consequences if they don't.
“This case is over on the 2nd/3rd of June.”
Hope so. What makes you say that?
Maybe someone told sullivan of “his rights” to counsel, which the FBI failed to do for General Flynn.
Yup, I’ll wager that Sullivan was appointed as an empty-suit affirmative action figurehead and that all decisions are the result of his law clerks efforts and/or instructions from special interests. He doesn’t even know that the roll of a criminal court judge and prosecutor are to do justice, not to blindly convict innocent defendants.
The best part of this article is the explanation of the role of the Judge when the prosecution decides to drop the case. The Judge is there to protect the defendant and nothing else. I’m sure that Judge Sullivan understands this point of law, but he is doing the opposite and has been doing this ever since he was assigned the case.
The Swamp Cabal who are working the coup d’etat enlisted hime early on and have been directing, coaching, and reinforcing him ever since. His job is to put Flynn behind bars where he can’t talk. Sydney Powell has destroyed this scheme and what we are seeing right now are the death throes. The Circuit Court will put an end to this.
From the article:
It’s about the judge’s ruling. In this case, the appellate court is asking the judge to explain his ruling, meaning that it’s still not about Sullivan qua Sullivan. Instead, the court wants to understand Sullivan’s thought processes to see if there’s anything there that could justify his decision-making.
When Sullivan armed himself with a lawyer, he effectively announced to the world that this isn’t just about whether the court will reverse his decision-making or remove him from the case. Instead, Sullivan is worried that the appellate court will look at his conduct, rather than his legal reasoning.
If true, that means his son, Emmet A. Sullivan, II, born in approximately 1971, was 41 when he raped a 13-year-old girl. Wow. Just wow.
Just goes to show that even Reagan wasn’t immune to the pressures of having to appear “fair” and “inclusive” and making affirmative action hires.
He also appointed Sandra Day O’Connor.
Of course none of that made him more acceptable to the left. Which just reinforces the belief that appeasing your enemies only emboldens them.
This bizarre tactic by the judge suggests that his motives go beyond bias.
This is not a matter of law, so it cannot be judged as such. This is Politics. The law will be bent to achieve the desired end. This is where ‘unprecedented ‘ and ‘unheard of’ and ‘extraordinary’ come in.
Why did the appeals court not just end it? Because they are trying mightily to give Sullivan an out, however idiotic.
They can do this because they have lost all fear of we the people.
You know he may have been working for Hillary. Judge Sullivan was the presiding judge in the Hillary Clinton, Cheryl Mills, etc. email trial. Attorney Cheryl Mills stated “on matters pertaining to the conduct of government business, it was her (Hillary) practice to use the official government email accounts”. We already know that Ms. Clinton used her personal server exclusively.
Excerpt from the Observer 8/13/15 Sidney Powell, “The countless crimes of Hillary Clinton: Special Prosecuter needed now”.
Undiagnosed end stage brain cancer?
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