He didn’t hire a criminal lawyer. Thus lawyer is to advance his crazy bias on the case.
He has solicited another (retired) judge to act as prosecutor under the guise of amicus curiae, and now a lawyer to take his place as judge, at least insofar as filing a response to the DC Circuit.
If, on Tuesday morning, the DC Circuit does not grant Flynn's motion at least in part and replace him as the judge handling this case, then something that even WE have not suspected is being hidden here.
There is no conceivable EXCUSE for what he has done, and very few IMAGINABLE reasons - and all of THEM are bad.
Because he did these things after the conference call from "Obama" to his supporters, it's not crazy to think that "Obama" is finally unmasked as giving the orders for the whole resistance conspiracy, that Sullivan is part of it, and that now the coup teeters on a knife edge of success or disaster.
In fact, it is now very difficult to see a way forward to complete resolution and restoration of a functioning Executive Branch without breaking the leaders of the coup, which since they either control or have substantial influence over the Legislative and Judicial Branches could involve extra-Constitutional measures or Trump's final defeat.
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.No wonder, then, that a million theories suddenly emerged about his having been bribed to rule as he did, about his possible conflicts of interest, and about his possibly unsavory family connections. You name it, and people thought it – and rightly so because for a judge to hire a lawyer under these circumstances practically screams out that there’s something wrong here.
This bizarre tactic by the judge suggests that his motives go beyond bias.