Pleas, prior to the ultimate judgment, are frequently withdrawn. They can even be withdrawn after judgment under certain circumstances including coercion.
In this case, the DOJ reviewed the entire case and determined that the DOJ prosecutors had made errors and committed misconduct. That's why they requested a dismissal. At that point, the case ends because both sides agree. There is no controversy, and therefore no case. The DOJ has the Constitutional authority to do that. What Judge Sullivan did is not Constitution as he has usurped the powers of the Executive. Sullivan and the Court of Appeals are out of bounds, but the Court are also serving as the referees.
“the DOJ reviewed the entire case and determined that the DOJ prosecutors had made errors and committed misconduct.”
It would be nice if the DOJ were forced to make corrections.
We can disagree. But pleas are not routinely withdrawn. The whole purpose of a plea under oath is to make withdrawl difficult because there is an implication of violating the oath when made - perjury. Flynn was directly asked, under oath, if his pleas was freely given, voluntary, and not coerced (the son thing was not an issue or Flynn didn’t think/say so) and then he gave facts about his conduct that confirmed his guilt. That just doesn’t get withdrawn. And Flynn did this twice in front of 2 different judges.
Also, while the Gov indicates it would like to withdraw/dismiss the case I can almost guarantee they have not admitted to direct wrongdoing. The gov just doesn’t do that. Like all politicians they give nebulous reasons but they have not admitted a fraud on the court or a fraud on Flynn. More like, we can use our resources better or we lost a bit of confidence in our case... Just like they have never admitted doing anything wrong in the Epstein case.
See #90. Again, I’d like to believe I’m wrong or have this mapped out wrong but I’ll state again that this is not as easy as FR/Flynn believes