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Judge Emmet Sullivan still refusing to dismiss Michael Flynn case
https://justthenews.com ^ | 12.04.2020 | Just the News staff

Posted on 12/05/2020 12:04:28 AM PST by rxsid

Judge Emmet Sullivan still refusing to dismiss Michael Flynn case
More than a week after Flynn was pardoned by President Trump, Judge Sullivan still won't dismiss the case

n a Freedom of Information case related to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, District Judge Reggie Walton said on Friday that Judge Emmet Sullivan doesn’t have a lot of options in dealing with the fact that President Trump granted Flynn a full pardon, “unless he takes the position that the wording of the pardon is too broad, in that it provides protections beyond the date of the pardon.”

“I don’t know what impact that would have, what decision he would make, if he makes that determination that the pardon of Mr. Flynn is for a period that the law does not permit,” said Walton, according to the National Law Journal. “I don’t know if that’s correct or not,” the judge continued. “Theoretically, the decision could be reached because the wording in the pardon seems to be very, very broad. It could be construed, I think, as extending protections against criminal prosecutions after the date the pardon was issued. I don’t know if Judge Sullivan will make that determination or not,” Walton added.

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The legal process has dragged on through the appeals process, and finally President Trump issued a full pardon on November 25. On November 30, the DOJ notified Sullivan of the pardon, but he has still refused to drop the case.

Judge Walton appears to have hinted at what Sullivan is thinking as he refuses to dismiss the case.

Solomon Wisenberg, former deputy independent counsel, told Just the News that “It is disappointing but not surprising that Sullivan has yet to dismiss the case.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crookedjudge; doj; emmetsullivan; flynn; michaelflynn; nsa; pardon; sullivan; trump; trumppardon
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To: rxsid

Impeachment beckons


21 posted on 12/05/2020 12:51:35 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: rxsid

I sincerely believe Sullivan, having taken on the role of judge and prosecutor, is mentally unbalanced and belongs nowhere near a gavel.


22 posted on 12/05/2020 12:52:24 AM PST by chuckee
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To: rxsid
Judge Emmet Sullivan is in the grip of a pathological monomania like the one that drove Herman Melville's Captain Ahab on his suicidal mission to get Moby Dick.

It did not end well for the Captain or his crew.

"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."


23 posted on 12/05/2020 12:52:52 AM PST by henbane (The barbarians are inside the gates!)
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To: rxsid

To Sullivan, the law is what he says it is on any given day, and he’s not unique in the judiciary.

Although this nonsense with Flynn borders on Captian Ahab levels of megalomania.


24 posted on 12/05/2020 12:54:52 AM PST by LongWayHome
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To: rxsid

Outrageous


25 posted on 12/05/2020 1:05:19 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: rxsid

Emmett Sullivan is an absolute clown!


26 posted on 12/05/2020 1:09:14 AM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: The Pack Knight

If they get away with the big steal, I don’t think we should expect a Republican house in ‘22.


27 posted on 12/05/2020 1:24:31 AM PST by A strike (FrontTowardEnemy)
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To: The Pack Knight
That's the spirit!!!!"I'll show the Republican Party a thing or two," growled long-time Republican Bud Harper of Plano, Texas as he cleaned his AR-15. "If they can't get their act together, I'll go right to the ballot box and vote Republican again. Hard."

"If this doesn't show them we mean business, nothing will." He then shot his AR-15 into the air as a warning shot to the Republicans about his plan to keep voting Republican no matter what.

Some suggested Republicans vote third-party or abstain from voting to show they won't tolerate the failures of the Republican Party. These people were laughed out of public discourse for throwing their votes away. "Obviously, these people want Democrats to win and probably want babies to die," said an RNC spokesperson. "Just keep on voting for the party that betrays you at every opportunity, and things will turn around any day now."

"So much winning."

28 posted on 12/05/2020 1:27:48 AM PST by SanchoP ("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." )
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To: rxsid
Sullivan's claim - and that's the only issue at stake in his mind - is that Flynn lied to Sullivan when he pled guilty.

His reasoning is a little kooky. Flynn is said to have done that to protect his son from a threatened malicious prosecution (no doubt based on thin air) by DoJ and FBI scumbags.

Sullivan has been trying to figure out how he could initiate a prosecution against Flynn for the above (i.e., Flynn lied in his guilty plea to Sullivan).

I presume he's been holding out to see if a new A.G. might pursue such a case, so that Sullivan's wounded ego can be salved.

Or so that Sullivan will be able to collect his big cash payoff.

29 posted on 12/05/2020 1:46:48 AM PST by Jeepers43
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To: The Pack Knight

The Democrats are giingbtomdi nothing less than refund the art of the steal and make cheating even more undetectable.


30 posted on 12/05/2020 1:57:48 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: The Pack Knight

The Democrats are going to do nothing less than refund the art of the steal and make cheating even more undetectable.


31 posted on 12/05/2020 1:58:16 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults. )
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To: SpaceBar
A brain dead piece of shit in a black robe.

That about sums it up.

32 posted on 12/05/2020 2:07:44 AM PST by Mark17 (USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. )
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To: rxsid

Sullivan is waiting for Biden to assume office and declare the pardon invalid on some ground.


33 posted on 12/05/2020 2:30:07 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: SpaceBar

“It’s judicial malfeasance. In a sane world, he’d be led away by the elbow.”
He’s auditioning for a spot on that “packed” USSC, and he’ll probably get it.


34 posted on 12/05/2020 2:42:41 AM PST by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the Wall!)
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To: rxsid; All

The anti-American, anti-God, anti-liberty, anti-life, global socialist UNIPARTY has ascended above the Constitution with impunity —

When any entity ascends above the law, they simultaneously become the law.

Period !

The law itself is by fiat, subject to them.


35 posted on 12/05/2020 3:03:12 AM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: rxsid

Holding on till biden


36 posted on 12/05/2020 3:11:22 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: rxsid

When a Mulligan becomes criminal it’s a Sullivan.


37 posted on 12/05/2020 3:13:10 AM PST by unlearner (Be ready for war.)
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To: rxsid

Not just Judge Sullivan....his 2 sons by all accounts are as crooked as a barrel of fish hooks


38 posted on 12/05/2020 3:31:49 AM PST by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: rxsid

I believe there is merit to the story about rod rosenstein and the son of sullivans alleged arrest.. Because not much else makes sense


39 posted on 12/05/2020 3:33:19 AM PST by RummyChick (I blame Kushner.)
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To: rxsid
DISTRICT JUDGES ARE ELECTED !



40 posted on 12/05/2020 3:39:54 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ..... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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