Barr Installs Outside Prosecutor to Review Case Against Michael Flynn, Ex-Trump Adviser

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Maybe not against the rules. Maybe it is. That is up to the appeals court to determine.

WapPo in article today:
"A federal judge doesn’t typically hire private counsel to respond to an appeals court"

He is essentially a participant in this case now. Perhaps it's time for a new judge.

A federal judge usually isn't asked to provide an argument in person by a partisan and unqualified judicial appointee like Judge Rao.

"Partisan and unqualified?" LOL
There were two other judges, pal. And, they seem to think there is something to the brief that was filed.

And, a federal judge usually doesn't object to dropping a case when both sides agree that is what needs to be done.

The case isn't ripe for the action taken. Flynn made the plea and is thus guilty of the crime. He needs to serve the time. DOJ had NO business intervening at this juncture, and particularly with a flawed document with no new facts, mis-signed by an attorney who isn't even at the DOJ anymore.

There is plenty of evidence that the case should have never begun.
Did you read the article by Eli Lake?
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/eli-lake/michael-flynn-gets-railroaded-by-the-fbi/

Yes. Eli Lake was bad in his analysis, mostly by telling half truths and errors of omission.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/05/22/in-an-attempt-to-absolve-mike-flynn-eli-lake-accidentally-accuses-flynn-of-outright-espionage-then-lies-about-the-evidence/

This is the same Eli Lake that is vociferously defending Benjamin Netanyahu, whose trial begins today. Think there isn't a self-interested tie there given Flynn's illegal representation of Israeli interests counter to the US in 2016?

sorry, friend. I will read and consider anything Eli Lake writes before Marcy Wheeler, the conspiracy theorist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have tr remember that the main reason alarm bells were ringing about Flynn was because he was working for or getting paid by foreign governments (Turkey to kidnap a US resident, Saudi Arabia to sell nuclear secrets, Israel to undermine the US at the UN). Even Chris Christie thought he was completely unsuitable for NSA.

This is all such crap.
You people write these things as if they are fact, when in reality, they are rumors started by some left-wing crazy.

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So, when is Beth Wilkinson going to hire an attorney?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, when is Beth Wilkinson going to hire an attorney?

Why would she with a husband who is part of the complicit media that will hide the facts and run cover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, when is Beth Wilkinson going to hire an attorney?

Didn't bother to read the Supreme Court cite, did you?

You're just here for the lolz anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, when is Beth Wilkinson going to hire an attorney?

Why would she with a husband who is part of the complicit media that will hide the facts and run cover.

David Gregory is a semi-employed Republican toady and apologist. Pay attention.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, when is Beth Wilkinson going to hire an attorney?

Why would she with a husband who is part of the complicit media that will hide the facts and run cover.

David Gregory is a semi-employed Republican toady and apologist. Pay attention.

I would suggest that you pay attention.

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Sick burn! You need to pay attention. Maybe try ginkgo biloba.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Maybe not against the rules. Maybe it is. That is up to the appeals court to determine.

WapPo in article today:
"A federal judge doesn’t typically hire private counsel to respond to an appeals court"

He is essentially a participant in this case now. Perhaps it's time for a new judge.

A federal judge usually isn't asked to provide an argument in person by a partisan and unqualified judicial appointee like Judge Rao.

"Partisan and unqualified?" LOL
There were two other judges, pal. And, they seem to think there is something to the brief that was filed.

And, a federal judge usually doesn't object to dropping a case when both sides agree that is what needs to be done.

The case isn't ripe for the action taken. Flynn made the plea and is thus guilty of the crime. He needs to serve the time. DOJ had NO business intervening at this juncture, and particularly with a flawed document with no new facts, mis-signed by an attorney who isn't even at the DOJ anymore.

There is plenty of evidence that the case should have never begun.
Did you read the article by Eli Lake?
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/eli-lake/michael-flynn-gets-railroaded-by-the-fbi/

Yes. Eli Lake was bad in his analysis, mostly by telling half truths and errors of omission.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/05/22/in-an-attempt-to-absolve-mike-flynn-eli-lake-accidentally-accuses-flynn-of-outright-espionage-then-lies-about-the-evidence/

This is the same Eli Lake that is vociferously defending Benjamin Netanyahu, whose trial begins today. Think there isn't a self-interested tie there given Flynn's illegal representation of Israeli interests counter to the US in 2016?

sorry, friend. I will read and consider anything Eli Lake writes before Marcy Wheeler, the conspiracy theorist.

All she is doing us citing sources. He purposefully ignores facts in his argument. That doesn't make her a conspiracy theorist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have tr remember that the main reason alarm bells were ringing about Flynn was because he was working for or getting paid by foreign governments (Turkey to kidnap a US resident, Saudi Arabia to sell nuclear secrets, Israel to undermine the US at the UN). Even Chris Christie thought he was completely unsuitable for NSA.

This is all such crap.
You people write these things as if they are fact, when in reality, they are rumors started by some left-wing crazy.

James Woolsey confirmed the kidnapping story.
The nuclear deals in Saudi Arabia have been widely reported as has the israel story.

Not rumors and left wing crazy.

[Anonymous]

James Woolsey confirmed the kidnapping story.
The nuclear deals in Saudi Arabia have been widely reported as has the israel story.

Not rumors and left wing crazy.

If Woolsey had told them anything that had legs, they would have charged Flynn with a lot more than lying to the FBI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have tr remember that the main reason alarm bells were ringing about Flynn was because he was working for or getting paid by foreign governments (Turkey to kidnap a US resident, Saudi Arabia to sell nuclear secrets, Israel to undermine the US at the UN). Even Chris Christie thought he was completely unsuitable for NSA.

This is all such crap.
You people write these things as if they are fact, when in reality, they are rumors started by some left-wing crazy.

James Woolsey confirmed the kidnapping story.
The nuclear deals in Saudi Arabia have been widely reported as has the israel story.

Not rumors and left wing crazy.

I have no idea if what he did was or was not legal BUT based on his work on behalf of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Israel it is clear that Mike Flynn had divided loyalties. He should never have been considered for NSA. Mike Pence was correct to fire him

[Anonymous]

Here's a twitter thread (with docs) that gives a Papadapolous explanation. Troubling behavior by feds.

https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1264603710115713026

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have tr remember that the main reason alarm bells were ringing about Flynn was because he was working for or getting paid by foreign governments (Turkey to kidnap a US resident, Saudi Arabia to sell nuclear secrets, Israel to undermine the US at the UN). Even Chris Christie thought he was completely unsuitable for NSA.

This is all such crap.
You people write these things as if they are fact, when in reality, they are rumors started by some left-wing crazy.

James Woolsey confirmed the kidnapping story.
The nuclear deals in Saudi Arabia have been widely reported as has the israel story.

Not rumors and left wing crazy.

Woolsey was the ONLY source for this info and he didn't testify to it under oath.
As far as "widely reported" stories... Yeah, we saw a lot of widely reported stories for the past 3 years all about Russian collusion.
You'll have to excuse us for not taking these stories seriously because many of them employ "circular reporting" and unnamed sources.

From Lake's piece linked upthread....

The judge’s ruling was significant for Flynn in one important respect. In 2017, during the run-up to Flynn’s plea agreement, the Wall Street Journal reported that Flynn and his son had been approached by Turkish government officials to try to kidnap Gulen and bring him back to Turkey in exchange for $15 million. A November 10 story in the Journal said that Mueller’s team was investigating the matter. Flynn’s lawyers have categorically said this episode never happened. There is no mention of the episode in the prosecution of Rafiekian. The one on-the-record source for this allegation was former CIA Director James Woolsey, who himself sought a contract with Turkey to defame Gulen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a twitter thread (with docs) that gives a Papadapolous explanation. Troubling behavior by feds.

https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1264603710115713026

This is actually horrible behavior by the feds.

I am convinced that since the FBI was unable to find anything that George Papadopoulos or Carter Page did or said that amounted to "collusion" or "conspiracy," that the FBI was desperate to continue their investigation. Even using their CHS (Mifsud and Halper), they couldn't find anything incriminating.
That is when they trotted out the Steele dossier that they KNEW was full of crap. They had to use it to keep the game going.

The actions that both the FBI took during Crossfire Hurricane AND during the Mueller investigation were indefensible. Every single person that was caught up by the unethical and likely illegal actions needs to be pardoned.