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

Forum Index » Political Discussion

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

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This piece highlights some of the misconduct committed by Van Grack and the FBI in the Flynn case.....

[quote]These documents do not show prosecutors finding a way to arrest someone suspecting of a crime. They show prosecutors trying to create a crime.  It was previously known that the investigators who interviewed Flynn did not believe that he intentionally lied.  That made sense.  Flynn did not deny the conversations with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Moreover, Flynn told the investigators that he knew that the call was inevitably monitored and that a transcript existed.  However, he did not recall discussing sanctions with Kislyak. There was no reason to hide such a discussion. Trump had publicly stated an intent to reframe Russian relations and seek to develop a more positive posture with them.

It  now appears that, on January 4, 2017, the FBI’s Washington Field Office issued a “Closing Communication” indicating that the bureau was terminating “CROSSFIRE RAZOR” — the newly disclosed codename for the investigation of Flynn.  That is when Strzok intervened.

Keep in mind CROSSFIRE RAZOR was formed to determine whether Flynn “was directed and controlled by” or “coordinated activities with the Russian Federation in a manner which is a threat to the national security” of the United States or a violation of federal foreign agent laws.  The FBI investigated Flynn and various databases and determined that “no derogatory information was identified in FBI holdings.” Due to this conclusion, the Washington Field Office concluded that Flynn “was no longer a viable candidate as part of the larger CROSSFIRE HURRICANE umbrella case.”

On that same day, however, fired FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok instructed the FBI case manager handling CROSSFIRE RAZOR to keep the investigation open, telling him “Hey don’t close RAZOR.”  The FBI official replied, “Okay.” Strzok then confirmed again, “Still open right? And you’re the case agent? Going to send you [REDACTED] for the file.” The FBI official confirmed: “I have not closed it … Still open.” Strzok responded “Rgr. I couldn’t raise [REDACTED] earlier. Pls keep it open for now.”[/quote]

And, as  related to Brady.....

[quote]At least as early as February 2018, federal prosecutor Brandon Van Grack (who was one of Mueller’s staff) was under order in the Flynn case to produce all evidence in the government’s possession “that is favorable to defendant and material either to defendant’s guilt or punishment.” There was also an obligation to turn over all favorable defense evidence, including impeachment evidence for witnesses even if the government believes the evidence “not to be material.”

In 2019, Van Grack repeated the denial that there was “any information that would be favorable and material to [Flynn] at sentencing.”

So we now know that the Justice Department was withholding a January 4, 2017  document entitled “Closing Communication” from the FBI Washington Field Office. That document declared that an investigation “did not yield any information on which to predicate further investigative efforts.”  In what universe would that not be :favorable to defendant and material either to defendant’s guilt or punishment”?  Moreover, it would be key impeachment evidence in examining investigators or other witnesses.  As a criminal defense attorney for 30 years, I would have viewed the material above as a windfall of evidence favorable to my client. [/quote]

https://jonathanturley.org/2020/05/05/did-the-mueller-team-violate-brady/[/quote]

This. That is some seriously dirty cop BUllsh$$$$$$t. Comey will go down in history as the guy who burned down the FBI, and Obama and holder and tarmac meeting lady were all okay with that. [/quote]

Did Flynn twice lie to the FBI or not?[/quote]

We'll need  to hear from Agent Joe Pientka to know for sure what the agents thought.  Since Strzok edited his 302 with Page's help, we can't be sure.
They have said that these agents did not think he was being dishonest.  And, then things were changed........[/quote]

The draft 302 (before it was edited later) said that Flynn told them that he may have talked about sanctions with the ambassador, but if he did, he didn't remember.  Somehow later, that morphed into a statement that he didn't talk about the sanctions.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics