Posted on 12/19/2018 8:22:21 PM PST by bitt
The dramatic Tuesday hearing for former national security adviser Mike Flynn didn’t produce a sentence. Instead, Judge Emmet Sullivan gave Mr. Flynn a delay to reconsider his options. I was in the courtroom, and my reading of Judge Sullivan’s treatment of Mr. Flynn (with whom I co-wrote a 2016 book) was rather different from what most reporters have said and written.
Judge Sullivan repeatedly invited Mr. Flynn to reconsider his guilty plea on a charge of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Judge Sullivan stressed that he had not presided over earlier proceedings in the case and that he was prepared to have Mr. Flynn change his plea or even ask for a dismissal of charges. At times, the judge seemed to implore Mr. Flynn to reopen the deal he made with special counsel Robert Mueller, implying that there was reason to believe his guilty plea had been wrongfully arranged.
Mr. Flynn wasn’t interested. Over and over he told Judge Sullivan that he was comfortable with his confession, did not wish to have it reconsidered, and wanted the judge to pronounce sentence. But Judge Sullivan continued unsuccessfully to invite a change in Mr. Flynn’s plea.
The discussion then shifted to whether the sentence should include jail time—which prosecutors had recommended against. Mr. Flynn’s lawyers stressed that he had fully cooperated with Mr. Mueller, and—as the special counsel’s written statements have reiterated—he remained cooperative. That could include testifying against Mr. Flynn’s former business associates in a case from Virginia involving the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
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Aha, that’s why I kept you up. You were working!
Great article. More evidence (as if we needed any) that ALL the MSM are nothing pile steaming piles of excrement.
Oh, so the judge was trying to help Flynn. I guess the accusations of treason was to set the mood, eh?
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paywall. what was the treason bs about?
Flynn is between a rock and a hard place. He pled as he did because the more serious - and provable - chanrge of being an unregistered foreign agent for Turkey - was hung over his head (along with prosecution of his son in connection to the same).
If he withdrew his plea, he’d be charged with that and bankrupted.
Even if he’s ultimately pardoned, he’s gonna be out hundreds of $$$ in legal fees.
BTW: He was set up by McCabe as the result of a personal grudge. McCabe the scum has still not been charged with anything.
Basically the judge overstepped his bounds and got brought back down to earth, during the recess, there was no way that he could had sentanced Flynn after that outburst, Flynn will walk in March because he got caught on a process crime, that was a) not a crime b) entrapment.
Mulller is sweating and staying up nights over this.
The president can provide clarity by releasing all relevant documents.
This judge did exactly what his deep stater handlers wanted him to do
This same judge ruled against the Trump admin today regarding immigration.
Clinton Judge
““Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.”” -
Lavrentiy Beria
Flynn was targeted because he was Flynn, Trump’s advisor. There was no other reason. They were not investigating the a crime. They were investigating a man, sifting through his life to see what arcane tax law or other federal law they could have him violating. Probably half of America could be prosecuted in this manner.
The FBI is not a political formation and should be regarded as just another secret police as we have seen in other countries.
I don’t believe that he , or his cohorts will ever be charged with anything. I hoped that they would be and wished that they would be, but I am not expecting it.
That is the FBI is NOW a political formation. It is not a legitimate agency. It has no roots in the US Constitution.
Brian Cates has the best comments about this. I can’t copy them now but will tomorrow.
Very excellent commentary. He retweeted info from more than a year ago. Very relevant.
did Flynn ever tell the judge that Mueller threatened his son with prosecution if he didn’t comply? lie in the gulag archipelago days?
My last post should have read that Flynn will be out hundreds of THOUSANDS of $$$ for lawyers fees no matter what happens ....
That is the FBI is NOW a political formation. It is not a legitimate agency. >>. Hasn’t been for a long time
Any Cliff Notes for those of us not behind the pay wall?
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