I am not sure about Stone’s lawyers vetting process. I had heard that they asked to remove the woman who ended up being the jury foreperson during jury selection, but I don’t know why they did. The judge refused to remove her.
Flynn’s lawyers were conflicted. One of the charges Flynn was facing was not properly filling out a FARA form. These lawyers were the ones who helped him fill it out. So it was in the lawyers best interest to encourage Flynn to plea out to another charge to make their FARA liability go away. That’s a clear conflict of interest.
This judge is definitely cruel and partisan. 40 months for lying about legal things? I heard Barr say the typical sentence for perjury is 9-10 months. Placing a complete gag order on Stone was ridiculous. And locking Manafort in solitary confinement during his trial for financial crimes? Not even people charged with multiple murders are locked up in solitary confinement. That cop accused of murdering 4 people got to share a cell with Jeffrey Epstein. He might have tried to kill Epstein too - but neither was in solitary confinement and their alleged crimes were far worse than financial crimes.
“This judge is definitely cruel and partisan. ... Placing a complete gag order on Stone was ridiculous. And locking Manafort in solitary confinement during his trial for financial crimes? Not even people charged with multiple murders are locked up in solitary confinement.”
She is beyond cruel. She’s a certifiable sadist. Everyone says that what the judge says goes. Period. Nobody can countermand a her. WTF? There has to be some check on a rogue judge making illegal decisions.