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Flynn Judge Emmet Sullivan Hires Veteran Trial Lawyer Beth Wilkinson
LAW.com ^ | 5/23/2020 | Mike Scarcella and C. Ryan Barber

Posted on 05/23/2020 2:46:59 PM PDT by CaptainK

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To: Pearls Before Swine

However, I just saw Dan Bongino’s interview of Sydney Powell (Flynn’s lawyer) and she says that Sullivan has dealt with co-erced defendants who have withdrawn guilty pleas before. She doesn’t know what’s driving him here

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Bongino’s the best.

I’m sure Powell does know what is driving Sullivan here imo.


81 posted on 05/23/2020 4:20:44 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Ann Archy

Doesnt matter now as Kanavanugh was truly worth the fight as he has sided with Trump on immigration SCOTUS cases as an example, at the very least. He’s more vocal than Gorsuch.


82 posted on 05/23/2020 4:21:47 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberal employees at every election since 2008 because I enjoy seeing them cry)
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To: AndyJackson

More than a few judicial pronouncements are written by judge’s law clerks who freely consult with their like minded law professors. Does anyone really think that Ginsberg actually formulates and writes her own opinions?


83 posted on 05/23/2020 4:24:32 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: generally

Iroic that Obama probably hired him because he was a dem.

How cool that Flynn went against BHO with an important issue and then he fired him


84 posted on 05/23/2020 4:24:40 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

“When a judge has to hire a trial lawyer to defend himself, that judge is in deep do-do.”

Why does he need a trial lawyer when this is now all appeal court level stuff. Nothing against your post, this does not make sense.


85 posted on 05/23/2020 4:25:09 PM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: desertfreedom765

And accused him of treason IIRC


86 posted on 05/23/2020 4:26:19 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: CaptainK

“Federal rules do not allow prosecutors to unilaterally dismiss any criminal case. They need “leave of court” before a charge can be withdrawn.”

They need leave of court only so the Judge can insure that the dismissal is not being filed in order to prejudice the rights of the Defendant in some way. No other reason and no other investigation by the court is necessary or permitted.


87 posted on 05/23/2020 4:26:56 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: AndyJackson

Or is he in a bit of a bind because he has given Flynn an opening to sue him for violating his civil rights, which would normally be extreme, but Sullivan’s express contempt for Flynn is extreme. Sullivan is obviously in on the deepstate cabal
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Yep, good facts.


88 posted on 05/23/2020 4:28:13 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Ann Archy

+1


89 posted on 05/23/2020 4:30:16 PM PDT by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: pnut22

Flynn should give this 2 more weeks. Announce that he expects dismissal by then. If it does not come he should call a press conference and speak his mind with the knowledge that Trump would pardon him.


90 posted on 05/23/2020 4:33:27 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: CaptainK
Since the DOJ dropped the case, Sullivan's actions raise a lot of questions:

Does Sullivan have the legal authority to continue it on his own under U.S. law and the rules of the court?
Can he sentence Flynn anyway, when as far as the DOJ is concerned, the case aganist him was fraudulent?
If h sentences Flynn, when he no longer has the legal authority, then what?
Is his conduct grounds for pursuing sanctions aganist him for misconduct from the bench?

91 posted on 05/23/2020 4:37:23 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Ann Archy

It’s more than that. He’s lawyering up.


92 posted on 05/23/2020 4:38:13 PM PDT by abb
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To: max americana

“Doesnt matter now as Kanavanugh was truly worth the fight as he has sided with Trump on immigration SCOTUS cases as an example, at the very least. He’s more vocal than Gorsuch.”

Not doing so good on 2nd Amendment cases, though, and to my mind that is more important than immigration.


93 posted on 05/23/2020 4:39:19 PM PDT by Old Student (As I watch the balkanization of our nation I realize that Robert A. Heinlein was a prophet.)
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To: CaptainK

Hi.

It is good to see federal judges lawyering up.

I wonder if FISA court judge Contrares will be lawyering up soon?

5.56mm


94 posted on 05/23/2020 4:42:16 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: M Kehoe

Note that it is Sullivan who has hired the attorney, not the federal court that he represents. He knows that the law is on to him.


95 posted on 05/23/2020 4:43:18 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Widget Jr

In that case, hang him from the ceiling of his own courtroom.


96 posted on 05/23/2020 4:46:28 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: abb

FOIA the judge and get his information. Calls, emails, and bills.

If it were a republican, it would have already happened.


97 posted on 05/23/2020 4:49:59 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: CaptainK

Only taxpaying little people pay for defending against the corruption of “public servants”. The misnomer is the claim they are public servants when the reality is they suck on the teats of the public while never being held personally accountable.


98 posted on 05/23/2020 4:51:35 PM PDT by apoliticalone
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To: CaptainK

I cannot find it right now, but one of the sources in the Sheryl Attkisson lawsuit against the DOJ for spying on her went on a twitter spree against this Judge. It was pretty wild.

The source said Judge Sullivan had committed many illegal acts getting his sons out of criminal charges and that the Judge was involved in skimming grant money from Howard University and buying art, which hangs in his chambers (”no FBI agent will get a search warrant for a federal judge’s chambers...”)

I do not know how to find this thread, but if someone does find it, it may provide the clues as to why Judge Sullivan is lawyer-ing up.


99 posted on 05/23/2020 4:52:43 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill ( ERIC CIARAMELLA IS THE OBAMA MOLE HIDING BEHIND THE WHISTLEBLOWER LAWS)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A federal judge hiring a trial lawyer at taxpayer expense.

We truly live in Bizarro World.


Another one we can thank POTUS for. He sure smokes them out. Federal judges hiring lawyers, Romney joining the 47%, etc.


100 posted on 05/23/2020 4:54:25 PM PDT by lodi90
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