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Gothmog

(145,718 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:53 PM May 2020

Federal judge mulls contempt charge against Michael Flynn

Source: Politico

A federal judge is signaling that he may pursue perjury or contempt charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn over his effort to abandon an earlier guilty plea to a charge of lying to the FBI.

The Justice Department moved last week to drop the prosecution of Flynn launched by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan threw a major stumbling block in front of that effort by announcing that he is appointing a former federal judge to advise the court on how to respond to the government’s motion.

Sullivan said he’s also asking the retired judge, John Gleeson, to recommend whether Flynn should face a criminal contempt charge for perjury—apparently for declaring under oath at two different court proceedings that he was guilty of lying to the FBI, before he reversed course an January and claimed he had never lied.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/13/judge-appoints-retired-judge-to-represent-flynn-prosecution-256509



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Federal judge mulls contempt charge against Michael Flynn (Original Post) Gothmog May 2020 OP
WOW Miigwech May 2020 #1
Judge Sullivan appoints a former mafia prosecutor and retired EDNY district court judge as amicus Gothmog May 2020 #2
Very tricksy. BComplex May 2020 #22
Court filing Gothmog May 2020 #3
Oh my! bucolic_frolic May 2020 #4
Please STAY SAFE Judge! bluestarone May 2020 #5
Maybe that's why he's brought in the posse bucolic_frolic May 2020 #6
I will honor this Judge to my dying day!! bluestarone May 2020 #9
Seems to me I've seen his name in several high profile bankruptcy cases over the years bucolic_frolic May 2020 #12
That number sounds correct...and it strikes me as, this judge is pissed the hell OFF, Volaris May 2020 #17
Yes. I pray he doesn't get the coronavirus amb123 May 2020 #16
Judge in Flynn case eyeing possible contempt charge for perjury Gothmog May 2020 #7
Please do judge Jake Stern May 2020 #8
Judge Sullivan Rocks! Joinfortmill May 2020 #10
"Were you lying then, or are you lying now? Marcuse May 2020 #11
Thank you for sharing.............. turbinetree May 2020 #13
Ex judge John Gleeson gab13by13 May 2020 #14
WOW!!!! Barr and Flynn have really stepped in it big time. This is gonna leave scorch marks on Trump Ford_Prefect May 2020 #15
The cow jumped over the moon too? bucolic_frolic May 2020 #18
Conflating cheating with winning is a sure sign of a loser? czarjak May 2020 #19
"Federal judge mulls contempt charge against Michael Flynn" LudwigPastorius May 2020 #20
Trump is just going to pardon him after the election Jose Garcia May 2020 #21
KR! Cha May 2020 #23

BComplex

(8,077 posts)
22. Very tricksy.
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:31 PM
May 2020

Very tricksy! He can't have it both ways. Either he lied to the FBI, or he lied to these two judges saying he DID lie to the FBI.

He can't have it both ways.

bucolic_frolic

(43,384 posts)
4. Oh my!
Wed May 13, 2020, 07:06 PM
May 2020

THAT will get some attention. Second paragraph, not only to argue against it, but to consider why Flynn should or should not be held in contempt for perjury.

I'm guessing that kind of is on the table when you've sworn both sides. 'Yes I did it'. 'No, I didn't'. Is that what DOJ is saying by reversing the molecules?

bucolic_frolic

(43,384 posts)
6. Maybe that's why he's brought in the posse
Wed May 13, 2020, 07:16 PM
May 2020

This whole charade is not just happening in Judge Sullivan's courtroom, it's an attempted hoodwinking of the entire judicial system. Rule of law, matters. Did I read this a.m. that 73 friend of the court briefs are expected in this case?

bucolic_frolic

(43,384 posts)
12. Seems to me I've seen his name in several high profile bankruptcy cases over the years
Wed May 13, 2020, 07:21 PM
May 2020

He operates a no nonsense courtroom.

And there is this interesting case from 2009:

Judge voids case against U.S. senator, orders probe

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stevens-dismissal/judge-voids-case-against-u-s-senator-orders-probe-idUSTRE5364G320090407

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge threw out a corruption verdict against former Republican Senator Ted Stevens on Tuesday and ordered a criminal probe into “shocking” Justice Department misconduct, in a blow to a legal system marred by accusations of Bush administration abuses.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said prosecutors deliberately withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense in the Stevens case, despite repeated instructions and three civil contempt citations.

Prosecutors have a duty to disclose such evidence whether their cases involve “a public official, a private citizen or a Guantanamo Bay detainee,” Sullivan said.

The ruling is another stain on the Justice Department which was riven with accusations that it had become overly politicized under former President George W. Bush and that it violated people’s rights and bungled high-profile cases.

Volaris

(10,275 posts)
17. That number sounds correct...and it strikes me as, this judge is pissed the hell OFF,
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:12 PM
May 2020

at somebody over this nonsense, and has decided to invite as many hammers as he can find to hit AGBarr over his thick criminal head with.

This is besides the fact that Flynn thinks he should not be charged with contempt for lying to the court, when the crux of his withdrawal argument is 'my guilty plea was a lie'.

At this point, he should just cop to the kennedy assassination, for all the good it will do...at least then he could claim an insanity defense.


(On Edit) Oh and Paul Fucking Manafort was released from federal prison today to home confinement, due to covid 19 concerns. Sure...that was it.

Somebody in Trumps justice department needs their balls kicked.

Gothmog

(145,718 posts)
7. Judge in Flynn case eyeing possible contempt charge for perjury
Wed May 13, 2020, 07:16 PM
May 2020



U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Wednesday suggested he is considering the possibility that President Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn could be held in criminal contempt for perjury.

Sullivan also tapped a retired federal judge to argue against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion to drop the criminal prosecution of Flynn.

John Gleeson, who served for 22 years as a judge and served as a federal prosecutor before entering private practice, will serve as an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, in opposition to the DOJ’s recently adopted position that Flynn’s case should be dismissed.

gab13by13

(21,447 posts)
14. Ex judge John Gleeson
Wed May 13, 2020, 07:32 PM
May 2020

has publicly commented on the Flynn situation. Paraphrasing, he said that once the judicial branch gets a guilty plea the court must follow up with sentencing. He basically said there is no law or precedence for Flynn's case to be dropped.

Sullivan knows that Flynn is a traitor (dictionary definition) and he isn't going to let Flynn off the hook. I have renewed faith in this case now.

Ford_Prefect

(7,927 posts)
15. WOW!!!! Barr and Flynn have really stepped in it big time. This is gonna leave scorch marks on Trump
Wed May 13, 2020, 08:09 PM
May 2020

and the rest of the cabal.

You guys picked the wrong Judge to mess with. He's gonna blow this up bigger than you can imagine.

Are you listening Devin?

bucolic_frolic

(43,384 posts)
18. The cow jumped over the moon too?
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:16 PM
May 2020

Maybe this will implode the whole Trump DOJ. Barr, in traditional rule of law sense, has his neck way out on a limb.

LudwigPastorius

(9,201 posts)
20. "Federal judge mulls contempt charge against Michael Flynn"
Wed May 13, 2020, 11:03 PM
May 2020

oh, pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease...

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