Buckle Up For The Next Phase Of The Flynn Case | Talking Points Memo

discobot · May 18, 2020, 5:18pm

A proposal was filed Monday outlining potential next steps in cleaning up the mess in the Michael Flynn case.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1309706

k_in_va · May 18, 2020, 5:24pm

I hope both these judges have good security in place.

heart · May 18, 2020, 5:24pm

This could get very interesting.

chris_gautreau · May 18, 2020, 5:25pm

bottom-line question: is this the government essentially defending its conviction?

ameliababy · May 18, 2020, 5:25pm

1gg · May 18, 2020, 5:28pm

If Trump who was the one to fire Flynn is that keen on his innocence why doesn’t he just pardon him. There really must be some interesting points that are in Flynns testimony that Trump and Barr do not want to see the light of day.

timorwig · May 18, 2020, 5:28pm

Trump: Who knew scrapping a prosecution was so complicated?

ralph_vonholst · May 18, 2020, 5:29pm

Off Topic.

He doesn’t see the irony, does he?

steviedee111 · May 18, 2020, 5:31pm

Trump will melt his tweet machine over this development.

rhs1963 · May 18, 2020, 5:31pm

Keep the balls in the air until after Biden is elected then put the traitor away.

denisj · May 18, 2020, 5:34pm

So did Flynn lie when he pleaded guilty , under oath, to lying or did he lie when he said he is in fact innocent of lying? What a puzzle. But in either case still a liar!

dangoodbar · May 18, 2020, 5:36pm

There is one issue in this whole saga:

Did Flynn commit a crime by lying to the FBI or did the FBI commit a crime by catching Flynn lying.

ralph_vonholst · May 18, 2020, 5:37pm

“Lyin’ fer the lard!”

benthere · May 18, 2020, 5:37pm

bboerner · May 18, 2020, 5:41pm

This sounds like how I’d write a project plan i.e. I may not know specifically what needs to be done but I can say generally what needs to be done.

This is high-level overview and then the details get filled in.

txlawyer · May 18, 2020, 5:42pm

No. This is Judge Sullivan getting someone else to do the job Bill Barr just abandoned.

txlawyer · May 18, 2020, 5:43pm

Holy crap, that is the least self-aware Tweet of all time.

chris_gautreau · May 18, 2020, 5:44pm

gotcha, thanks.

mymy · May 18, 2020, 5:45pm

So he’s “drive by shooting” the Trump administration as an “authoritarian regime” because it failed so miserably on coronavirus???

pshah · May 18, 2020, 5:46pm

This is great. I see it as Judge Sullivan keeping his options regarding Flynn open until November or so to check Barr from taking a tire-iron to the whole Russian conspiracy issue that Trump is anxious to flip on its head.

He’s probably waiting as anxiously for a DoJ with integrity, and one that will truly uphold the law as we are.