This is the moment we’ve been waiting for. It’s a rare instance when politicization and corruption at Attorney General Bill Barr’s Justice Department see their day in court, and where a federal judge has the chance to block the DOJ’s unprecedented decision to drop a damaging case brought against a close ally of President Trump’s.
This is gonna be good.
No matter what, if DOJ loses, they’ll just kick it up to the Conservative Supreme Court of the United States.
aka CONSCOTUS.
The CONSCOTUS exists. If it prevails it would be because 60% are cowed by 40%. We cannot let that happen.
Will TPM have the live audio stream??? Do not see the link.
First question should be - “when was the last time the DOJ dropped the charges against someone who plead guilty twice?”
Maybe it’s common.
Rotten. Rotten to the core.
Here are instructions for dial-in if TPM does not have the audio. I am on now. May be limits.
MINUTE ORDER as to MICHAEL T. FLYNN. The motion hearing scheduled for September 29, 2020 at 11:00 AM shall now take place via VIDEO TELECONFERENCE (VTC). The Courtroom Deputy Clerk shall contact the parties to provide the dial-in information. The public and media may listen to the hearing by dialing in to one of the following teleconference numbers and entering the access code when prompted: 877-336-1839 (access code 5524636); 888-363-4734 (access code 6114909); 877-336-1839 (access code 1429888); 877-402-9753 (access code 2090166); 888-557-8511 (access code 4140864); 888-273-3658 (access code 1773796). Persons joining via teleconference will be automatically muted and will not be heard by the Court or participants in the hearing. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 9/25/2020. (lcegs3)
When was this supposed to start?
The entire blog and thread are quiet.
Great debate fodder. Constitutionally, who do DOJ and the AG work for?
11:00
Here is link
hearing just started
Hear is a link to the docket sheet:
Sullivan’s repetition of the stuff about the court not being a rubber stamp for the wishes of the prosecution would seem to indicate that Sullivan’s not going to be a rubber stamp for the wishes of the prosecution.
(IANAL)
Or that he’s letting Flynn off the hook, but his decision to do so should be in no way viewed as just doing what the prosecution wanted…
I’m not tending to think so – he’s citing the wrong precedents to move to dismissal.
It’s not like he’s Donnie, who’d set people up with the wrong expectation and then revel in the shocked looks on their faces afterwards.
That would be nice. Sentence Flynn to a nice time in the slammer, at least force trump to pardon him (or pull a Stone and merely commute the sentence, leaving him with a fat conviction on his record).
I’d guess that if he’s not going to sentence Flynn, he’ll leave the door open for a different DoJ to pursue charges.
IANAL, so I don’t know the language or possible scope of such a ruling, but it’s not what Billy asked for.
Well there is the Constitution and then there is William Barr.
Josh K comment. Judge doesn’t sound very impressed.
The judge noted that such motions filed in good faith could be accepted, “unless it appears that the assigned reason for the dismissal has no basis in fact.” He then emphasized, again, that the court is not a “rubber stamp.”
