Wall is literally arguing that DOJ will be permanently damaged if it has to show up and answer for its actions in this case (in particular, to explain why the prosecutors in this case didn’t sign the motion to dismiss).
That Wall argued so forcibly as to the injury that DOJ would suffer if it had to show up and defend its motion to dismiss is all the crazier given that they didn’t file the petition. The only harm that matters here procedurally is any harm to Flynn, not DOJ, and Powell really made no such case.
“The danger is real when thousands gather across the U.S. to protest racial injustice and police brutality. It’s fake when he wants his base to able to gather for worship and church services.”
No…the point is that the danger is very real when he or his organization’s or power structure could be held liable and personally responsible. It’s not real when he as POTUS has no chance of being held responsible in any way.
If you allow people to see the burned to the ground factory, you invite that aspersions might be cast upon my client. AG Human Flame is a man of integrity and colossal warmth.
That is the most STUPID and circular argument I have ever seen. Barr and his gang have already wreaked havoc on the DOJ and much else of our government. We need to bring this nightmare to an end.
And another thing. DoJ is desperate to release it’s “unredacted” version of the Stone documents because it is afraid that Judge Walton will order them to do it under his conditions.
Barr and DoJ are playing 24/7 Whackamole right now.
In response to @Buzzfeed/EPIC pointing out to Reggie Walton that there’s no reason to keep the Roger Stone redactions in the Mueller Report secret anymore, DOJ says it’ll reprocess it, attempt to stave off Walton making the decision for them.
And if the Government’s motives are pure, it should have no hesitation about confessing error or disclosing its reasons, unless there is something nefarious to hide
Yep, just like the gov’t always tells folks under surveillance. “if you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about!” Ask any black dude about that.
corruption against the Justice Department … is a political question to be handled away from the courts
I don’t think you need to be a lawyer to understand that blocking corruption is a proper role for our courts!
“It is a dangerous area, for the courts to begin inquiring the reasons behind a prosecutorial decision,” Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. Attorney, told TPM. She said she had worked on cases where there was classified evidence motivating decisions to bring or not bring a case.
That dog don’t hunt, McQuade. DOJ made no such claim. They just said what Flynn did was of no importance, and beside, the FBI is just a bunch of meanies!
Has anyone here or in the greater media world discussed the very real possibility (probability?) that once the case against Flynn is dismissed, Flynn will file a lawsuit against the DoJ to recover his attorney fees, costs and economic damages as the victim of a frivolous prosecution?
In reading the DoJ motion to dismiss, it could be argued they are setting up this lawsuit by suggesting the prosecution was baseless from the start.
