DOJ’s Conduct In Mike Flynn Case Is Scorched In New Filing By Ex-Judge | Talking Points Memo

theghostofeustacetilley · June 10, 2020, 5:04pm

FAKE NEWS and MAGA!

boidster · June 10, 2020, 5:04pm

Well the Attorney General doesn’t really have that kind of power, so of course he absolutely will try to do it.

ralph_vonholst · June 10, 2020, 5:05pm

That’s some serious “J’accuse” going down.

mattinpa · June 10, 2020, 5:05pm

Yeah. The man says this is a con job done because Flynn’s an ally of the president. That’s fairly direct.

ralph_vonholst · June 10, 2020, 5:07pm

Not necessarily, but they will be bound to acknowledge it.

1american · June 10, 2020, 5:09pm

Trump’s silly unmasking conspiracy has evaporated and Flynn’s having a bad day. The entire Trump project has been on its back foot for months now and Biden’s number rise every week.

ralph_vonholst · June 10, 2020, 5:16pm

https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1270764011022422019

This is the sort of argument that Gleeson is particularly well situated to make.

brian512 · June 10, 2020, 5:17pm

Broadside, judicial, one each.

By PH1 Jeff Hilton - http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil (original source, no longer exists), Public Domain, Link

centralasiaexpat · June 10, 2020, 5:25pm

I do wish that the finest legal mind in the Trump administration would personally argue the case before SCOTUS. "That’s a stupid question, Ruth "
“Breyer, I guess your ice cream inheritance bought you the seat, because frankly you’re dumb”
“Justice Thomas, I think you’re the second smartest guy at this hearing. I had no idea Supreme court arguments were so simple”

" I’m going for lunch. In two hours you’ll have the decision in my favor — or maybe less? Cause I really could use a round of golf right now"

ralph_vonholst · June 10, 2020, 5:25pm

Judge Gleeson calls Barr the other “C” word.

“(Rule 48(A) ) empowers courts to protect the integrity of their own proceedings from prosecutors who undertake corrupt, politically motivated dismissals…that is what happened here.”

There’s going to be a shit-tsunami of bullshit coming from DoJ in 3, 2, 1…

ETA/ Also. Passing the smell test, it does not.

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1270768929279967232

Gleeson: The government may exercise its prosecutorial discretion to help the President’s political ally but it has to have sound reasons for doing so.

awould · June 10, 2020, 5:31pm

100% pardon coming.

jdkahler · June 10, 2020, 5:33pm

Except for the must admit to the crime part of the pardon power, it might work. Though the constitution and trump have at best a passing acquaintance.

lanabill · June 10, 2020, 5:36pm

I love the smell of truth in the morning.

edhedh · June 10, 2020, 5:37pm

did Sheriff Joe, Rod B, and the Killer Seal admit their guilt?

serendipitoussomnambulist · June 10, 2020, 5:38pm

Don’t forget the murder and kidnapping for hire.

the_loan_arranger · June 10, 2020, 5:40pm

“They are riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact.”

This also applies to any Trump tweet taken at random.

Come to think of it, it also applies to anything Trump has ever said.

edhedh · June 10, 2020, 5:42pm

a moral compass that points to hell is a pretty shitty moral compass.

ralph_vonholst · June 10, 2020, 5:42pm

Bill Barr: BadApple General!

the_loan_arranger · June 10, 2020, 5:43pm

Barr makes Sessions look like a man of honor and principle. And I say this as someone who considers Sessions to be a racist low-life.

tiowally · June 10, 2020, 5:44pm

Yup. I smell another Bush v Gore-style “this decision is not to be used to set precedent” judgement. And thus will our march to the conservative nirvana known as Banana Republicdom continue unabated.