A group of about a half-dozen Republican senators led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sided with the Justice Department and Michael Flynn Monday in their extraordinary beef with the judge handling Flynn’s case.
Just providing more political cover for the incoming political activism of the court.
The brief is abject nonsense and exists solely to exist and be something Rao and Henderson can point to, citing its mere existence as further support for their shredding of the Constitution and our criminal justice system.
I think we know what their response to declaring war against the American people last night will be now.
In Monday’s filing, the Republican senators backed the executive branch’s “exclusive discretion to begin and to end a prosecution.
IOW, the law depends on the political and personal interpretations of whoever is POTUS at the moment.
Man.
They really want to ride this hoss, don’t they?
I guess I’m really stupid–or stupider than they are–because I simply cannot conceive how going to bat for a DoJ that is, in effect, going to bat for a twice-self-confessed traitor to his country is going to do them a lick of good, especially within the context of a failed presidency that they have aided and abetted via sins–yes–of commission and omission.
Yeah, that’s what they should be focusing on.
Why bother with:
A pandemic
Police riots
Record unemployment
An insane President
Hey Mitch and other spineless GOP worms,
Here’s a novel idea: How about passing a giant works program/bailout that would not only help your party and country but get some people off the streets?
It allows them to avoid addressing current events, and provides a distraction that they desperately want.
Is this what fighter pilots call “target fixation”?
In Monday’s filing, the Republican senators backed the executive branch’s “exclusive discretion to begin and to end a prosecution.”
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The prosecution already ended. Flynn pleaded guilty. He was awaiting sentencing. Barr decided to end a prosecution that was already completed. The judge is not interfering in a prosecution, nor denying the DOJ the right to terminate one. He’s questioning their right to terminate a prosecution that’s already over with.
Rome burns and Rethugs fiddle with Flynn.
So are any of the brilliant legal minds standing with McConnell a constitutional lawyer?Did they even consult a constitutional lawyer? They do have one in their caucus.
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1267795282760212481
What is going on at DOJ is NOT, as NYT claimed, about the Unitary Executive. Call it corruption–which is what the Stone and Flynn interventions demonstrably are, call it authoritarianism (which is a belief the Constitution doesn’t matter, not a theory of the Constitution).
According to Emptywheel, the brief by the ten GOP house members was excruciatingly bad. And then:
Billy Barr DOJ January: Flynn’s lies were material
Billy Barr DOJ May: Flynn’s lies weren’t material
Billy Barr May 7: “New” stuff is old stuff
Billy Barr June 1: “New” stuff is even older stuff
Billy Barr May 12: Judge gets a say
Billy Barr June 1: Judge gets no say
Well! Since you put it that way . . . .
Thank you, traitorous Senators, for letting us know exactly who stands to fair poorly should Flynn spill.
This isn’t even remotely a question of law and certainly not something the legislature should even have a say in whatsoever.
If Turtleface wants to try to get a bill declaring Flynn exonerated through the House, give it a go, until then, STFU and sit down.
I’m starting to think these guys aren’t real good at judging wind speed/direction.
Didn’t realize you had a webcam on the Collins’ Caribou Kompound! Well done!
This is a slow rolling coup d’etat now picking up speed.
The senators who joined McConnell in filing the brief were Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Braun (R-IN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Rick Scott (R-FL).
This is called the great distraction. See, they don’t want to get into trumps mix but because they have been reported to be silence on the protest and COVID virus that is sweeping across the country they have to seem like they are doing something before tRump turns his attention to them for not watching his back. Cotton & Cruz waded into the protest only to be slammed on twitter over the weekend so they had to somehow keep face.
Michael Flynn is a TRAITOR.
