President Donald Trump applauded an appeals court’s ruling on Wednesday that allowed the Justice Department to drop the criminal case against Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1316757
Proof that the DOJ’s reversal and move to drop the charges against Flynn were in no way political.
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Remember when LBJ’s justice department dropped the charges against Lee Harvey Oswald and then Jack Ruby?
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Again was this the 3 panel of appeals court judges and not the fill bench?
For a guy whose has had almost every EO and policy change challenged in state and federal court since taking office you’d think he’d understand the court structure by now.
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May this be brought up before the en banc hearing as proof-positive this was never about Executive prosecutorial powers, checks, or balances.
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“Great! Appeals Court Upholds Justice Departments [sic] Request To Drop Criminal Case Against General Michael Flynn!” Trump tweeted.
Traitors applauding traitors. Other than that, nothing new here other than the realization that corruption has been profoundly manifest in all branches of our government.
It’s exactly what Putin wanted.
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Just wait till the packed courts start upending EVERYTHING Biden tries to do.
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Of course for the Wingnut Empire this ruling is proof that the entire Russia investigation was a hoax and everyone involved in it should go to jail. Plus Joe Biden should not be allowed to oppose Trump in the election, Trump should just be awarded a second term to make up for how badly he was wronged in his first term.
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Trump is a traitor to the country, the rule of law, and the U.S. Constitution. Impeach again!
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I’m just wondering how long the judges not appointed by Trump will put up with the unqualified Trump appointed judges? Please tell me there is some way to hold judges accountable.
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Last night Trump claimed he appointed 300 federal judges. Scary.
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When the minority has seized power by any means necessary, it will use any means necessary to hold onto it. No. There is no way to hold any of the GOP accountable. At least none you would consider palatable.
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How long before the traitor rehires the traitor?
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My threshold for palatable is getting lower as the days go by.
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Which just goes to show the full on over ripe banana brained Trump supporters that their Chosen One can’t handle adversity, can’t over come a challenge, and certainly can’t walk down a ramp while taking a sip of water using only one hand.
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Okay, fine. Let’s prosecute Flynn for attempting to kidnap that cleric for Turkey. Oh, and let’s not forget the prosecution of Flynn’s son. Lock him up.
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It’s 130+ days to the presidential election…
If we want real change and justice…we need to keep the House majority, elect 60 senators to the Senate and hopefully Biden will win!
Let us NOT be complacent with Biden showing favorable polls over Trump…VOTEBLUE!
And in the words of my ex-Republican neighbor…
“I want to survive Covid because I want to vote out Trump”
”I will crawl to the voting booth if I have to in order to vote out Trump and the Rs because of what they had done to our country!”
https://t.co/wdvdB8ob5U?amp=1
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With a mulligan-per-hole guy like trump, he’ll want a do-over for each term. Once he’s had enough, he can install Kallow Ken Kushner as his hand-picked successor.
I’ve seen a suggestion that the state of Pennsylvania do exactly that. The lege would go nuts and try to block it, and I have no idea if they could manage it or not, but it’s certainly a fine idea. You don’t hand people over to authoritarian governments for money, it’s just tacky.
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Not to mention his experience dealing with 3,000 or so lawsuits before ever becoming an ersatz politician.
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