On Thursday, a three panel DC Appeals Court Panel ordered Michael Flynn’s judge, Emmett Sullivan, to respond to the petition for a writ of mandamus within ten days.
Previously I had referred to the Sullivan courtroom as a circus. Unfortunately that is not true. There isn’t anything funny or humorous going on here. And to call this a kangaroo court would be elevating this to a status that is far beyond what it really is.
This is an attempt to lynch Flynn. There is a complete absence of the rule of law. Sullivan is making it up as he goes along. He is taking pieces of civil procedure and dropping them into a criminal case. Sullivan has one simple thing to do here and that is grant the motion to dismiss that he has no authority to deny. Sullivan appointing an “amicus” to act as prosecutor shows that he has gone completely off the rails. Sullivan appears to be out to get Flynn by any means necessary.
In an absolutely bizarre twist in the Flynn case, the retired judge who was appointed to file an amicus brief with the court is now requesting a briefing schedule, oral arguments and the possibility of interviewing witnesses.
Last week the DOJ filed a motion in the Michael Flynn case to dismiss the charges against Flynn “with prejudice.” This would mean that the long nightmare would be over for LTG Flynn. Certainly part of the reason the dismissal request was made was the Brady material that a US Attorney from Missouri found that had never been given to the Flynn defense. This material was exculpatory and also demonstrated that Flynn had been framed by the FBI. Other declassified material also demonstrated egregious prosecutorial misconduct.
AG Barr recognized that such material would continue to be presented to the court by Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell. Barr also recognized that there had been a witch hunt to get Flynn. Rather than air all this dirty laundry out in a public courtroom, Barr decided to right an injustice and filed to dismiss the charges.
Last week former President Obama phoned his Alumni Association. Obama droned on about the Flynn case, about the rule of law being lost, about being on a slippery slope, etc.
On Tuesday, Sidney Powell, Flynn’s defense attorney, filed an open memo on Twitter responding to Obama. It was 404’ed by Twitter but not before copies were made.
Last week acting DNI Ric Grenell forced the release by Adam Schiff of the transcripts that Schiff had been refusing to release. These were transcripts of testimonies given by dozens of witnesses. These showed that many Democratic TV personalities have lied over and over when on TV broadcasts about elements of the Russian Collusion hoax.
What garnered far less attention at the time was the fact that DNI Grenell delivered a second set of documents to AG Barr on the same day. At the time no one seemed to know just what was in those documents.
The Big Lie continues. Again the media is caught presenting as “news” something that is the opposite of what actually took place. Last Thursday AG Bill Barr was interviewed by CBS News’ Catherine Herridge regarding the dropping of the case against LTG Michael Flynn.
On Sunday NBC News’ Chuck Todd aired a piece of that interview on the ‘Meet The Press’ broadcast. In order to make his political points, Todd left out key comments from the interview, remarks that destroy the very argument Todd tried to make against Barr.
The Democrats are clearly in panic mode right now. On Sunday morning, former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks joined “the Big Lie” movement when she stated unequivocally that the move by the DOJ to drop the Flynn case was “a clear cover-up.” This occurred on MSNBC’s AM Joy program. According to Wine-Banks, because Flynn was facing jail time, Flynn might have had more to offer about Russian involvement in the Trump Administration. Therefore, Barr had to intervene in order to prevent Flynn from doing so.
What alternate reality is this woman living in? None of the other three panelists nor the moderator disagreed. Many were nodding their heads. This is what stage 4 Trump Derangement Syndrome looks like.
The following is a phone call from former President Obama. Who is on the other end is unclear. However, without a doubt, the listeners on this call are members of the Obama Alumni Association. The call was “leaked” to Michael Isikoff. Be forewarned. This is not the smooth and silken presentation that we are accustomed to hearing from Obama.
There are some people who are not completely brainwashed about what happened to Michael Flynn. However, they want to believe that the Flynn case was unique. They reluctantly admit that there seems to have been some corrupt activity going on in connection with this case. However, they attribute this to personal animosity toward Flynn. Such animosity overcame professional judgment. They may even partially blame Flynn because he was opposed to President Obama’s foreign policies. They admit it should never have happened but this was an unusual situation and does not reflect the normal course of business for these people.
Now I understand the desire to believe that this kind of corruption does not exist in our government as a normal course of business. However, this was no one-time affair. The following interview with Kathleen “K. T.” McFarland on Thursday should disabuse these people of this belief.