Threesome,
Trio, Troika all Appropriate Labels
(Worst three
ever hands down)
Before reading the main story below, I recommend
reading this first. It is a great legal based review of the whole Michael Flynn
case from day-one until what is pending right now.
It is very complex yet also
easy to follow and comprehend here
from Just Security.
Brief introduction from the site: There’s been a great deal of
discussion over the past couple of weeks about whether Judge Emmett Sullivan
should, must, or cannot grant the DOJ recent motion to dismiss the single-count criminal
information against Michael Flynn.
Flynn pleaded guilty — twice — for
knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to the FBI in a
January 24, 2017 interview, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).
All that
remains of the case before judgment is entered against Flynn is for the judge
to impose a sentence. Judge Sullivan is scheduled to hear argument on DOJ’s
motion to dismiss on July 16.
In the
meantime, Flynn himself has filed a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
D.C. Circuit, asking that court to order Judge Sullivan to
“immediately” grant DOJ’s motion to dismiss.
The D.C.
Circuit panel (Judges Henderson, Wilkins, and Rao) has ordered Judge Sullivan
himself to file a response addressing that request by Monday, June 1.
THE MAIN
STORY STARTS FROM HERE Politico.
My Introductory
Notes: Trump and
practically every Republican in office keep the political fires red hot with
all sorts of conspiracies. All while they blame DEMS past and present, e.g.,
both Clintons, Barack Obama, and now Joe Biden (and his son Hunter Biden), or
any other key DEM in the news for whatever reason but simply for their own
political shenanigans and gain.
The Flynn case is simple: It is Trump’s revenge and vendetta
trip against every living Democrat, man, woman, or child, and especially Trump’s
drive to erase everything bearing the Obama name.
Yet, yet as the following story about unmasking individuals
like in the Flynn case, a man who has pleaded guilty twice shows clearly that it
is they, Trump and AG Barr parked at the very bottom of that feeding frenzy trough,
or if you prefer that cesspool.
It is they who are playing the same raw, mean-spirited
dirtiest tricks ever – which is SOP for the GOP out to win an election anyway
possible while casting the blame on everyone in sight except themselves if they
lose an election.
Key Part: The DOJ abandoned its prosecution of Michael
Flynn, who served as Trump’s National Security Adviser for just 24 days before
he was dismissed in February 2017 for his lack of candor (lying)
about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador at the time, Sergei Kislyak, during the presidential
transition period just before Trump took office.
o
Flynn
lied to Vice President Pence and other administration officials about the
details of those talks.
o
He
then later became ensnared in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe
that led to Trump’s impeachment but not his removal.
He pleaded guilty in December 2017 in Federal court to
lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian envoy, not once, but
twice.
Now, as this story shows and after the release of FBI records that disclosed details about the origins of the bureau’s
criminal case against him and suggested internal deliberation over how to
approach the politically explosive investigation.
But, in a motion that was not signed by any career
prosecutors, who withdrew from the case, the DOJ now says the Flynn probe
lacked an investigative predicate and was therefore invalid.
I note: So, one would think at that point: “Case
Closed” – ha – they would be wrong: Now dog meet bone. AG Barr is back in action.
Trump finally has a pet
He again is still on the trail of Obama, Clinton,
Biden, et al, and all at the behest of Trump to keep the pressure up to somehow
prove that Trump is totally innocent, free and clear of any conspiracy, and 100
percent vindicated of any crime before, during, or after the 2016 election.
Latest Barr Move: He appointed John Bash, U.S.
Attorney from Texas.
Bash according
to the DOJ announcement: “Will be looking
specifically at episodes both before and after the election. The frequency, who
was unmasking whom, all of these circumstances and events can shed light and
give us a better understanding of what happened with respect to President
Trump, his campaign and, of course, what happened after he was elected, as well.”
As for
Trump, he has constantly claims Obama officials were complicit in a vast
government conspiracy, which he has dubbed “Obama-gate,” to target Flynn and
wound his incoming administration during the presidential transition period
before he assumed office.
But the White House and its conservative allies have
struggled to provide any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Obama’s administration.
Former U.S. officials have said they did nothing wrong, and that it was
entirely appropriate to analyze Americans’ conversations with foreign
officials.
Now only that case, but Barr is now involved in the sentencing of Trump’s longtime informal political
adviser (dirty trickster, by his own label, Roger Stone).
That and
Barr’s commission of Durham’s review of the Russia probe – that has led nowhere
— have provoked intense criticism from Democrats and former DOJ officials who
charge that the AG is abusing his office to settle the president’s partisan
vendettas.
Full story
at the Politico link above.
My 2 cents: Related is this Washington Post story that says U.S. intelligence officials had
recorded Flynn’s conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. before
Trump took office which was a routine recording no unlike most others who
listen in to Russians in the U.S. they just happened to pick up Flynn.
AG Barr is in a word a piss-poor AG acting as Trump’s
personal attorney and not the top attorney for the entire country and our
justice system – which now under Trump and him is in near total shambles.
That is not just my view but the view of thousands of former DOJ officials have signed letters
attesting to the dysfunction of the DOJ under Barr.
Barr has be removed ASAP
anyway possible. He is a pitiful disgrace to the office of United States Attorney General.
Thanks for stopping by.
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