Bill Barr's prosecutors have have-not-conclusively-established-they-have-acted-properly ...

[Zoonart]

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in-moving-to-dismiss-flynn-case-federal-judge/

On Monday, federal D.C. District Judge Emmet Sullivan filed a response to the writ of mandamus from former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn ordering him to dismiss the charges against him — a response that had been ordered by a three-judge panel from the Court of Appeals two weeks ago.

In the response, Sullivan maintained that Attorney General William Barr’s prosecutors have “not conclusively established” that they “acted properly” in moving to drop the charges against Flynn — particularly given the “unusual” refusal of several prosecutors working on the case to sign the motion to dismiss.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/bill-barrs-prosecutors-have-not-conclusively-established-they-have-acted-properly-in-moving-to-dismiss-flynn-case-federal-judge/

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

This is huge news

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Not yet. It isn't a court decision; it's a brief filed on behalf of Judge Sullivan

to the Court of Appeals arguing that the judge was not required to grant the government’s post-plea motion to dismiss. As usual, Raw Story screwed up their headline. Here's the brief: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6934669/Sullivan-Brief-Flynn-2020-06-01.pdf

[malaise]

6. Good point

but still important

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. the 46 page response (PDF) ...

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6934669/Sullivan-Brief-Flynn-2020-06-01.pdf

[Zoonart]

4. TQ

[Hassler]

7. Sullivan called Flynn a traitor. I knew he wouldn't surrender

To dis-Barr Bill.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Lots of moving parts

Power, law, norms, judgment, reasoning

[Nevilledog]

9. So this is not the amicus brief ordered by Sullivan for his trial level determination?

Too busy right now to follow up.

[elleng]

10. "have not 'conclusively established' that they 'acted properly' . . .

Headlines easily distort meanings.

[Zoonart]

11. Fixed.

[elleng]

12. Thx.

Didn't know if it was in the original, but it clearly changes the story.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. Remember when this case, and others related to it, commanded laser focus from political watchers?

Seems almost quaint now, doesn't it?

[sandensea]

14. Understatement of the century.

Jiminy Crickets.

[spanone]

15. Imagine that?

[UTUSN]

16. K&R