Flynns got away with it- Appeals court panel ordered Judge to dismiss case.

[sunonmars]

Link to tweet

Some hope though.....

Link to tweet

[keithbvadu2]

1. Two generals... Flynn & Arnold

Two generals... Flynn & Arnold

[KPN]

2. Gee, why dop I feel so angry this morning?

[sunonmars]

3. We no longer have a justice system that works for the American people, it works for Donald Trump

We are going to have to take down these ratbastards to, it seems.

[MontanaMama]

4. Stone will too.

Barr will make sure of it.

[sunonmars]

5. Yup, guaranteed, 2 tier justice system now, one for Trump and his mates and then everyone else.

[sunonmars]

6. Some hope though

Link to tweet

[malaise]

7. Hope the new AG reopens this in January

That is all

[jalan48]

8. This should give us an idea of what's going to happen when lawsuits against Trump and his family

finally get to the courts.

[bdamomma]

20. McConnell's

reason why he packed the courts, the repigs are just thugs.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I heard that a Democratically controlled Congress can go after him.

He got off for lying to the FBI. Still unknown, and requiring investigation, is his involvement with Turkey. If we have a Democratically controlled Congress that is aware of its place in history, it will be more concerned about accountability and re-stabilization, than it will be about moving forward on a cracked foundation created by Trump's bad decisions.

[Takket]

11. That's what I don't understand...

Part of a “deal” in the criminal justice system is “I can lock you up for life. But since you will help us you are just getting a slap on the wrist”.

So Flynn is fighting the slap on the wrist but if he back out of that, doesn’t he open himself back up to the major charges????

[Baitball Blogger]

14. He does open himself up to major charges, IF we win the Senate. It's a gamble.

And, the "deal" that he had with the FBI, fell through.

And the best part of all is, that I don't think that Trump can pardon him, if he doesn't get sentenced. So, in some ways, this new bit of news just gives him half a year of freedom.

[delisen]

23. Ford pardoned Nixon.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. That's a good point.

You know, Democrats never challenge the moves made by Republicans. Maybe it's time to revisit if that was even constitutionally possible.

BTW, wasn't that pardon another recommendation from Barr?

[Hortensis]

19. There's nothing to "get" beyond that the Republicans

instituted massive corruption. Corruption means they win, everyone not a member of their cabal loses.

“What is spreading today is repressive kleptocracy, led by rulers motivated by greed rather than by the deranged idealism of Hitler or Stalin or Mao. Such rulers rely less on terror and more on rule twisting, the manipulation of information, and the co-option of elites.

Their goal is self-enrichment; the corrosion of the rule of law is the necessary means. As a shrewd local observer explained to me on a visit to Hungary in early 2016, “The main benefit of controlling a modern bureaucratic state is not the power to persecute the innocent. It is the power to protect the guilty.” ~ Ex-Republican insider David Frum

[Hortensis]

16. Yes, charges have been held back for just this kind of reason. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

17. +1

[Takket]

21. But how can that be?

I’m trying to put myself in Flynn’s shoes. If major charges were held back and I know they are coming now, why the HELL would I have gone through all this bullshit of getting Barr to dismiss my lying guilt plea?

It doesn’t make any sense for Flynn to do that unless he KNOWS nothing else is coming.

[Demsrule86]

10. Flynn can be charged with a different charge...they did not charge him with everything when we win

in November.

[bdamomma]

12. so there it is.

White Collar Crime Criminals can get off, but the average jo can't. No justice, no peace.

[MoonRiver]

15. And a black man who falls asleep in his parked car gets the death penalty.

[bdamomma]

22. the justice system

is just fucked up. It's broken.

[GusFring]

13. The majority opinion, penned by Trump appointee Neomi Rao,

All I needed to know. It has begun. It should be riots over this.

[StarfishSaver]

18. He was going to get away with it no matter what. Trump would have just pardoned him

if it ever got to that.

But high five to Judge Sullivan for creating a very clear and strong record of the wrongdoing that we can all see. And the case can still be sent to an en banc panel for rehearing by the full circuit court. And the DC circuit is not dominated by Trump appointees - yet.

Flynn may still walk in the end but this isn't the end of the story.

[malaise]

24. The timing is highly suspicious

Ask Gym Jordan