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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

WITHDRAWN: Sullivan Backs Down

Humble apologies. No excuses. Thanks to commenters Anon and Bebe. Withdrawn due to irreparable screwups. Wanting something to be true doesn't make it true.

25 comments:

  1. What a relief!
    At least now, the would-be Gen. Franco can cool out for now, instead of accelerating plans for Sotero 2.0.
    Nonetheless, this judge (and his boss SparkleFarts) may've awakened a sleeping giant, with this BS.

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  2. As Gleason used to say, "How Sweet It Is!"
    I'll wager this whole episode to go down as One for the Ages, the greatest humiliation for Leftist jurisprudence since ....
    (Their stance on Bush v. Gore, was a paragon of judiciousness, compared to this joke.)
    May this be the real start, of the death-rattle of White Patriarchy - hating Leftism?

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  3. Jesse Binnall is on powells team repping flynn i beleive. Check and correct bc if so hes one of the heroes in this saga alongside powell.

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    1. You're correct on Binnall.
      I'd be even more brutal, if his brief is denied, while LawFares' are welcomed.

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  4. Forgive my ignorance, Mark, but reading this I found it seemed to be about scheduling. Tell us that this shuts the door on these friend of the court briefs, not just holds their being filed off until some sort of scheduling occurs….?

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    1. Your ignorance? "forthcoming scheduling order?" MY ignorance. Very sorry. I'm just gonna delete this whole post.

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  5. Aw darnit, I guess this means we won't get to hear about Flynn's involvement in kidnappings and whatever else the "Watergate Prosecutors" have conjured up from Whodaf--- knows where.

    Techno thread on one of the lunatics Sullivan proposed the court needed to hear from:
    https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1260373700655841280

    Seriously, this country has become a giant mental institution.

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    1. While you were commenting I withdrew. The orders were about scheduling. Everything remains up in the air. Sorry.

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  6. "Tell us that this shuts the door on these friend of the court briefs".
    Indeed. We may've crowed too soon.

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  7. Wow. Even the URL is shocking enough without the full story.

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/stunning-move-flynn-judge-appoints-gotti-prosecutor-argue-against-doj-dismissal

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  8. Instead, Sullivan doubles down, see
    https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/federal-judge-orders-arguments-on-whether-michael-Flynn-should-be-Jailed-for-Perjury/ :
    Federal Judge Orders Arguments on Whether Michael Flynn Should Be Jailed for Perjury....

    The Sotelo 2.0 scenario is, ahem, VERY much in play.




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  9. Would these recent orders by Sullivan something that can be immediately appealed? Or would Powell have to wait until the conclusion of this farce to appeal it?

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    1. It appears to me now that I was basically right--that Sullivan has backed off the Amicus gambit, but only because he thinks he's found a fool proof way of screwing Flynn around.

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  10. Told you- full on banana republic stuff. Sullivan appears to be prepared to jail Flynn on contempt of court.

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    1. So...let's rephrase this: any person who submits a guilty plea while under duress due to coercive pressure from the executive shall be held in criminal contempt by the judiciary.

      How did Madison miss this?

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  11. The reply to this gambit, if this is what Sullivan plans to do, should be to accuse the Mueller prosecutors of suborning perjury in Flynn's plea, and Barr should offer to support this motion.

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    1. Powell will be making that argument. However, for Barr to do that he would have to bring a separate prosecution. I've always believed that Durham is looking to indict Team Mueller lawyers for the Flynn case, but that's down the road. This is now, and that's what Sullivan is probably counting on.

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  12. Just a reminder, the Chief Judge is Beryl Howell, so help will have to come from outside (above) the DC Circuit.

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  13. Just to further clarify, Howell is Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. I'm not sure she has any meaningful authority in this case.

    She certainly has no role in any appeal to the The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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  14. Thanks, Cassander, for that info. As I recall, you are a retired attorney, so you know this stuff. I'm a layman who seeks to understand and this is confusing.

    There are district courts like SDNY (Southern District New York {state, not city]). Then there are appeal courts that are divided into circuits. If I have this right, there's a DC circuit and a Federal circuit in addition to numbered circuits, First through Ninth.

    Leave it to the federal government to create a jumbled mess.

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  15. There is a Tenth circuit. I'm looking at www.uscourts.gov. First through Tenth, DC Circuit, Federal Circuit which equals 12. There are special courts for taxes and veterans and maybe one or two more.

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  16. If I don't get this right, I'm going to be just like the Fake News. There are 13 appellate courts, including the First through the Eleventh, plus the DC Circuit and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. All but the Federal Circuit are regional circuits. The Federal Circuit has nationwide jurisdiction.

    I think that I'll quit while I'm behind.

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    1. And if Flynn loses in the federal district court for DC, he can appeal to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. If, heaven forbid, he loses there he can appeal to the United States Supreme Court...where he will win. And Obama will lose.

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