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Jim, I’m getting “page not found.”
I’m thrilled, too, but what about the people who set him up? What will happen to them? Could they get nailed for other things they did, but just not for this case?
This sort of “oops” is how they avoid accountability. I’m surprised it wasn’t announced on Friday evening.
Susan, here is what I believe to be an accurate link to the AP story; hope this one works.
Here is a link to the complete set of pleadings filed by the Department of Justice.
Now back to the job as National Security Advisor.
Here is a copy of the list of filings from the Court Listener docket which can be found here.
MOTION to Dismiss Case by USA as to MICHAEL T. FLYNN. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit Exhibit 4, # 6 Exhibit Exhibit 5, # 7 Exhibit Exhibit 6, # 8 Exhibit Exhibit 7, # 9 Exhibit Exhibit 8, # 10 Exhibit Exhibit 9, # 11 Exhibit Exhibit 10, # 12 Exhibit Exhibit 11, # 13 Exhibit Exhibit 12, # 14 Exhibit Exhibit 13)(Ballantine, Jocelyn) (Entered: 05/07/2020)
Main Document
Motion to Dismiss Case
Attachment 1
Text of Proposed Order
Attachment 2
Exhibit Exhibit 1
Attachment 3
Exhibit Exhibit 2
Attachment 4
Exhibit Exhibit 3
Attachment 5
Exhibit Exhibit 4
Attachment 6
Exhibit Exhibit 5
Attachment 7
Exhibit Exhibit 6
Attachment 8
Exhibit Exhibit 7
Attachment 9
Exhibit Exhibit 8
Attachment 10
Exhibit Exhibit 9
Attachment 11
Exhibit Exhibit 10
Attachment 12
Exhibit Exhibit 11
Attachment 13
Exhibit Exhibit 12
Attachment 14
Exhibit Exhibit 13
Yes! And then clean house.
i also hope that Flynn’s soon-to-be-filed civil suit against DOJ for malicious prosecution forces the weasels to turn on each other. Ideally, Barr does not settle early and lets discovery proceed.
His firing was not connected to the charges. He admitted to lying to VP Pence and was fired for that. The frame up of Flynn by corrupt officials afraid that Flynn would uncover the FBI’s bogus investigation of the president was a separate matter.
I am unsure of the details, but wasn’t his “lie to Pence” similar to the omission, entrapment lie to the FBI? In other words a nothing burger, but an honorable self-assessment that he omitted information when talking to Pence, giving cover to Trump to fire him?
I do not want the taxpayers of the United States to be on the hook for Flynn’s eventual victory, for what these people did under color of authority. They need to be PERSONALLY LIABLE, and the bulk of their personal financial assets need to be transferred from them to him. That’s by far the best way to deter any future similar actions by those with too much power and too much hatred animating them. If the taxpayers have to pay, they’ll just shrug and keep going with their book deals and TV appearances.
C’mon Mr. President. This dude will be on your side. And if EVER there was a finger in the eye new sheriff in town moment, let this soldier have a shot at the swamp.
Wray has got to go, would love to see a straight shooter in that position to annihilate the culture there, perhaps Ms. Sidney Powell?
Hopefully General Flynn would get his old job back.
This is the best news in months. God Bless General Flynn, his family and the brave & persistent Ms. Powell!
It’s difficult to remember–so much has happened since–but it was President Trump who fired General Flynn, ostensibly for lying to VP Pence about some conversation with some Russian named Ambassador Kislyak. As the worm turns…
Okay, General. Now it’s your turn. Go after the SOBs who did this to you!
We may finally find out what that “lie” consisted of. What did the FBI tell Pence ?
Hmm…
Guys:
He has been forced to spend more cash than some country’s annual budget for NOTHING. Who reimburses him for his expenses?
I just want to snuggle up between Sidney Powell and Bill Barr.
One idea: President Trump should have Gen. Flynn head up the FBI.
And yet, think of the huge amounts of money he’s had to spend in defending himself that he will never recover. Think of the agony his family has gone through without any certainty of the outcome. From the beginning, this has been a shameful travesty of justice.
AP: Justice Dept Dropping Flynn’s Criminal Case
Well, at least this was no surprise:
The uber-sanctimonious Comey says the DOJ has “lost its way,” and pleads for career people to stay there, because “America needs you.”
And Nadler meanwhile seethes with rage, calling the DOJ’s dropping the case “outrageous” and pledging to have plenty of questions for AG Barr.
No doubt the disgraced McCabe will be on air blathering further, etc. etc.
The battles go on.
Daniel Day Lewis did it best.
The uber-sanctimonious Comey was recorded stating that he was the one that sent the FBI agents over. He probably ought to release another one stating what the basis for the investigation was, if he had one.
Y’know who needs to answer some questions now? Vice President Mike Pence.
When I get pinched, I want Sidney as my mouthpiece. She is a beast!
Now, do you really think Team Obama waited until the last month of its administration to exercise these levels of corruption? The last year? The last term? (This last one gives the appearance of a well oiled machine.) If you don’t realize that the pump was primed when they took office in 2009 and that these levers were pulled for eight years with the confidence that comes only with the reliably incurious (or flat out complicit) American media class solidly in ones pocket, then you don’t yet get it.
I still say that any enterprising young “journalist” of even mediocre intelligence could analyze the video of any ten Obama speeches and figure out the “tells” and then correlate each speech perfectly to major headlines two to four weeks later. Two easy ones would be around the John Roberts fluffing of Obamacare. Once calibrated, the game will be easy. (To whoever finally does this, you are welcome.)
Yes. Please correct me if I’m not correct, because I never understood the exact nature of the offense. But I thought that the “lie” was two things. First, it was the same “lie” to Pence that he had had to admit to the FBI as a concession to save his son. And second, using that “lie” was an acceptable excuse for Trump to let go a man forced into the untenable position through no fault of his own.
Are the rogue FBI agents subject to civil suits?
Or Sydney Powell at FBI and Flynn at Nat’l Sec. Advisor.
Probably not.