DoJ Flynn Kraziness part ii

By PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/22/2020 - 1:55am |

Sullivan delayed twice so Barr's DoJ could make this statement:

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Mueller complained to Barr 3 days after he finished about Barr's misrepresentation of his reports. Barr met Durham *the same day* to start rewriting the record on Mueller's works. Now Barr's assigned Durham a criminal investigation that he "doesn't expect" (tee-hee) to reach Biden & Obama.

Almost immediately after Mueller closed his investigation, Barr huddled with the prosecutor he assigned to re-examine the Russia probe — in a series of meetings previously unknown.

Barr met at least 6 times with John Durham over a 10-week period in 2019. https://t.co/CJF0ebSbww
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 21, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/22/2020 - 7:47am

Elaine Chao, eh?

Three House committees demanded that President Donald Trump reinstate a Department of Transportation (DOT) watchdog who was quietly removed from his post over the weekend amid an investigation into Secretary Elaine Chao.https://t.co/00k5Akkmiz
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 26, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/27/2020 - 6:33am

.@juliemason is closing out @POTUSPressPool strong with her buddy @Timodc - 5:45 east, SiriusXM 124. https://t.co/DIrXfVJQAV
— POTUS Press Pool (@POTUSPressPool) May 21, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/22/2020 - 10:06am

Jeff Sessions in on the whole plot against King Drumpf:

This is how @realDonaldTrump rewards appointees who stand up for the rule of law. https://t.co/KgJiC4r5c3
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 23, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/23/2020 - 12:02am

oh my, a few tweets down in the feed, I see Jeff responds!

Not enough popcorn in the world https://t.co/I5fzJQLzTF
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 23, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/23/2020 - 12:05am

Beth Wilkinson, now advocating for Flynn judge Emmet Sullivan, is also the lawyer to Summer Zervos in her defamation case against Trump, and she is representing former Clinton aide Cheryl Mills in a DC Circuit dispute over a deposition in a FOIA case https://t.co/7sLzGvXKYx
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) May 23, 2020

A NEW twist in the Flynn saga: Judge Sullivan hires high powered attorney to argue his case for not immediately tossing Flynn guilty plea

Me w @hsu_spencer https://t.co/1z9KLuCMbi
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) May 23, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/23/2020 - 6:20pm

I bet Powell is beginning to regret the references to Kafka in her Writ of Mandamus petition. Accusing Sullivan of corrupt intentions works on Fox but not in court.

by moat on Sat, 05/23/2020 - 8:26pm

Do these people *do* regrets?

BTW,

You may or may not be familiar but the Trump Admin gave Obama reassurances they would not violate the rule of One Administration at a Time. That seems to be part of the reason Flynn wrote a cover email so he would have a record of the call that didn't mention sanctions.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 23, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/24/2020 - 1:22am

this looks to me like "Obamagate" isn't selling very well with the fans, got to go back to the old standards they know and love:

Nothing like a chill Saturday, getting emails from the incumbent president’s campaign. pic.twitter.com/BoEAInKvXf
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 24, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/23/2020 - 8:22pm

Flynn 1st atty - no great deed goes unpunished

At the time, this deal was a huge score for the defense. Was Flynn "coerced" or did he cop to an incredibly good plea deal? https://t.co/4p2cPi62oL
— Scott Greenfield (@ScottGreenfield) May 26, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 05/26/2020 - 8:34am

Truth as Casualty

This is the problem. She could be totally innocent, but we would have no way of knowing because Bill Barr has shown us that we can't trust him to administer justice impartially. In fact, he has given us reason to suspect that every decision DOJ makes is drenched in politics. https://t.co/EpJhcPWTue
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 27, 2020

I'm *sure* Loeffler's husband's recent $1 million donation to a pro-Trump PAC had nothing to do with this development.https://t.co/Jd8qoeKvOz
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 26, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/27/2020 - 6:14am

Probably the most corrupt Attorney General in American history, outdoes John Mitchell and probably every other one. https://t.co/bbnkRy8ays
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 28, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/27/2020 - 11:38pm

The most significant omission in Lake’s essay is his argument that the FBI lacked predication for interviewing Flynn. His argument completely ignores the FBI’s counterintelligence mission and baselessly attacks the legitimacy of investigating Flynn’s potential criminal conduct.

While not legally required, predication is an FBI internal policy that requires a factual basis to indicate the existence of criminal conduct or a national security threat before agents may start an investigation. This policy reflects the FBI’s dual mission to investigate federal crimes and to lead counterintelligence activities. Under its counterintelligence mission, the FBI is responsible for detecting and countering actions of foreign intelligence services to gather information about the United States that adversely affects our national interests.

- https://www.justsecurity.org/70425/eli-lakes-omissions-and-misleading-facts-in-defense-of-michael-flynn/

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 1:13am

Flynn simple answers

Incredible how the right/Team TrumpBarr keep trying to pretend an obvious US intelligence concern shouldn't be investigated, and keep lying about basic facts & documentation to "prove" that point.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/05/28/on-the-two-ecs-opening-the-investi...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 5:02am

Flynn/Trump = colluding agents

(with Barr, the AG heading DoJ, thinking it's ok for US citizens to actively work with foreign governments to derail official US policy)

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/05/28/stealing-elections-the-underlying-...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 5:10am

Sullivan has upper hand

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/499928-judge-sullivan-didnt-let-th...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 6:17am

Hack GOP attys argue judges have no power

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/500069-more-than-two-dozen-former-prosecutors-judges-and-active-trial

"There is simply no basis upon which this Court can review and deny the Government's motion to dismiss, to which the defense has consented," they wrote.

Yeah, like the police showing up to a domestic violence call when the wife decides she doesn't want to press charges...? The 30-day review was put into place to prevent corruption, not safeguard defendants - such as when a monster buys off the prosecution.

Sure, judges have no say anymore.... sez Mitch the Federalist

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 7:11am

McCord : Comey went rogue

https://spanishsabores.com/2020/05/25/seafood-paella-recipe/

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 12:31pm

Flynn begs like a bitch, oh my

Flynn asks a hostile foreign country to work against the current administration of the United States of America. https://t.co/xNpeIqXR4C
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 29, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 4:38pm

Kislyak repeats that they're going to have a secure video line to talk with Putin. This comes after Jared asked for a back channel to talk to Russia. pic.twitter.com/wzVzIMFRNq
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 29, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 4:58pm

Remember: Flynn claimed he DIDN'T EVEN KNOW about the sanctions when he made this call. pic.twitter.com/OJxi9Moe1E
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 29, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 5:14pm

Flynn discussed w Trump

Flynn makes it clear he has talked to Trump about the call, which he claimed not to recall and still claims not to recall. pic.twitter.com/DJzJUhJiUi
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 29, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 6:05pm

Mueller knew Trump knew

"The Boss is Aware:" Trump Learned about Mike Flynn's Conversations with Sergey Kislyak in Real Timehttps://t.co/I713a0e7fc
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 29, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 6:28pm

DoJ Flynn Kraziness part ii

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