Judge Sullivan essentially appointed a replacement for a derelict DOJ.

[Budi]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Trump can pardon Flynn but a pardon is an admission of guilt, allowing the court to again question him about deeper matters.
With a pardon, Flynn cannot then claim the 5th.

Trump will have to wisk Flynn outta the country in the dead of night before Sullivan can drag him back in

If this whole thing blows up, Trump, Manafort, Barr & a planeload of others will be making a mass exodus.
I wish it was just a movie.

[leftieNanner]

1. And this will bring out some of those issues that the guilty plea pushed to the side

He can now be prosecuted for those too. Plus his son is in jeopardy.

[GoCubsGo]

2. It doesn't sound like Barr and his cronies though this thing out very well.

Are they really THIS stupid and/or drunk with power? Or, is something more nefarious about to go down? Maybe they're trying to throw Manafort under the bus?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Maybe they didn't reckon with Judge Sullivan.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Yea, but he's been around so long, you'd think they'd know what he's like by now.

I guess they're so blinded by partisanship that they figured that, him being a Bush appointee, he'd automatically side with them? it's a head-scratcher.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. You'd think.

But their arrogance sometimes overcomes their common sense. After Sullivan scorched Flynn's ass during the first sentencing hearing you'd think they'd have a clue, but apparently not.

[DallasNE]

18. Or Misjudged How Separation Of Powers

Might negate the chilling effect of a well placed Tweet.

[abakan]

22. should just go with stupid

although they do seem to believe they are invincible and they will be in position forever.
I can't wait for their demise.

[GoCubsGo]

24. Yeah, I think you might be onto something with the "invincible" thing.

Trump always seems to weasel out of things, and no doubt it's given him a false sense of security. I can't wait, either...

[onecaliberal]

4. This is good.

[manhattan123]

5. When Gleeson worked in the Brooklyn AG office...

..he brought down Mob boss John Gotti, known to the tabloids as the Teflon Don.

[Budi]

8. Thanks for that info. Gleeson's a Brooklin guy. He knows every mobster & who has ties.

Thank god there are still some prosecutors like Gleeson around who have lived thru the history of the criminal mob..& like Mueller, have followed their whereabouts & connections & have successfully 'brought down' some mighty big names.

[riversedge]

7. #BillBarrResign

[Budi]

11. He is one of the biggest criminals in the top eschelon

He has so much power at his disposal & is willing to abuse it all for the big mob boss he works on behalf of.
And I'm not so sure that is even Trump.
It goes higher than that.

Barr has to be prosecuted.

[coti]

9. Jeffrey Toobin was also against Trump's impeachment. He has no credibility on anything. nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. You're thinking of Jonathan Turley.

Toobin is a solid liberal and a friend of Justice Kagan. Turley is the confused libertarian who testified as an "expert" on Trump's behalf.

[coti]

25. You're right. I had Googled Toobin on impeachment before my post but I misinterpreted a lot

of what he said. He did say some things like "Trump won" though.

[DTomlinson]

10. I wouldn't call Barr "derelict." More like "complicit" or a "co-conspirator."

[calimary]

23. Welcome to DU, DTomlinson! Hope there's a move to have Barr disbarred

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by organizations in SEVERAL states, if, indeed, not ALL 50 of them, when this is over.

[uponit7771]

12. Cant the judge just decide to jail Flynn based on his admission of guilt alone? tia

[CaptainTruth]

21. I believe he can, because there's a plea agreement.

I believe the judge can sentence Flynn under the terms of that agreement.

[crickets]

15. Love it. K&R

[calimary]

16. You know what I'd do then?

I'd issue a presidential order that NOBODY in or on that flight will EVER be allowed back into the US.

Pilot? Copilot? Flight attendants?

You're marooned overseas somewhere. Enjoy your new life.

[MyOwnPeace]

26. I'd suggest we do this........

Let's give IQ45 his PARADE - the biggest, bestest, superest EVAR!!!!!

He will lead it, followed by the "ghost" VP, then Moscow Mitch McTurtle, and then his ENTIRE Cabinet, including all present and former (especially those indicted!), plus aides, advisors, and, of course, all family that are aides and advisors!

We send then down Pennsylvania Avenue with bands, rocket launchers, tanks, more bands, and crowds of hundreds and hundreds, maybe even matching the bigliest inauguration crowd EVAR!!!!

The parade will go DIRECTLY to RAYGUN International Airport, where the whole marvelous group of them will board Air Force One and fly off to WHEREVER ANYBODY WILL TAKE THEM - AND NEVER RETURN!!!!!

I'm really thinking it would work!

[calimary]

28. THAT is a good idea!

Does Easter Island have an air strip big enough?

Can you land on or otherwise airdrop to the Bikini Atoll?

[erronis]

17. Acceptance of a pardon is not an admission of guilt - AFAIK, IANAL.

It just means that any federal charges against the individual are dropped.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. It can be, in effect, because accepting a pardon means

that you can no longer invoke your Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid having to testify in some other proceeding about what you did.

[Loki Liesmith]

20. Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/236/79/

[PoliticAverse]

27. When he was a Judge, Gleeson wrote in a case...

“The government has absolute discretion to decide not to prosecute. Even a formal, written agreement to that effect, which is often referred to as a ‘non-prosecution agreement,’ is not the business of the courts. In addition, the government has near-absolute power under Fed. R. Crim. P. 48(a) to extinguish a case that it has brought. In my view, if the government were now moving to dismiss this case, it would be an abuse of discretion to deny that motion.”

(From: http://fcpaprofessor.com/a-pending-federal-criminal-case-is-not-window-dressing-nor-is-the-court-a-potted-plant/

[Cha]

29. KR!

[Gothmog]

30. Chuck Rosenberg discussed this today

Link to tweet

[Budi]

31. Thanks for this post. "they're simply saying now that his lies didn't matter."

"..they're simply saying now that his lies didn't matter... that is belied by everything we know" - Chuck Rosenberg


Barr bettet be the 1st one in prison.
Trump could not do what he does without Barr's guidance. Trump isn't schooled in Constitutional Law.

Barr knows it well enough to manipulate it.
And McConnell is pulling equal duty in the Senate.

(I can't find a big enough middle finger gif to make clear my rage.)