Judge slams the brakes on William Barr's abuse of power

[Rotadom]

Judge slams the brakes on William Barr's abuse of power

Just when it seemed that Attorney General William Barr would get away with intentionally tanking his own Justice Department's conviction of President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, a federal judge on Wednesday slammed on the brakes and now is demanding real answers.

There's a common saying that the courts are the final bulwark against tyranny. "Tyranny" may be a bit much here, but Judge Emmet Sullivan certainly seems to be taking a stand against an unconscionable abuse of power by Trump and Barr.

Barr's move to clear Flynn is outrageous and transparently political. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition. He admitted under oath that he knew it was a crime to lie to the FBI, that he was not entrapped, that he was "in fact guilty of the crime charged," and that he had committed additional crimes relating to his work for Turkish interests in the United States.

According to a letter signed by over 2,000 former federal prosecutors and other Justice Department alumni (including me), it is "extraordinarily rare, if not unprecedented" for the Justice Department to move to vacate a conviction after such an admission of guilt by a defendant. With this move, Barr once again undermined his own credibility and independence.

Nonetheless, given that both parties before him -- Flynn and the Justice Department -- agreed that the case should be thrown out, Judge Sullivan easily could have issued a one-line ruling and been done with it: "Both parties concur, case dismissed." But Judge Sullivan, an experienced and savvy jurist with a reputation as a "fiercely independent thinker," according to The Hill, sensed something was amiss and refused to take the easy way out.

 

[OldJourno]

Anyone even remotely aware of the evidence regarding the prosecution and what it did to Flynn and his family would say Judge Sullivan's actions are "outrageous and transparently political."

 

[Klinkster]

Anyone even remotely aware of the evidence regarding the prosecution and what it did to Flynn and his family would say Judge Sullivan's actions are "outrageous and transparently political."

Except a leftist like RottenDummie, which, there are plenty of here.

 

[Rotadom]

Anyone even remotely aware of the evidence regarding the prosecution and what it did to Flynn and his family would say Judge Sullivan's actions are "outrageous and transparently political."

Was that before or after Flynn plead guilty?

 

[Comshaw]

Anyone even remotely aware of the evidence regarding the prosecution and what it did to Flynn and his family would say Judge Sullivan's actions are "outrageous and transparently political."

After running this through the online Political Zealot Rhetoric and Blind Partisan Translator I got this:
"Anyone who has cherry picked what they want to beleive and think that because Flynn is a Trump supporter a legal and bias free ruling by a judge is "outrageous and transparently political".

Say it ain't so! There's no such thing as political partisan blindness on the GB! Oh my aching heart!

Comshaw

 

[Pookie]

Was that before or after Flynn plead guilty?

You can't believe anything Flynn says. Wait ... uh ... I mean ... he was lying. Yeah! He was lying when he pleaded guilty ... which is what he does ... so ... ummm ... you can't believe him ... but he is innocent and ... uh ...

 

[Rotadom]

You can't believe anything Flynn says. Wait ... uh ... I mean ... he was lying. Yeah! He was lying when he pleaded guilty ... which is what he does ... so ... ummm ... you can't believe him ... but he is innocent and ... uh ...

"I choose to believe this lie, not that lie!"

 

[coati]

"I choose to believe this lie, not that lie!"

"I'm a Deplorable, and I get to choose which lies are truth, because absolute power for my cult leader was envisioned by the Founding Fathers."

 

[LupusDei]

Wait, I'm sure this doesn't seem quite right, but isn't lying while pleading guilty a punishable offence on it's own?

 

[HisArpy]

Wait, I'm sure this doesn't seem quite right, but isn't lying while pleading guilty a punishable offence on it's own?

Entrapment is a defense against that sort of thing.

 

[Rotadom]

Entrapment is a defense against that sort of thing.

Where was the "entrapment?"

 

[HisArpy]

Where was the "entrapment?"

Please try and keep up. Otherwise all you're doing is showing everyone that you're not only an idjit but an asshole at the same time.

Which, I will admit, takes some serious skills.

 

[Rotadom]

Please try and keep up. Otherwise all you're doing is showing everyone that you're not only an idjit but an asshole at the same time.

Which, I will admit, takes some serious skills.

You're nothing but a useless vessel of bad info and a disingenuous liar to boot. You constantly get proven wrong and do nothing but deflect because you don't have the proper skill set to admit fault and take your lumps like an adult.

 

[HisArpy]

You're nothing but a useless vessel of bad info and a disingenuous liar to boot. You constantly get proven wrong and do nothing but deflect because you don't have the proper skill set to admit fault and take your lumps like an adult.

Oh my. I'm starting to get the idea that you don't like me very much.

Now I haz teh sadz. Pass the worms.

Juicy ones

 

[thehaircutgirl]

You're nothing but a useless vessel of bad info and a disingenuous liar to boot. You constantly get proven wrong and do nothing but deflect because you don't have the proper skill set to admit fault and take your lumps like an adult.

he'll come back with some lame deflection instead of just slinking away like he should since he won't facts.

 

[thehaircutgirl]

Oh my. I'm starting to get the idea that you don't like me very much.

Now I haz teh sadz. Pass the worms.

Juicy ones

he'll come back with some lame deflection instead of just slinking away like he should since he won't facts.

 

[HisArpy]

he'll come back with some lame deflection instead of just slinking away like he should since he won't facts.

Is this some kind of code for "I'm soooo butthurt"?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

he'll come back with some lame deflection instead of just slinking away like he should since he won't facts.

It's not your fault he's sitting in the back of the class with his desk facing the book shelving units.

https://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpj6grFIe1qcaomb.gif

 

[HisArpy]

You think the GB is serious stuff? Wow, are you in the wrong classroom. Remedial pre-school is down the hall ------->

<-------- then take a hard left...

 

[thehaircutgirl]

It's not your fault he's sitting in the back of the class with his desk facing the book shelving units.

https://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpj6grFIe1qcaomb.gif

https://i.imgur.com/kTE6x3B.jpg

actual picture of hisarpy in class ~ modesto, ca, circa 1926.

 

[Pookie]

You think the GB is serious stuff? Wow, are you in the wrong classroom. Remedial pre-school is down the hall ------->

<-------- then take a hard left...

You're certainly butthurt enough to post all of that in response to a smilie.

 

[thehaircutgirl]

You think the GB is serious stuff? Wow, are you in the wrong classroom. Remedial pre-school is down the hall ------->

<-------- then take a hard left...

no way. i'm here to point and laff at obvious liars, incels, and simpletons like yourself.

 

[HisArpy]

You're certainly butthurt enough to post all of that in response to a smilie.

Just trying to help the disadvantaged. It's what I do.

Now, about those directions you aren't following; are they too complicated for you?

 

[HisArpy]

no way. i'm here to point and laff at obvious liars, incels, and simpletons like yourself.

Uh huh.

I get it. That's why you try SOOOOOOOOOOO hard to make yourself look like an idjit. Because otherwise no one would point and laff.

 

[HisArpy]

https://i.imgur.com/kTE6x3B.jpg

actual picture of hisarpy in class ~ modesto, ca, circa 1926.

Huh, I was quite the dapper fellow if I do say so myself.