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| Judge in Flynn case orders Mueller to turn over interview docs after bombshell claim of FBI pressure (opens to video) |
| 2018-12-13 |
| [FOX] One day after former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's legal team made the bombshell allegation that the FBI had pushed him not to bring a lawyer to his fateful Jan. 24, 2017 interview with agents at the White House, the federal judge overseeing Flynn's criminal case is demanding answers from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered Mueller late Wednesday to turn over all of the government's documents and "memoranda" related to Flynn's questioning. The extraordinary demand puts Mueller under the microscope, and sets a 3:00 p.m. EST Friday deadline for the special counsel's office to produce the sensitive FBI documents. Sullivan -- who overturned the 2008 conviction of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens after government misconduct came to light -- is weighing how to sentence Flynn, who pleaded guilty to one count of lying to federal authorities during the 2017 interview in the West Wing. Flynn faced mounting legal bills that forced him to sell his home amid the prosecution, and Mueller has already recommended he receive no prison time. The judge's brief order states that Mueller can choose to file the materials under seal if necessary. Sullivan also ordered the Flynn team to turn over the documents backing up its assertions. The judge could determine why the FBI apparently took a significantly more aggressive tack in handling the Flynn interview than it did during other similar matters, including the agency's sit-downs with Hillary Clinton and ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos. Flynn is set to be sentenced next Tuesday -- but Sullivan's move might delay that date, or lead to other dramatic and unexpected changes in the case. Sullivan even has the authority to toss Flynn's guilty plea and the charge against him if he concludes that the FBI interfered with Flynn's constitutional right to counsel, although he has given no indications that he intends to do so. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 @#5: Judge Sullivan already sees that this whole mess is rotten to the core. He knows what is going on. Whether the SC complies with the order or not I expect the judge is going to vacate the plea and toss the case. |
| Posted by: Captain Oppressor of the Giants5753 2018-12-13 19:51 |
| #7 Bent cops. Surprise = 0. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2018-12-13 17:41 |
| #6 Printing #5 for my bedside devotion. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-13 16:26 |
| #5 If he turns them over, the judge will see coercion, and denial of constitutional rights. And toss the entire Flynn case which opens up any of the others based of fruit of the poisoned tree, and Mueller's entire framework of lies unravels. |
| Posted by: Glolush Whusotch4899 2018-12-13 16:20 |
| #4 Team Mueller won't turn over the documents--doctored or not--for that exact reason. Judge Sullivan who has a history of throwing the book at DOJ (Ted Stevens trial) will toss out the case and issue some stern words but not take it further than that. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2018-12-13 14:40 |
| #3 The documents are going to show that the feebs lied and committed numerous felonies in their frame up job on Gen. Flynn. If they see the light of day, they will also cut the legs out from under Mueller's investigation and clear the way for the Obama/Clinton crime cartel to be indicted. |
| Posted by: Gomez B. Hayes9824 2018-12-13 13:55 |
| #2 The only reason I can imagine why these documents are so sensitive is that they're gonna show the FBI screwed up. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-12-13 12:41 |
| #1 The judge's brief order states that Mueller can choose to file the materials under seal if necessary. So basically this is a nothing story. In my opinion, Mueller won't turn over shit until he's hung by his toes over some tourist tar pit. At the bottom of hell. Yes Virginia deporting him to Guam might be funnier. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-12-13 08:12 |