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| Judge Emmet Sullivan declares Flynn an 'unregistered agent of a foreign country - sold out his country.' |
| 2018-12-19 |
| Appears Judge Sullivan got the flog Flynn memo. [NYT] WASHINGTON ‐ A federal judge on Tuesday postponed the sentencing of Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, after warning Mr. Flynn that he could face prison for lying to federal investigators about his conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition and hiding his role lobbying for Turkey. At Mr. Flynn’s sentencing hearing in Federal District Court in Washington, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan called Mr. Flynn’s crimes "a very serious offense" and said he was not hiding his "disgust" at what Mr. Flynn had done. "All along you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the national security adviser," the judge told Mr. Flynn. "Arguably that undermines everything that this flag over here stands for. Arguably you sold your country out." Later in the hearing, the judge corrected himself, noting that Mr. Flynn’s work on behalf of Turkey had ended in mid-November of 2016, before Mr. Flynn became national security adviser. The judge acknowledged he had made a mistake and said he felt "terrible about that." Related: Hot Air - “You Sold Your Country Out”: Judge’s Fury At Flynn Leads To Sentencing Delay Related: Hot Air - Shep Smith piles on, 'Let’s Face It, The Mike Flynn Defenses That You’ve Heard Here Blew Up Today.' |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 |
| Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365 2018-12-19 21:40 |
| #10 ...or he actually believed a unredacted 302 he was given (like the FISA judge). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-19 17:15 |
| #9 I am baffled. His rant came out of left field as far as I can tell. Drinks may have been involved. Judicial meltdown, over wrong information, and he didn't seem to want to correct his error. Setting up a mistrial? |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2018-12-19 15:53 |
| #8 Sullivan obviously turned on the guy, and very clumsily and publicly at that. WTF happened? Or am I missing something again ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-19 15:33 |
| #7 Or that one of his children is missing and will be returned safe after he delays the case until next year... |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-12-19 15:29 |
| #6 Somehow this reads as if the Judge was given details on the case over drinks at a bar and didn't actually read the info himself. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-12-19 15:28 |
| #5 If someone as high up as flynn was suborned, why is it assumed that everyone working under him, and the rest of the intelligence establishment, is squeaky clean? Is that just the way "counterintelligence" works these days? Is counterintelligence just a fancy word for stupidity? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-12-19 10:24 |
| #4 Didn't see that one coming from Judge Sullivan but should have. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-12-19 10:10 |
| #3 Flynn was one of the beneficiaries of a lucrative and legal scam where people who held high level office retire and pretend they can give 'strategic advice' to foreign governments. Most of this ends up in setting up meetings with current office holders who smile nicely, take notes and then do nothing. The foreign governments somehow keep paying. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-12-19 08:31 |
| #2 It's Turkey that's the problem. Looks like Russia is just thrown in there to keep the MSM fakenews going. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-12-19 08:19 |
| #1 Arguably you sold your country out. See - Uranium One |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-19 06:30 |