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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 04, 2020, 12:46:06 am
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Flynn Case Comes To A Head: Judge Asks Court For More Time; DOJ: You Don’t Have The Authority
By James Barrett
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Jun 3rd, 2020 DailyWire.com
The years-long case against former Trump national security adviser retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn continues despite the Department of Justice announcing weeks ago that it wants it thrown it — but the end is near.
Keeping the case alive is Federal District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan, who has refused the Justice Department’s request to immediately dismiss the case, instead deciding to first reexamine the case with the help of retired judge John Gleeson. But the standoff between the Justice Department and Sullivan appears to be coming to a head, both filing directly conflicting motions on Monday to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has since announced that it will be holding oral arguments next week.
On May 21, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals took the “extraordinary†measure of ordering Sullivan to respond by June 1 to Flynn’s petition to drop the charges against him after the Justice Department submitted a motion to throw out the case. The DOJ made the decision after newly disclosed evidence came to light indicating that the FBI set a “perjury trap†for Flynn, as Attorney General William Barr put it, and determining that Flynn’s statement was “immaterial†because the entire case was flawed.
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/flynn-case-comes-to-a-head-judge-asks-court-for-more-time-doj-you-dont-have-the-authority (https://www.dailywire.com/news/flynn-case-comes-to-a-head-judge-asks-court-for-more-time-doj-you-dont-have-the-authority)
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So, the Appeals Court is going to have oral arguments next week. :2popcorn: