“Judicial Intimidation”: (Sen.) Whitehouse Blasts Rao As “Cartoon Of A Fake Judge” After Appellate I

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“Judicial Intimidation”: Whitehouse Blasts Rao As “Cartoon Of A Fake Judge” After Appellate Intervention In Flynn Case
ED MORRISSEY, Posted at 12:01 pm on May 22, 2020

Did Sheldon Whitehouse somehow lose the ability to count to three? After a sharp intervention by a panel from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to Judge Emmet Sullivan’s handling of the Michael Flynn case, the Senate Democrat attacked one of the jurists, Neomi Rao, as a “cartoon of a fake judge.” Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Twitter followers to “watch this space” in anticipation of more attacks on Rao:
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It’s worth noting that Rao wasn’t alone in the order sent to Flynn demanding answers to Sidney Powell’s writ of mandamus request. The order from the three-judge panel didn’t have any author named, nor did it note any dissent among the three in ordering Flynn to explain why he won’t accept the withdrawal motion from the Department of Justice and his actions under Rule 48. For some reason, though, Whitehouse singled out Rao — and not with any substantive criticism, but instead for ad hominem personal attack.

Unlike the game Sullivan was trying to set in motion, what the appeals court is well within the range of options it had in considering the petition for a writ of mandamus. It was the most severe, a rebuke against Sullivan by mandating that he write a response and in just 10 days, but entirely within the appeals court's authority.

Whitehouse's attack reveals his hatred for Flynn. Singling out Rao without context reveals his hatred for one of Trump's appointees who is also an un-PC minority.