DOJ drops all charges against Michael Flynn!

[Cow Poke]

That's because you have a tendency to see and hear what you want to see and hear, MM. That's your own biased mind at work, and apparently there's nothing going to change that.

This is so deliciously rich.

[JimL]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/polit...sal/index.html

The court filing on Thursday to drop former national security adviser Michael Flynn's criminal case used the attorney identification number for the previous US attorney, a technical error that adds to the twists of the dramatic reversal by the government.

The bombshell court filing was signed only by interim DC US attorney Timothy Shea, a political appointee who used the court identity number of his ousted predecessor Jesse Liu. The incorrect ID number is a technical error that may need to be fixed before the judge weighs in.

We're to believe that this completely unprecedented move crossed all the I's and dotted all the T's yet they didn't even use the correct attorney number?

Timothy Shea is also a political hack out of Missouri appointed to that position by Atty Gen. Barr specifically for this dirty job. He was the only one they could get who would sign this bogus file. The Atty Gen knows Flynn is guilty, Trump knows he's guilty, the Judge, everyone knows he's guilty, and yet the Trump DOJ is attempting to undermine the system. The prosecuting Atty on this case, knowing of the scheme, resigned from the case the day before the filing. It's political, it's corrupt, and as Atty Gen Barr put it, "history is written by the winners." He's wrong about that, of course, he will go down in history, along with President Trump, as treasonous scum. Funny thing, I recall not so long ago, someone asking him a question to that effect and he answered, "I don't care, I'll be dead."

[JimL]

This is so deliciously rich.

Have you relegated yourself to the peanut gallery, CP.

[Cow Poke]

Have you relegated yourself to the peanut gallery, CP.

I would never usurp your place, Jim.

[One Bad Pig]

Do you feel that this talk elevates the dialogue?

About as much as castigating one's opponents as RWNJs.

[JimL]

About as much as castigating one's opponents as RWNJs.

You shouldn't take it personally, OBP.

[DivineOb]

About as much as castigating one's opponents as RWNJs.

I thought you were giving me a timeout? :)

[NorrinRadd]

Turley chastises Barry, says he's speaking untruthfully about both of the talking points I noted.

[firstfloor]

NYT:

No prosecutor signed it .. because they know it is corrupt.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/o...epartment.html

[Mountain Man]

All of this weeping and gnashing of teeth over a decision to not prosecute a man who committed no crimes and was coerced into a false guilty plea by corruptl officials.

[firstfloor]

All of this weeping and gnashing of teeth over a decision to not prosecute a man who committed no crimes and was coerced into a false guilty plea by corruptl officials.

[firstfloor]

More NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/u...pgtype=Article

[JimL]

Bars answer to that, he doesn't care, he'll be dead. Heil Trump!

[Mountain Man]

Gotta keep up, bucko: he only confessed because the FBI presented him with false evidence and threatened to prosecute his son.

[Mountain Man]

More NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/u...pgtype=Article

This is the most interesting part:

It soon emerged that Mr. Barr had also appointed an outside prosecutor, Jeff Jensen, the U.S. attorney in St. Louis, to review the Flynn case files.

Now why did Barr feel the need to appoint an outside investigator when Sidney Powell already had the goods? Jensen didn't uncover anything that Powell didn't already have. So what was really going on? It's simple: Barr is protecting the institution. Think of how bad it would look for the FBI if they were taken down by a defense attorney, so instead Barr brought in "his guy" in order to control the information and limit the damage as much as possible. The only reason Flynn is getting a fair deal is because Jensen recommended it and not because Powell asked for it.

Which is to say that while Barr is clearly doing the right thing in electing not to prosecute an innocent man, I'm not entirely certain he's doing it for the right reasons.