A federal judge has issued an updated standing order in the case of U.S. v. Flynn, suggesting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team may have withheld exculpatory evidence in prosecuting former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, United States district judge for the District of Columbia, on Friday issued what is called the "Brady rule," which requires the prosecution to turn over "Any exculpatory evidence" to the defendant in a criminal case, meaning Mueller must provide Flynn with all information that is favorable to his defense.
Mueller's team last week filed an agreed-upon motion to provide discovery to General Flynn under a protective order governing the use of the material.
Flynn's attorneys should begin receiving the required disclosures from the special counsel's office any time now, and there is reason to believe there will be bombshells.
Prosecutors working for Mueller charged Flynn with lying to FBI agents on November 30, 2017.
Flynn's alleged crime occurred on Jan. 24, 2017, when two FBI agents went to the White House to question him about telephone conversations he'd had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition in late December 2016.Subsequently, according to the Washington Examiner, "Comey told lawmakers that the FBI agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe that Flynn had lied to them, or that any inaccuracies in his answers were intentional."
The FBI reportedly did not think Flynn had even done anything wrong in the phone calls to the Russian ambassador - so what was there to lie about?
https://pjmedia.com/trending/judge-orders-mueller-provide-flynns-attorneys-exculpatory-evidence/
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, United States district judge for the District of Columbia, on Friday issued what is called the "Brady rule," which requires the prosecution to turn over "Any exculpatory evidence" to the defendant in a criminal case, meaning Mueller must provide Flynn with all information that is favorable to his defense.
Mueller's team last week filed an agreed-upon motion to provide discovery to General Flynn under a protective order governing the use of the material.
Flynn's attorneys should begin receiving the required disclosures from the special counsel's office any time now, and there is reason to believe there will be bombshells.
Prosecutors working for Mueller charged Flynn with lying to FBI agents on November 30, 2017.
Flynn's alleged crime occurred on Jan. 24, 2017, when two FBI agents went to the White House to question him about telephone conversations he'd had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition in late December 2016.Subsequently, according to the Washington Examiner, "Comey told lawmakers that the FBI agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe that Flynn had lied to them, or that any inaccuracies in his answers were intentional."
The FBI reportedly did not think Flynn had even done anything wrong in the phone calls to the Russian ambassador - so what was there to lie about?
https://pjmedia.com/trending/judge-orders-mueller-provide-flynns-attorneys-exculpatory-evidence/
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