On Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order in United States v. Flynn that, while widely unnoticed, reveals something fascinating: A motion by Michael Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea based on government misconduct is likely in the works.
The following day, Flynn pled guilty before federal judge Rudolph Contreras.
In his plea agreement, Flynn agreed to "Forego the right to any further discovery or disclosures of information not already provided at the time of the entry of Flynn's guilty plea." On Wednesday the attorneys in the Flynn case presented the court an agreed-upon protective order governing the use of the material - including sensitive material - the special counsel's office provides Flynn.
There is cause to believe the FISA court was connected to the criminal charge filed against Flynn because Contreras, who recused less than a week after accepting Flynn's guilty plea, "Is one of just three FISA court judges who sits in the District of Columbia, where it is likely the Trump-Russia FISA warrants were sought."
Mueller must now provide Flynn all exculpatory evidence: Significantly, if the information is favorable to Flynn but the special counsel's office believes it is immaterial, government attorneys must nonetheless provide the evidence to Sullivan to allow him to make the call.
Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor and author of "Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice," writes that Flynn should withdraw his guilty plea and suggests that Sullivan, as "The country's premier jurist experienced in the abuses of our Department of Justice, ... is the best person to confront the egregious government misconduct that has led to and been perpetrated by the Mueller-Weissmann 'investigation' and to right the injustices that have arisen from it."
It is significant because it indicates that, if the government did not provide Flynn material evidence during plea negotiations, Flynn has grounds to withdraw his plea.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/19/michael-flynns-plea-reversal-uncover-federal-corruption/
The following day, Flynn pled guilty before federal judge Rudolph Contreras.
In his plea agreement, Flynn agreed to "Forego the right to any further discovery or disclosures of information not already provided at the time of the entry of Flynn's guilty plea." On Wednesday the attorneys in the Flynn case presented the court an agreed-upon protective order governing the use of the material - including sensitive material - the special counsel's office provides Flynn.
There is cause to believe the FISA court was connected to the criminal charge filed against Flynn because Contreras, who recused less than a week after accepting Flynn's guilty plea, "Is one of just three FISA court judges who sits in the District of Columbia, where it is likely the Trump-Russia FISA warrants were sought."
Mueller must now provide Flynn all exculpatory evidence: Significantly, if the information is favorable to Flynn but the special counsel's office believes it is immaterial, government attorneys must nonetheless provide the evidence to Sullivan to allow him to make the call.
Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor and author of "Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice," writes that Flynn should withdraw his guilty plea and suggests that Sullivan, as "The country's premier jurist experienced in the abuses of our Department of Justice, ... is the best person to confront the egregious government misconduct that has led to and been perpetrated by the Mueller-Weissmann 'investigation' and to right the injustices that have arisen from it."
It is significant because it indicates that, if the government did not provide Flynn material evidence during plea negotiations, Flynn has grounds to withdraw his plea.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/19/michael-flynns-plea-reversal-uncover-federal-corruption/
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