Are they all this (in)competent? Wait! She wasn't through!WOW! Judge Sullivan asked Flynn's attorney, Sidney Powell, if she talked about Flynn's case with Trump. She tried to invoke executive privilege!!! Then she said she updated Trump personally on the Flynn case!!!
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
Why not? Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. Flynn apparently can't stand that thought now, even though he's already admitted his guilt. And yeah, that's how far she got on the claim of "executive privilege." That's not all she did, either.Flynn's attorney just said she met with Trump and asked him NOT to issue a pardon for Flynn!
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
BTW:Flynn's attorney wrote a letter to Barr asking him to remove the (prior) prosecutors on the Flynn case!
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
Only the BEST people! (and that privilege claim? Died the minute she admitted meeting with Trump.)As @adamgoldmanNYT reported, Powell had five calls w Trump before taking on the case. https://t.co/gPCLrxYb2z
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 29, 2020
Followed by:Flynn's attorney just demanded that Judge Sullivan recuse himself form the case immediately.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
Lawyer's note: this kind of thing only succeeds if the system is irrevocably corrupted. It's not succeeding yet, but the last time I say a lawyer pull this kind of stunt, it was William Kunstler. Then again, Julius Hoffman was an ass. Still, you never piss all over the judge who can rule against you while he/she can still rule against you. But just to prove Flynn's lawyer is talking off the top of her head (she'll be bald and nothing to show for it):Flynn's lawyer just accused Judge Sullivan of "abject bias" in the case.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
That kind of thing takes an entirely separate hearing, with evidence presented, etc. The judge handled it as a judge should:Judge Flynn's lawyer NEVER field a motion for Judge Sullivan to recuse himself from the case before beginning her rant in court today.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
That was not a rhetorical question. Not really. But now it gets good:Judge Sullivan (foreshadowing?) just asked the prosecutors, "if I deny the motion to dismiss the case, what would the next step be? Would defendant Flynn attempt to withdraw his plea based on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim?"
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
Judge Sullivan asked the prosecutors if the court should take into account Trump's tweets in connection w/the prosecutor's argument that the attempted dismissal of Flynn's case has nothing to do w/politics. After dancing around a bit, the prosecutors said, "no."
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
Retired Judge John Gleeson, appointed by Judge Sullivan to (essentially) represent We The People (because Barr won't do it), just said, "the reasons being given by the DOJ attorneys are so clearly pretextual (false), that they keep coming up with more of them."
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
Gleeson said Judge Sullivan should absolutely take Trump's tweets into account because they expose the real reasons for Barr's absurd mental gymnastics/pretextual reasons for dismissing Flynn's case. It's a political favor for a corrupt associate of the president.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
At which point Kirschner lost his connection to the feed. Pity. It was just getting good.Judge Gleeson: "Donald Trump has open disdain for the independence of the Justice Department."
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 29, 2020
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