They did. Judge Sullivan here, who has shown in the past he's not a complete moron, has decided in a completely unprecedented move to ask for amicus briefs to be filled and has appointed a partisan retired judge to essentially continue the prosecution.
It's odd because Sullivan is one of the central figures in Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell's book liscence to lie, which is about previous malfiesence in the DOJ by none other than Mueller report author Andrew Weissman and others.
Maybe he has a deep state boot on his neck. That's what I think anytime I see "record conservative judges." It's very, very hard to get Congress to legislate, but it's very, very easy to bribe and/or extort a singular human judge.
It's an interesting thought that maybe Sullivan decided to commit such an egregious move in order to make sure it would be instantly overturned, while sending a message to the legal community that he's under a gun. "See? I did what you told me to, I kept things going, but dagnabbit, that appeals court stepped in!"
It's up to the judge sitting on the case whether or not to pursue, even if the plaintiff (in this case, the DOJ) drops the charges. Like 9000% of the time if the plaintiff drops the judge will dismiss, but this is a dirty assed judge that needs to be disbarred.
The closest precedent is for situations like when a woman tries to drop charges against an abusive husband/boyfriend, and the state decides to prosecute anyways. Except even in this case, the state, i.e. the federal government, has dropped the charges. Sullivan will lose in the end, but he's going to try every dirty trick he can to extend Flynn's suffering. This isn't about justice, it's about spite, it always was.
What makes it even more egregious is the fact that with all the information recently released about how the FBI agents were operating, even if they could try to prosecute the case, they would never win. The judge doesn't care about this information, because he's in on it. He's playing the part he was meant to play long before Flynn got framed. Sullivan wasn't a random judge, he was chosen specifically because they knew he was corrupt.
I think the deep state scumbags want Trump to pardon Flynn, rather than him getting a complete dismissal. This would make it more difficult for Trump to bring Flynn back into a position in the IC. Just my opinion
Dismiss case? ELI5 please, thought the DOJ dropped it.
The judge is an asshole and decided the DOJ didn't in fact drop the case despite not having the authority to do this.
They did. Judge Sullivan here, who has shown in the past he's not a complete moron, has decided in a completely unprecedented move to ask for amicus briefs to be filled and has appointed a partisan retired judge to essentially continue the prosecution.
It's odd because Sullivan is one of the central figures in Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell's book liscence to lie, which is about previous malfiesence in the DOJ by none other than Mueller report author Andrew Weissman and others.
Maybe he has a deep state boot on his neck. That's what I think anytime I see "record conservative judges." It's very, very hard to get Congress to legislate, but it's very, very easy to bribe and/or extort a singular human judge.
It's an interesting thought that maybe Sullivan decided to commit such an egregious move in order to make sure it would be instantly overturned, while sending a message to the legal community that he's under a gun. "See? I did what you told me to, I kept things going, but dagnabbit, that appeals court stepped in!"
No more 4D chess bullshit. This judge is acting like a tyrant.
It's up to the judge sitting on the case whether or not to pursue, even if the plaintiff (in this case, the DOJ) drops the charges. Like 9000% of the time if the plaintiff drops the judge will dismiss, but this is a dirty assed judge that needs to be disbarred.
The closest precedent is for situations like when a woman tries to drop charges against an abusive husband/boyfriend, and the state decides to prosecute anyways. Except even in this case, the state, i.e. the federal government, has dropped the charges. Sullivan will lose in the end, but he's going to try every dirty trick he can to extend Flynn's suffering. This isn't about justice, it's about spite, it always was.
What makes it even more egregious is the fact that with all the information recently released about how the FBI agents were operating, even if they could try to prosecute the case, they would never win. The judge doesn't care about this information, because he's in on it. He's playing the part he was meant to play long before Flynn got framed. Sullivan wasn't a random judge, he was chosen specifically because they knew he was corrupt.
I think the deep state scumbags want Trump to pardon Flynn, rather than him getting a complete dismissal. This would make it more difficult for Trump to bring Flynn back into a position in the IC. Just my opinion
So that they can run a second impeachment trial during the elections