Federal District Judge Emmet Sullivan is locked in an impasse with Mueller over documents related to Flynn’s guilty plea to lying to the FBI. Fox News reports:
The apparent omission of a key document from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s latest filing in the case of Michael Flynn could cause turbulence at Tuesday’s scheduled sentencing hearing for the former national security adviser.
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan had ordered the special counsel to turn over all government documents and “memoranda” related to the questioning of Flynn, after his attorneys claimed the FBI had discouraged him from bringing a lawyer to his fateful Jan. 24, 2017 interview with agents at the White House. He eventually pleaded guilty to making false statements about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador, in connection with that meeting.
Mueller met Sullivan’s Friday afternoon deadline and provided documents, some of which were heavily redacted.
Apart from a new memo from Mueller’s team defending the FBI’s handling of the interview — and saying nothing about the way it was conducted “caused the defendant to make false statements to the FBI” — the filing included a January 2017 memo on Flynn from then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and a “302” (a document memorializing interviews) detailing a July 19, 2017 interview with then-FBI agent Peter Strzok. Strzok, one of two agents who interviewed Flynn, described that meeting in the document, filed Aug. 22 of that year.
Whether Flynn is guilty of the crime or not, he is also entitled to due process. It’s about time that judges start reining in Mueller’s witch hunt.
From what I have been hearing about the young beautiful girl from Fox that died that had told that Mueller had wiped Peter Strozx emails clean, I heard today that now they think she may have been murdered? What is happening on this?
If Mueller refuses to provide the documents will he be held in contempt of court? And if so will he be held in custody until he does?
Mueller is so crooked and has hundreds of crooked friends in Washington Sullivan won’t stand a chance, Mr. Mueller knows how to take care of hones men and women.
He is the “Don of the FBI it seems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6NEHd8nac This explains it…farce/set up/unethical.
Has Mueller Met His Match in Court?
In a word-NO. two years and NOBODY has stopped this anti-American thug-even the President is AFRAID to investigate his past crimes. This will go on until there is another President.
I agree with you, NOTHING will ever be done about him or all these other THUGS involved in this as NOBODY will STOP this WITCH HUNT, as well as WASTING $MILLIONS upon $MILLIONS of TAX payers MONEY – now THAT alone, the use/waste of TAX PAYERS money should be a CRIME because that is NOT what is/was ever intended for “We the People” to pay TAXES for….just like with that Sexual Harassment “SLUSH FUND”……..We are all being USED to PAY for their CRIMES and it’s COVER-UP……!!!!!!!!!!
How can anything that Peter Stzrok had a hand in , possibly be considered valid? Mueller along with all of his rogue anti-Trump agents need to be jailed for life and lose all of their properties and any pensions.
They should also pay back all of the money Flynn had to pay for lawyers to the point of losing his house; he only caved when they threatened his son!
I agree for this was just a set up to make sure TRUMP WOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT AND THAT WOMAN HILLARY WOULD BE.
It is utterly amazing that Trump supporters are not intelligent enough to know that lying to a law enforcement person is a criminal offence and Flynn of all people knew it from his experience in the Military so where is his excuse about any thing just some more of Trump’s top people trying to get a get out of jail card.
What’s amazing to me is how stupid liberals are. While their bowing down to Hillary and Obama (also known as the HO team), the HO team is bowing down to their globalist masters who use them as puppets to do their bidding. The ultimate goal for the globalists is to own the country to turn it into a communist swampland. And, fools like Robert are just being used in order for the Democrats to get in enough illegal aliens to vote for them so they don’t need fools like Robert anymore.
These folks are no the gestapo they want to be. Don’t you realize what happened to Flynn can happen to you?
To bad that liberals don’t understand something called the Miranda Warning. I was the craze around the Supreme Court a few years ago. However, it has never been overruled and it requires that law enforcement provide a warning prior to questioning someone. Which the FBI failed to do., so anything they gained from interviewing Flynn is inadmissible in a court of law! But the other side of it is when the Director of the FBI testifies that to Congress that Flynn didn’t lie and then his deputy testifies that he did. Then that places the lying between to FBI agents. Maybe that is why Andrew McCabe has been referred for criminal charges because of Lack of Candor!
Liberal progressive democrat Marxist communists are above ALL laws in the USA.
The USA and our Constitution are not going to make it.
UNFORTUNATELY, I have to agree with you too…Seems like “We the People” are INTIMIDATED enough to NOT take a REAL stand AGAINST them….Voting alone DOESN’T cut it as these liberal MARXISTS RIG or STEAL elections, committing voter FRAUD left and right, and most of these so-called judges who rule in FAVOR of them are all IN IT as well….!!!! President Trump “alone” CANNOT fix this…!!!!
When Mueller did not comply, the judge should have immediately rejected the plead, ruled Flynn innocent and released him — and held Mueller in contempt of court. Redacted documents to the judge? What kind of crap is that?
You are right, and in the end Flynn will see himself BEHIND BARS……
WHY COMMENT HERE WHEN HALF THE TIME YOU DON’T POST COMMENTS THAT DON’T SHARE YOUR EDITORS VIEWS?????????????
It seems judges from the FISA Court to the US District Court seem content to allow the FBI, CIA, DOJ, and now Mueller and his criminal group of seriously conflicted Democrats to tell the judge to “stick it” and the judges say “ok” but let me seem like I have some power for a moment before I bend over for you. Don’t these judges recognize when criminal and unethical government behavior is making fools of them? Or, are they a part of this absolute fraud?
that is the $64,000 question. well said.
I think we haven’t heard from the FISA judges because they are as anti-Trump as anyone.
THREATS are making these Judges BEND…..The COMMIES have taken over USA…I have NO doubt anymore….
Quite simple really. If the judge has it within his power, I don’t know? He asked for all documents and he was provided with rubbish. He asked for all documents including those which weren’t provided but which are known to exist without the shadow of a doubt. So on Tuesday he has to dismiss the case, provide one huge middle finger to Mueller and proceed with a suit for contempt of court if only to prove to Mueller that he’s not as ‘untouchable’ as he seems to think he is. As we say here in Britain in one of our more eloquent sayings, ‘there is more chance of getting a w**k from the Pope.’
mueller is the one that needs to be going before a judge for sentencing that man is as dirty as a outhouse that’s been in use for 20 years
The stench of vindictiveness on Muller’s part is overpowering.
Conflict of interest? Muller was rejected by Trump for AG position, one he felt entitled to. Muller then unleashed the power of the corrupt deep stat to destroy everyone and anyone that could further his agenda- – – destroy Trump by any and all means. No thanks to Sessions, who remains an unexplained enigma. Something stinks there also..
Mueller knows that the New acting Atty Gen Whitaker is watching him closely so he has now moved to get NYSD atty gens to help do his dirty work for him ~ Mueller has always gone outside of this mandates/guidelines even in other cases ~ A Sup Ct justice once said “he is far overreaching”…this was on another case…
Dems think because Cohen did a pleading on “campaign finance violations” that they also have Trump cornered ~ WRONG, Cohen did a plea bargain one some really serious crimes and Mueller tossed in this campaign violation BS ~ So to be correct he was convicted of C/F violations, but does not mean Pres Trump violated “anything”!!
Now Judge Sullivan knows there are rats in this Gen Flynn scheme? Mueller did not produce ALL of the FBI 302s at trial [and some that were sent at the last minute] while Mueller asked the judge if these could be “sealed”?
FBI & DOJ are now claiming that Strzok & Page’s cellphone data memory cannot be totally recovered and only from 70-80% can be recovered on their Samsung 7’s ~ Now how about this? Also in this maniacal statement about the %’s of recovery, they also stated that since Stzrok & Page investigations took so long that they had to give these 2 “defective” phones to other agents who needed cellphones???
Judge Sullivan has a history ruling on evidence and is well acquainted with how to detect BS flying across his bench ~ He threw out a major prosecution because of the illicit way the DOJ was retooling their alleged evidence ~ DISMISSED – NULL & VOID….These Deep State operatives had better tread lightly and above board with him or they may find themselves in some really hot water!!
Get off the corrupted to the core Godless NAZI Demoncrat Communist plantation treasonous party of Satan (RINOs too!!! You know who you are) and on the Trump train to success! MAGA!
Mueller should be held in contempt for the redacted documents and given some time behind bars to contemplate his mis deeds.
Judges should not be seeing redacted documents, especially those not involving America’s national security! Those FBI Form 302s should be available for the Judge’s perusal without redactions.
I believe all of Obama’s political appointees in the FBI and DOJ are committing criminal acts against Trump and against the citizens of this country. This is the first time in our history that so many have done criminal acts and no one but Obama could get them to do what they are doing. They all should be charged and if found guilty 10 or maybe 20 years with no early release and no Presidential pardons and they loose all benefits.
Simple. The deep state is much more complex than most of us regular Americans understood and their benefactors and finances run deep.
What the judge should do is tell Muleshiit to resubmit the docs with NO redactions, if he does so with redactions, then the judge should charge him with obstruction and 90 days in jail.
Regarding the need, “it’s about time” for reining in Mueller’s witch hunt”, given what appear to be the discovery of serious procedural problems concerning FBI operations here, that would seem to be the case.
Why can’t some one just stop the insanity of this investigation use based on lies and when are you ever guilty when every thing revolves around and based on lies? Why wouldn’t the republicans stop this madness and all they money they are using is a sin.