the 3rd judge with an opposing view is a democrat obama appointee.
Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
Who apparently doesn't understand the precedent already set. Giving judge Sullivan the time to continue to flout the law is to not understand the basic premise that the other 2 judges understood. When the DOJ and the defendant both agree that a case should be dropped, there is no argument to be had. Just ask RBG.
While opponents can continue to argue till the cows come home that the DOJ's decision was political, that is not a judgement that Sullivan can make.
As to Flynn, what should have been done by the FBI who if interested in the truth as opposed to trying to find a reason to prosecute when they go into the interview not believing he had committed a crime ( if they did think that, what was the crime ) would be to say "General Flynn, we have this phone call between you and the Russian Amb. and we have concerns about it, could you explain your thinking"? Of course that would have been ridiculous since no law was broken. This leads any sane person to conclude as the DOJ obviously did, there was no predicate to send the FBI to interview Flynn. With no predicate, nothing Flynn said could be used against him using the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine. If you don't have a legal reason, a warrant and you collect information, you may not use that information to prosecute.
There was nothing hard to understand about any of this but as Comey said "I thought I could get away with it".
I'm hoping Durham tells Comey "you didn't get away with it Mr. Comey".