re: Judge Asks Mueller For "Exculpatory Evidence"

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Is there anything preventing Mueller from simply not providing something that might damage the plea deal in favor of Flynn?

How would the new judge know if Mueller turned ALL exculpatory evidence over or just the parts that aren't enough to overturn the plea?

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Because Honest Bob is honest

Flynn's lawyers haven't done anything towards him trying to withdraw his plea

Because Flynn doesn't want to withdraw his plea

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Flynn's lawyers haven't done anything towards him trying to withdraw his plea Because Flynn doesn't want to withdraw his plea

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Or they are waiting for any exculpatory evidence the prosecution has been ordered to produce. That would be the basis for a motion. Filing a motion prior to that would be premature. Inaction on the part of Flynn's attorneys does not mean what you think it means.

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Anyone on his team have a history of withholding exculpatory evidence?

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No, actually.

And to Juiceterry's point, Flynn isn't withdrawing shite.

Just another slate of ice for the internet crowd to dance off on.

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Sullivan issued the order “sua sponte”—or at his own volition, unprovoked by Flynn’s defense team. He filed a nearly identical order in mid-December, after taking over the case.

Mueller two days prior had filed a motion for an agreed-upon protective order governing the use of material, including “sensitive materials,” in the case provided from the special counsel’s office to Flynn’s lawyers.

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Certainly seems like some "new" information is being passed around. Based on this being the second issuance of the Brady order (Why are 2 needed) by the judge it would indicate that there is new exculpatory evidence being sent from Mueller to Flynn.

In any case a nearly identical order indicates he does not trust these guys at all. He seems to be removing wiggle room for them to refuse the sharing of exculpatory information.

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Now google is your friend

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Nah I'm good. He got rid of the slobs. He just last week agreed to give them whatever they need. Check it out.

I know. It's just not kosher to be on the internet and make a claim and then not back it up as if lives depended on it.

But at the same time, just replying with "link please", as if I'd just thrown some information that no one could possibly have known or can even find now, it's not good form either. Because while it may take me a good 10 minutes to an hour to find the relevant links, you can just dismiss it as fake news in a few seconds without ever bothering to consider the information before you.

"Link please" is the start of any good sea-lion. This is information that is out there and that someone who posts dozens of times a week or more on the subject of politics should be aware of if they're not actively avoiding it. But since you do actually post substantive and considered stuff...

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Mr Flynn also received $65,000 from three Russian firms, including RT, a television network, in connection with a speech-making trip he took to Moscow in 2015. He failed to disclose the trip or income on his security-clearance forms; the payment also violated rules against retired military personnel receiving money from foreign governments without permission.

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LINK

18 USC 207 sets out what retired officers (amongst others) can or can't do. OGE Legal advisory 16-08 is relevant here. So I'll link it. (Actually I'm too lazy to find it on the OGE site so I'll link a Google search that gives it as the first result)

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If that doesn't work just google "legal advisory 16 08 post government employment" without the quotation marks.

I can't really pick just one bit of it out, parts have to be taken together to see where, IMO, Flynn went wrong by accepting payment or reimbursement from an entity of the Russian Government (I.E. the section on it being a purely social function isn't relevant because it's a matter in which the US has a substantial interest).

Is that enough for starters?


The other stuff I'll admit I'm not as familiar with, the kidnapping plot sounds wild, it does seem like he took $530k from Turkey and then tried to launder it. Susan Simpson (she's part of Undisclosed, the Adnan Syed podcast follow up to Serial) really went hard on the documents relating to that. But I'm unable to find where she wrote it all up at present.

Eta: here's a PDF from feinsteins office detailing Flynn's activities

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Second result.

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That is pretty much the norm, no?

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Yes, it’s called a Brady disclosure after the case establishing that right.

It’s done all the time. It’s required.

Did you see this?

Schiller paid $15K/month from GOP slush fund