“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive,” Sir Walter Scott wrote in "Marmion" (1808). The radical Democratic Party is now ensnared in its own web of deceit. These radicals and supporters have failed to delegitimize President Trump.
Former Lt. General Michael Flynn was wrongly prosecuted for allegedly making materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements to FBI agents on or about January 24, 2017, in the District of Columbia, a violation of United States Code Title 18, section 1001 (a) (2).
The alleged offense occurred when Flynn spoke with the FBI agents including Peter Strzok about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador. Flynn did not have counsel present. Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team then brought the criminal charge against Flynn. Flynn was considered a major conduit to attack the president.
Flynn’s plea circus began on November 30, 2017, when he was charged with one count of a violation of 18 USC Title 18 section 1001.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, a close friend of former Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama appointee, originally handled the case and accepted Flynn’s plea on December 1, 2017. Six days after accepting the plea, Contreras was recused from the case and Judge Emmet Sullivan was assigned the case. Contreras is also a FISA court Judge and may be a judge that authorized the first Carter Page intercept.
It is clear Mueller offered Flynn’s attorneys to charge Flynn with one felony count and agree to a six-month confinement. In exchange, Flynn would entangle Trump or his top personnel in some wrongdoing. So far, Mueller’s team has netted only a couple minnows.
Mueller with agreement of all parties to the Flynn case moved and received a Court Order sealing documents in the case on February 14, 2018.
Judge Sullivan has determined that Mueller must provide Flynn all exculpatory material — material favorable to the defendant. Mueller and his team knew or should have known that for over half a century, prosecutors are required to deliver to the defendant all exculpatory (favorable) material (Brady v Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)).
This is another omission.
Peter Strzok and his paramour, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, were involved in the Hillary Clinton matter which included granting immunity to Clinton cohorts and permitting them to be present when the FBI spoke with Hillary Clinton. Clinton was not placed under oath and it is unclear whether or not the conversation was recorded or notes taken.
Another omission.
Some higher-up authorized Strzok to interview Flynn and reported back to former Assistant Director Andrew McCabe and/or Director Comey and/or Mueller. The FBI notes (302s) of the Flynn interviews seem to be muddled. It was originally reported by Strzok that Flynn did nothing wrong. Strzok believed Flynn did not lie. Even Comey told members of Congress that the agents who talked with Flynn did not believe he lied to them.
Still, Mueller pressured Flynn to plead section 1001.
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama appointee, wanted Flynn charged with a Logan Act violation (18 USC section 953 (1799)). She was reaching a bit. The Logan Act prohibits unauthorized persons from negotiating with foreign governments that have a dispute with the United States. Only two indictments of Logan Act have been returned, 1802 and 1852 — no convictions.
It appears that “A senior U.S. government official” told The Washington Post’s David Ignatius that Flynn called the Russian ambassador several times on December 29, 2016. Later, apparently former and current U.S. officials leaked statements what Flynn allegedly discussed Obama sanctions with Russian officials. The Post ran stories in January and February based on the leaked information about what Flynn was doing.
No action about this leak. Why, people ask.
Present day and former Federal prosecutors and FBI agents deplore the intertwining of actions between and among Comey, McCabe, Yates, Rosenstein, Hillary Clinton and her cadre, Loretta Lynch, Strzok, Lisa Page, Contreras, Steele, Mueller and members of his team, and others. These people have besmirched the integrity and reputation of the DOJ and the FBI career employees.
Personal animosity and political ideology of Obama appointees and devotees in DOJ and FBI have done irreparable harm to both agencies. This damage may playout in Federal criminal trials for years. DOJ attorneys’ and FBI agents’ credibility are soiled.
James H. Walsh was associate general counsel with the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1983 to 1994. Read more reports from James Walsh — Click Here Now.
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