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From: Wharf Rat5/13/2020 8:42:06 PM
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BREAKING! Flynn could get charged with perjury for pleading guilty to perjury! Hilarious--Sullivan has an excellent sense of humor.

Judge Appoints Outsider to Take On Justice Dept. in Flynn Case
A retired judge will also examine whether the former national security adviser committed perjury.
By Katie Benner
May 13, 2020Updated 8:21 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — The federal judge overseeing the criminal case of President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn appointed an outsider on Wednesday to argue against the Justice Department in its effort to drop the case and investigate whether Mr. Flynn committed perjury, an extraordinary move in a case with acute political overtones.

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia said in a brief order that he had appointed John Gleeson, a retired judge, “to present arguments in opposition to” the department’s request to withdraw the charge against Mr. Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to investigators as part of a larger inquiry into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

Judge Sullivan also asked Judge Gleeson to address whether the court should explore the possibility that Mr. Flynn opened himself up to perjury charges by pleading guilty under oath to a felony charge of making false statements to federal authorities. Mr. Flynn entered guilty pleas twice in front of two judges but later sought to withdraw his plea.

The judge’s order is the latest astonishing move in the latest high-profile criminal case to prompt accusations from current and former law enforcement officials that Attorney General William P. Barr has politicized the Justice Department to protect allies of President Trump. The Justice Department declined to comment. Last week, the department abruptly moved to withdraw its charge against Mr. Flynn.

Judge Gleeson, who served on the bench at the United States District Court in Brooklyn, wrote an op-ed article this week in The Washington Post encouraging Judge Sullivan to scrutinize the motion.

“Prosecutors deserve a ‘presumption of regularity’ — the benefit of the doubt that they are acting honestly and following the rules,” he wrote along with other former law enforcement officials. “But when the facts suggest they have abused their power, that presumption fades.”

This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

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