Among the many critics of Barr’s grossly partisan weaponization of the DOJ to punish Trump’s enemies and reward his friends is retired Judge John Gleeson, who penned an op-ed in the Washington Post with two former high-ranking Justice Department officials urging Judge Sullivan to force the DOJ to account for its bizarre, nakedly partisan reversal.
Gleason: Fortunately, the court has many tools to vindicate the public interest. It can require the career prosecutor to explain why he stepped off the case, as another federal judge recently did when the Trump administration attempted to replace a trial team litigating the politicization of the census. It can appoint an independent attorney to act as a “friend of the court,” ensuring a full, adversarial inquiry, as the judge in the Flynn case has done in other situations where the department abdicated its prosecutorial role. If necessary, the court can hold hearings to resolve factual discrepancies.
And Judge Sullivan said DAMN RIGHT! Somebody oughta look into what the hell is going on at the Justice Department. And while that somebody is at it, he can check out Michael Flynn and see whether maybe that guy did perjury traps to his own dumb self by telling so many lies in Judge Sullivan’s courtroom. Matter of fact, Judge Gleeson is just the man for that job! Looks like that somebody is YOU.
Let’s just quote the whole order, shall we?
Upon consideration of the entire record in this case, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Court exercises its inherent authority to appoint The Honorable John Gleeson (Ret.) as amicus curiae to present arguments in opposition to the government’s Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 198, see, e.g., United States v. Fokker Servs. B.V., 818 F.3d 733, 740 (D.C. Cir. 2016); Jin v. Ministry of State Sec., 557 F. Supp. 2d 131, 136 (D.D.C. 2008); it is further
ORDERED that amicus curiae shall address whether the Court should issue an Order to Show Cause why Mr. Flynn should not be held in criminal contempt for perjury pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 401, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 42, the Court’s inherent authority, and any other applicable statutes, rules, or controlling law.
LOLOLOL forever. Turns out changing your story 57 times and using the courtroom to grandstand and angle for a pardon while simultaneously working your political connections to take the justice out of the Justice Department is … perhaps a bad legal strategy. And neither the president nor Bill Barr can magically disappear a judicial contempt finding. Womp womp.
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