Judge Apologizes For Suggesting Flynn Is A Traitor, Delays Sentencing

Update (12:50 pm ET): After what was by all accounts a contentious hearing, the sentencing has been postponed to give Flynn more time to cooperate. After the judge 'hinted' that prosecutors might have considered charging Flynn with treason, Flynn agreed to take more time to offer more 'cooperation' with authorities.

Sullivan apparently regrets suggesting that Flynn committed treason, telling Flynn and his lawyers not to "read too much" into his questions.

"I was just trying to determine the benefit and the generosity of the government," Sullivan said. "Don't read too much into the questions I ask." Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack said Mueller's team has "no concern" or no reason to think Flynn committed treason.

Flynn's sentencing has been delayed until after a hearing in late March that will determine the status of his cooperation, which is a long time for Flynn to sit and stew after the judge openly told him he was considering sending Flynn to prison and told him he was "disgusted" with his conduct.

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Update (12:45 pm ET): The hearing has started back up again, and Judge Sullivan has made clear that he wasn't suggesting that Flynn had committed treason, saying "the government has no reason to believe Flynn committed treason."

"I felt terrible about that," Sullivan said, after the prosecutor notes Flynn's conduct as a foreign agent ended in mid-Nov 2016. "I'm not suggesting he committed treason," Sullivan added.

Flynn's lawyer said he held "nothing back" in the cooperation deal.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-18/you-sold-your-country-out-judge-tells-flynn-ahead-imminent-sentence

FBI Memo Raises New Questions About Timing Of Andrew McCabe’s Firing

The FBI’s top internal affairs official did not believe that the investigation of former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe could be resolved prior to his retirement, according to a memo released Tuesday.

That assessment proved wrong, as McCabe was fired on March 16, two days before his retirement.

The document raises questions about the decision-making process to fire McCabe. The memo noted that any disciplinary decisions against McCabe would have to be made by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

In the weeks before Andrew McCabe was fired as deputy director of the FBI, the bureau’s top internal affairs official informed FBI leaders that it was “unlikely” that a final decision would be made on whether to fire McCabe before his retirement date, March 18.

But that assessment, which was laid out in documents released by the FBI Tuesday, ended up being wrong. McCabe was unceremoniously fired two days before retirement for a “lack of candor” with investigators probing leaks that McCabe authorized to the press.

The memo, sent by Candice Will, the head of the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), to FBI Director Christopher Wray and current Deputy Director David Bowdich, raises questions about whether the FBI and Justice Department sped up the investigation of McCabe in order to fire him before his scheduled retirement.

McCabe and his attorneys have argued that the FBI and Justice Department caved to pressure from President Donald Trump, who called for McCabe to be fired and stripped of his pension for various alleged misdeeds. Trump cited political donations from a top Hillary Clinton ally to McCabe’s wife’s political campaign for Virginia state Senate.

Had McCabe reached retirement, he would have been able to begin immediately drawing from his pension. But the early termination means that he has to wait several years before drawing from his pension. McCabe also lost access to some health coverage, Politico reported in March.

In a handwritten memo dated March 7, 2018, Will told Wray and Bowdich that a report of the investigation into McCabe would be provided to Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Rod Rosenstein, “as he has final decision making authority over adverse disciplinary actions impacting the [deputy director].”

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/18/fbi-memo-andrew-mccabe-firing/

>>4368321

Dave has the calm logic

>>4368366

"Funny" = Par for the course

>>4368403

Baker school says: "Collect Notable Posts & News". "At around 500 posts or any time, post the notables gathered so far and ask if any have been missed or to submit for consideration." "Think of anons who will have missed some threads and look to Notable Posts for an update of what's happened / has been discovered." Are these things happening? The answer is NOT ALWAYS.