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Excellent. Lawyer Mariotti neatly summarizes the key points in the relevant posts on the board.

"Interesting thread about Judge Sullivan and the Flynn case."

The last two

Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
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15/ Holding Flynn in criminal contempt for perjury seems fraught with
potential issues, and I suspect that Judge Gleeson will ultimately decide not
to do so.

But the mere possibility that Flynn might be held in criminal contempt could
cause his lawyers to be less aggressive.

Renato Mariotti
@renato_mariotti
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16/ As long as Trump is in the White House, it looks like Flynn will be
pardoned.

But it also looks like DOJ risks a decision by Judge Sullivan that further
embarrasses its leadership and diminishes the reputation of the Department.

DOJ has more at stake than Flynn does. /end

Your link -

THREAD: What should we make of the news that Judge Sullivan has appointed retired Judge John Gleeson to present arguments in opposition to the DOJ's motion to dismiss the case against Michael Flynn?

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) May 13, 2020

See also one of the relevant posts referred to

To link - U.S. judge puts on hold Justice Dept. move to dismiss Michael Flynn's guilty plea
"An Ugly Day for the Justice Department"
[...]
A U.S. judge on Tuesday put on hold the Justice Department’s move to drop charges against Michael Flynn, saying he expects independent groups and legal experts to argue against the bid to exonerate President Trump’s former national security adviser of lying to the FBI.
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See also the first reply
Trump lied his way to the presidency.
[...]
The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case
It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people.
By Neal K. Katyal and Joshua A. Geltzer
The authors are law professors at Georgetown.
[...]
It’s because this move embeds into official U.S. policy an extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people. It’s a deception that Americans must see through — and that the federal judge overseeing Mr. Flynn’s case, Emmet Sullivan, can reject by examining the Justice Department’s rationale in open court and by allowing a future Justice Department to reconsider charges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/michael-flynn-trump-barr.html

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