WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department is dropping criminal case against ex-Trump adviser Flynn, according to court filing obtained by AP.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 7, 2020

“…WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump and his supporters in attacking the FBI’s Russia investigation.

The move is a stunning reversal for one of the signature cases brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.

In court documents being filed Thursday, the Justice Department said it is dropping the case “after a considered review of all the facts and circumstances of this case, including newly discovered and disclosed information.” The documents were obtained by The Associated Press.

The Justice Department said it had concluded that Flynn’s interview by the FBI was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn” and that the interview on January 24, 2017 was “conducted without any legitimate investigative basis.”

The U.S. attorney reviewing the Flynn case, Jeff Jensen, recommended the move to Attorney General William Barr last week and formalized the recommendation in a document this week.

“Through the course of my review of General Flynn’s case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case,” Jensen said in a statement. “I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions, and he agreed.”

The decision is certain to be embraced by Trump, who has relentlessly tweeted about the case and last week pronounced Flynn “exonerated,” and energize supporters who have taken up the retired Army lieutenant general as something of a cause celebre.

The Justice Department’s action comes amid an internal review into the handling of the case and an aggressive effort by Flynn’s lawyers to challenge the basis for the prosecution. The lawyers cited newly disclosed FBI emails and notes last week to allege that Flynn was entrapped into lying when agents interviewed him at the White House days after Trump’s inauguration…”

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Facebook’s new Censorship Czar is anti-Trump leftist who made fun of Barron Trump

https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1258126433953570816

One of the new members is none other than Pamela S. Karlan, an American professor of law at Stanford Law School, who made her name for herself for an anti-Trump rant during the impeachment hearings.

Throwing Texans in jail whose biz's shut down through no fault of their own is wrong.

I am eliminating jail for violating an order, retroactive to April 2, superseding local orders.

Criminals shouldn’t be released to prevent COVID-19 just to put business owners in their place.

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 7, 2020

Texas Governor Greg Abbott:

“Throwing Texans in jail who have had their businesses shut down through no fault of their own is nonsensical, and I will not allow it to happen,” said Governor Abbott. “That is why I am modifying my executive orders to ensure confinement is not a punishment for violating an order. This order is retroactive to April 2nd, supersedes local orders and if correctly applied should free Shelley Luther. It may also ensure that other Texans like Ana Isabel Castro-Garcia and Brenda Stephanie Mata who were arrested in Laredo, should not be subject to confinement. As some county judges advocate for releasing hardened criminals from jail to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is absurd to have these business owners take their place.”

Facebook appoints 20 members to its ‘Supreme Court’ for free speech rules

Facebook censors conservative speech. Other social media are close behind.

Voters in new poll favor blocking federal funds for sanctuary cities by 50%-31% margin

Breaking – ‘Adam Schiff is in panic mode’

The truth about the Russia nonsense is about to bust out and Schiff can no longer prevent it.

Related:

Under pressure from Trump spy chief, Schiff moves to release Russia investigation transcripts

Sundance – Rosenstein Scope Memo Finally Released – Mueller’s Marching Orders

The coup plotters should pay dearly for dragging the country through this fake controversy and for destroying the lives of American citizens for no other reason than their political views. I am not confident they will.

Related:

Rosenstein memo tasked Mueller to investigate already-discredited Steele allegations

Florida has as many as 85,000 illegal voters registered in the state, election official testifies

It is unlikely they will all be removed before the 2020 election. Democrats are doing everything they can to prevent it.

“Today, I vetoed S.J. Res. 68, which purported to direct me to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces in hostilities against Iran. This was a very insulting resolution, introduced by Democrats as part of a strategy to win an election on November 3 by dividing the Republican Party. The few Republicans who voted for it played right into their hands.

In addition, S.J. Res. 68 is based on misunderstandings of facts and law. Contrary to the resolution, the United States is not engaged in the use of force against Iran. Four months ago, I took decisive action to eliminate Qassem Soleimani while he was in Iraq. Iran responded by launching a series of missiles at our forces stationed in Iraq. No one was killed by these attacks. Further, the strike against Soleimani was fully authorized by law, including by the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 and Article II of the Constitution.

Finally, S.J. Res. 68 would have greatly harmed the President’s ability to protect the United States, its allies, and its partners. The resolution implies that the President’s constitutional authority to use military force is limited to defense of the United States and its forces against imminent attack. That is incorrect. We live in a hostile world of evolving threats, and the Constitution recognizes that the President must be able to anticipate our adversaries’ next moves and take swift and decisive action in response. That’s what I did!

Congress should not have passed this resolution.”

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Corey Crockett and James Ford:

“…Health care workers that came to New York to help fight the coronavirus pandemic at its epicenter will have to pay state taxes, according to the governor.

He addressed the issues Tuesday at a news conference.

“We’re not in a position to provide any subsidies right now because we have a $13 billion deficit,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “So there’s a lot of good things I’d like to do, and if we get federal funding, we can do, but it would be irresponsible for me to sit here looking at a $13 billion deficit and say I’m gonna spend more money, when I can’t even pay the essential services.”

Even though the state government asked thousands of people to come to New York from out of state to help fight coronavirus, they will have to pay New York state taxes, even on income they might make from their home states that they’re paid while in New York.

Cuomo said he needs help from Washington in order to cover budget deficits from COVID-19, let alone subsidize state income tax for essential workers that flocked to New York’s aid.

“If we don’t get more money from Washington, we can’t fund schools, right, so at the rate we want to fund them. We are in dire financial need,” he said.

The issue first came up when the temporary hospital in Central Park was being erected by Samaritan’s Purse.

“Our financial comptroller called me,” said Ken Isaacs, a vice president of the organization, “and he said, ‘Do you know that all of you are going to be liable for New York state income tax?’

“I said, ‘What?'” Isaacs continued. “[The comptroller] said, ‘Yeah, there’s a law. If you work in New York State for more than 14 days, you have to pay state income tax.'”…”

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Nancy – ‘I am not going to answer these Biden rape questions again’

The toady press will follow her direction

“…We need to create the conditions for a general strike in America…”

Kook

I have discounted the liberal MSM as a source of news and opinion. They are uniformly bad. They behave unprofessionally. They write articles with an agenda instead of reporting fact. They are activists not journalists. I believe journalism as a profession is at an all-time low.

IRS orders the dead to return stimulus cash

NEW: New York reports lowest number of new Covid hospitalizations since March 20 pic.twitter.com/zL2zO7Hmtg

— Norbert Elekes (@NorbertElekes) May 6, 2020

Richard Grenell to Adam Schiff: Either Release Hidden Transcripts or I Will Do It for You

Greg Abbott and Texas AG Ken Paxton: “Release Ms. Luther Immediately”

I am glad that state politicians are stepping up and demanding redress. This was a terrible decision by the local judge. I hope it gets straightened out quickly. I salute Ms. Luther for the principled stand she took in the face of fines and jail.

Shelley Luther Fund

Congratulations Ms. Luther. I salute your stand.

No big deal? Sure.