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spanone

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Sat Jun 1, 2019, 09:18 AM Jun 2019

Justice Department Refuses Court Order To Release Michael Flynn Voicemails

IT APPEARS THE DOJ CAN IGNORE A JUDGE'S DEMAND.....so where does this leave investigators?

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The Justice Department refused on Friday to cooperate with a judge’s demand that it publicly release transcripts of recorded conversations between Michael Flynn and Russia’s ambassador to the United States in December 2016.

The refusal was a response to U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who ordered earlier this month that the Justice Department release several materials related to the case against Flynn, who was President Donald Trump’s campaign adviser and his national security adviser until being ousted for lying about his contacts with the Russians.

In their refusal, the federal prosecutors said they hadn’t used those recordings of Flynn’s conversations to establish his guilt or recommend a sentencing.

“The government further represents that it is not relying on any other recordings, of any person, for purposes of establishing the defendant’s guilt or determining his sentence, nor are there other recordings that are part of the sentencing record,” the court filing’s lone statement on the request read.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-michael-flynn-voicemail_n_5cf19edee4b0e8085e3a2ecd
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Justice Department Refuses Court Order To Release Michael Flynn Voicemails (Original Post) spanone Jun 2019 OP
what, pray tell are they hiding??? nt mitch96 Jun 2019 #1
Protecting their comrades . . . Iliyah Jun 2019 #2
Is this obstruction JustAnotherGen Jun 2019 #3
Sure is wryter2000 Jun 2019 #4
+1 Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #5
Should see a contempt of court by Monday malaise Jun 2019 #6
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