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[HotAir] Presidential pardons usually resolve all outstanding legal consequences — or at least they do everywhere except in Judge Emmet Sullivan’s courtroom. Donald Trump
...the Nailer of NAFTA...’s pardon of Michael Flynn should have mooted the case currently dragging itself through Sullivan’s courtroom, especially because the pardon specifically applied to the case at hand. For some reason, Jerry Dunleavy reported late last night, Sullivan has extended his review of the case to include Trump’s pardon — even though no one of standing in the case has challenged it:
Details can be read at the link, interesting but no longer important after the 2:05 pm update, below:
It’s very clear that Sullivan wants to drag this out as long as possible, even though prosecutors have petitioned to drop the case and now Flynn has received a full pardon. There is no other reason for this than to exact some personal vendetta on Flynn, an animus which has been clear for a long time. He’s forcing both Flynn and the DoJ to waste money and time on a case that is now entirely moot. Maybe Sullivan just doesn’t want to be the only person to lose to Sidney Powell in 2020, but his judgment has clearly become entirely warped, and the abuse of his authority should embarrass the other justices on the DC Circuit.