Today's welcome en banc decision of the D.C. Circuit stalls, for the moment, William Barr's effort to spare Trump the need to abuse (again) the presidential pardon power on the undeserving Michael Flynn.
A thought or two: (1) I see where Flynn's lawyers, among the other /1
indignities ostensibly suffered by Flynn, make reference to the "continuing ignominy" suffered by Flynn while the proceedings remain unfinished. Apparently, Flynn thinks that "ignominy" will disappear as soon as Barr's absurd dismissal is granted by the district court. /2
Newsflash, Mike, no dismissal can restore self-immolated integrity. The ship containing your life without "continuing ignominy" sailed when you lied to the FBI, admitted to it under oath twice in court so that you could get a plea deal, and then tried to renege /3
with the tawdry assistance of the increasingly corrupted administration of justice by an increasingly corrupted Justice Department.
I also saw where Judge Naomi Rao, ever the loyal Trumpist, bemoans how this decision undermines the "separation of powers." Oh, please. /4
As anyone who heard or has read his speech to the Federalist Society last November will recognize, this Attorney General is as contemptuous of the separation of powers as anyone who has ever sworn to "support, protect, and defend the Constitution." /5
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