Thread by @JohnBasham

New Defense Filing in @GenFlynn case: "The government’s February 12, 2020, response in opposition to Mr. Flynn’s Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 169, demonstrates only its adamant refusal to recognize its obligations to seek justice not convictions..." (1/x)

On FBI Agent Pientka: "The FBI assigned him specifically to collect information from and about Mr. Flynn to give the FBI further advantage & insights in the agents’ plan to interview Mr. Flynn in the White House if Trump won the election..." (2/x)

On FBI Agent Pientka: "The IG Report revealed conduct of this agent & in the highest tiers of the FBI that is indeed 'so grossly shocking & so outrageous as to violate the universal sense of justice.' United States v. Restrepo..." (3/x)

Flynn cont:"...surely a court will find that this is the very case that mandates the exercise of a court’s supervisory power if not the constitutionally required application of Brady to dismiss this prosecution because of the government’s appalling and unrepentant attitude."(4/x)

Flynn cont:"...No court has addressed circumstances analogous to those presented
in this case which represents a departure from existing protocols and procedures at every turn in an unfathomable abuse of power by persons at the highest levels of the FBI & the [DOJ]..."(5/x)

Flynn cont:"Mr. Flynn has moved to withdraw his plea on multiple grounds...nothing in this case comports with prior protocols, procedures, rules, or laws, not to mention the prosecution’s repeated defiance of...Brady order, which Mr. Van Grack now tacitly concedes."(6/x)

Flynn cont:"the misconduct is 'attributable to & directed by the
government'...& the government conduct is 'so grossly shocking & so outrageous as to violate the universal sense of justice.'..the only appropriate remedy for this egregious government misconduct is dismissal."7/x

Flynn cont:"Mr. Van Grack claims that 'egregious government misconduct' is 'moribund,' but the cases he relies upon to make that point are all 10 to 20 years old. The government’s conduct has only worsened in the last 20 years..."(8/x)

Flynn cont:"He simply proceeds with the bald and specious assertions that it was not that bad or does not apply to Mr. Flynn. The IG Report, however, belies his claim..."(9/x)

Flynn cont:"...and
Mr. Van Grack’s contention that he satisfied the government’s obligations by providing this information before Mr. Flynn’s sentencing now proves the point that he suppressed it when it was most important to Mr. Flynn..."(10/x)

Flynn cont:"Mr.Van Grack has suppressed evidence from the formation of the 'Special Counsel Investigation' &
likely even prior to it for the very purpose of putting Mr. Flynn in the unjust position he now
occupies..."(11/x)

Flynn cont:"...while protecting the prosecutors, his team, & the cadre of malfeasant FBI agents from the discovery of their negligence, crimes, & wrongs. There is a veritable litany of government misconduct here that is 'outrageous' or 'grossly shocking'"(12/x)

Flynn cont:"Mr. Flynn was entitled to...Information that both agents believed he was being honest with him, had 'sure demeanor,' showed 'no indications of deception,'
& 'was not lying or did not believe he was lying'would destroy an alleged 'false statements' case."(13/x)

Flynn cont:"Nothing in this statement provides an objective indicia of reasonable suspicion of any wrongdoing on the part of a distinguished 33 year veteran & former head of the DIA, with the nation’s highest security clearance..."(14/x)

Flynn cont:"This EC was purely pretextual, & Mr. Flynn’s DIA file would demonstrate that. The FBI & SSA [Pientka] ignored his DIA file just as agents ignored, 'omitted, ' & even altered the truth
that Carter Page was working for the CIA..."(15/x)

Flynn cont:"...It remains to be seen what documents were altered &
by whom as to Mr. Flynn...It would be truly remarkable if SSA [Pientka]’s numerous 'serious performance failures' occurred only with...Carter Page... miraculously avoided spilling into Mr. Flynn’s case."(16/x)

Flynn cont:"It strains credibility to suggest the FBI opened an investigation of Mr. Flynn on August 16, 2016, & prepared to place SSA [Pientka] into the presidential briefing the next morning..."(17/x)

Flynn cont:"Mr. Van Grack simply dismisses shocking misconduct by the federal agents that riddle this case. He elides his own role in long-suppressing all evidence of their misconduct, at the same time he concocted a case dependent on carefully-crafted false allegations..."(18/x)

Flynn cont:"[Van Grack] ignores that the government coerced a guilty
plea with threats of indicting Mr. Flynn’s son & through the assistance of former defense counsel he had leveraged with a non-consentable conflict of interest he created..."(19/x)

Flynn cont:"No American should be subjected to this treatment by law enforcement officers and agents. Moreover, the government cannot continue to stand on Mr. Flynn’s guilty plea to protect its own misconduct..."(20/x)