@joshgerstein While Flynn's effort to unravel his guilty plea was pending, Bill Barr oversaw his own estraordinary push to drop the charge against him, which is still pending before Judge Emmet Sullivan.
@joshgerstein It's extremely important to know what crimes Trump is pardoning Flynn for in part because he was criminally exposed in multiple ways — for lying to investigators and acting as an unregistered agent for Turkey.
Sullivan has also suggested he could face contempt of court.
NEW: Trump’s effort to subvert the election is fading quickly, with today’s certification vote in Michigan a potential death knell. The legal and political pushes are both falling flat. Story w/ @ZachMontellaro
@ZachMontellaro The Michigan board of canvassers is meeting now, and a former state elections chief is making clear that
the board has no option but to certify. Their only job is to verify that they have received the complete, certified results from counties.
@ZachMontellaro It appears that Michigan is headed for certification. A GOP board member, Aaron Van Langevelde, indicates he believes the board is essentially ministerial and has no role investigating fraud.
"We don’t have authority to conduct a trial on whether election fraud occurred."
The ruling is just a wholesale evisceration of the Trump legal team's argument and even their competence. He indicates that they misunderstood basic legal tenets and are seeking remedies — like tossing hundreds of thousands of votes — that don't remotely match the complaint.
Election officials in Arizona's largest county, Maricopa, are meeting to certify their elecftion results and it's very clear they're going to vote to approve the count and are rejecting any allegations of fraud.
This is a GOP-controlled board and they've methodically swept aside — in great detail — a wide range of fraud claims, including those pertaining to Dominion voting machines.
The board of supervisors of MARICOPA COUNTY, Arizona's largest, has unanimously certified its election results.