D.C. Circuit Orders Judge Sullivan to Respond to Flynn Mandamus Petition

D.C. Circuit Orders Judge Sullivan to Respond to Flynn Mandamus Petition

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/michael-flynn-case-dc-circuit-orders-judge-sullivan-to-respond-to-mandamus-petition/

Excerpt: ...Sullivan’s encouragement of amicus briefs, which are not authorized in criminal cases, flies in the face of Sullivan’s own very firm orders previously declining to permit amicus briefs in Flynn’s case — some two dozen times by Ms. Powell’s count. The appointment of Gleeson is equally astonishing and offensive to the principle of courts as impartial arbiters. Gleeson — who worked at the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York with Loretta Lynch (later President Obama’s attorney general) and Andrew Weissmann (chief prosecutor on the Mueller probe that brought the Flynn case — and now a Biden for President fundraiser) — has co-written a Washington Post op-ed portraying the Justice Department’s dismissal motion as an abuse of power. [Gee whiz. What are the chances retired Judge Gleeson might hold an opinion on this case and be biased? But, he’s a Democrat and they’re never biased, right? I’m told writs of mandamus are exceedingly rare and seldom granted–but took less than 48 hours for the panel to respond to the request for this one. That tells us a lot about Judge Sullivan, too, doesn't it? Ron P.]