Liz and Andrew break down the latest LOLsuit from Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
You may recall Gen. Flynn from screeching “Lock Her Up!” on the campaign trail while surreptitiously serving as an unauthorized lobbyist for Turkey’s brutal authoritarian regime. You may recall him as a pro-Russian stooge who lied about being a pro-Russian stooge. And you may recall him as having been pardoned by Donald Trump after Bill Barr tried to rig the Department of Justice in his favor.
However you remember this bozo, you’ll be shocked to discover that he now thinks he deserves FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS for… having friends in high places. Fortunately, his lawsuit doesn’t stand a chance in hell of succeeding, as Liz and Andrew make clear.
Notes
Flynn complaint
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.411523/gov.uscourts.flmd.411523.1.0.pdf
OA Amicus Brief
http://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020.06.09-Amicus-Brief.pdf
OA Amicus Show (Episode 394)
https://openargs.com/oa394-the-amicus-show/
OA 689
https://openargs.com/oa689-lawsuit-or-interpretive-dance-why-not-both/
22 U.S.C. § 618
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/618
18 U.S.C. § 371
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/951
2019 DOJ Report on Crossfire Hurricane
https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf
28 U.S.C. Chapter 171
https://t.co/sFiQAXafWI
28 U.S.C. § 2401
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2401
Form 95
https://www.gsa.gov/forms-library/claim-damage-injury-or-death
28 U.S.C. § 2675
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2675
Sconiers v. US, 896 F.3d 595 (3d Cir. 2018)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8262809632148475317
Flynn v. Pelosi
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61634816/flynn-v-pelosi/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
OA 696
https://openargs.com/oa696-in-which-james-okeefe-pretends-to-be-a-journalist/
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