{"id":125310,"date":"2019-07-17T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=125310"},"modified":"2019-07-17T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:54:24","slug":"flynns-lawyers-hauled-back-to-court-withheld-case-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=125310","title":{"rendered":"Flynn&#8217;s Lawyers Hauled Back to Court, Withheld Case Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mike Flynn Judge Hauls Former Lawyers Back Into Court; Accused Of Withholding Case Files<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A DC federal judge has ordered Michael Flynn&#8217;s former attorneys to appear in court next month after Flynn&#8217;s\u00a0<em>current<\/em>\u00a0legal counsel claims they haven&#8217;t been given the entire case file by the team at Covington &amp; Burling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=ttCD1ZbR\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=ttCD1ZbR\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=gOii056X 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=gOii056X 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=gOii056X 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=gOii056X 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=gOii056X 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg?itok=ttCD1ZbR 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/160707-michael-flynn-getty-1160_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"32fa843c-a47a-4c99-a42e-a9d106121499\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judge Emmet Sullivan, and Obama appointee, scheduled a status conference for August 27 at 11 a.m., and has invited a\u00a0<b>Senior Legal Ethics Counsel<\/b>\u00a0to weigh\u00a0in on the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=JBtpkRTM\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=JBtpkRTM\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=TCSwpQ9T 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=TCSwpQ9T 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=TCSwpQ9T 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=TCSwpQ9T 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=TCSwpQ9T 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg?itok=JBtpkRTM 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/emmet-sullivan-nasullivan00302_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f3a7552f-c070-427f-8b4b-c76413317fa0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<aside id=\"my_spring1\"><\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;In light of the representations made by defense counsel regarding the delay in receiving the client files, the Court hereby gives notice to the parties of the Court&#8217;s intent to invite Senior Legal Ethics Counsel for the District of Columbia Bar to attend the status conference and explain on the record the applicable District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct,&#8221; wrote Sullivan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a filing on Thursday, Flynn\u2019s new attorneys Jesse Binnall, Sidney Powell and William Hodes wrote that they \u201cdo not yet have the entire file\u201d from Flynn\u2019s former lawyers and said they had been advised \u201cit will be several weeks before all the information can be transferred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flynn\u2019s attorneys also reiterated that\u00a0<strong>they already have a \u201cmassive\u201d amount of files to review \u2014 spanning four hard drives that exceed 253 gigabytes of documents<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 and noted\u00a0<strong>they had identified \u201ccrucial and troubling issues that should concern any court\u201d<\/strong>without going into detail. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/453382-judge-orders-flynn-attorneys-to-court-on-aug-27\">The Hill<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Flynn&#8217;s former attorneys have responded, saying they will have the rest of the case files delivered by July 26, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/07\/16\/michael-flynn-trial-turkey-1417977\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fricking judge is asking the SENIOR LEGAL ETHICS COUNSEL for DC to be there for this hearing.  <\/p>\n<p>That is highly unusual so yes, it&#39;s significant.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian Cates &#8211; Political Columnist &amp; Pundit (@drawandstrike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drawandstrike\/status\/1151274918903988225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Flynn&#8217;s former attorney testified on Tuesday<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>against Flynn&#8217;s former business partner, 67-year-old\u00a0Bijan Rafiekian, an Iranian-American who has been charged with illegally acting as an unregistered agen of a foreign government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drawandstrike\/status\/1151274918903988225\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-ancestor EmbeddedTweet-ancestor--repliesRefresh\" data-scribe=\"section:conversation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=5FdXU5rO\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=5FdXU5rO\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=_qWipWWQ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=_qWipWWQ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=_qWipWWQ 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=_qWipWWQ 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=_qWipWWQ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg?itok=5FdXU5rO 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/bijan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a507fe0e-b4f9-4ab3-8711-0ff1b3d1578e\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Bijan Rafiekian<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>Prosecutors called ex-Flynn attorney Robert Kelner as a witness Tuesday at the trial of Bijan Rafiekian, 67, an Iranian-American businessman who was Flynn\u2019s key counterpart in a lobbying and consulting firm the retired Army general opened after leaving government, Flynn Intel Group.<\/p>\n<p>During about two-and-a-half hours on the witness stand in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Kelner appeared to do some damage to Rafiekian by telling jurors that the Flynn associate never shared key information about links between the lobbying work and Turkish government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Kelner also said Rafiekian, better known as Kian, seemed upset by the lawyers\u2019 recommendation in early 2017 that the firm make a retroactive filing about the work Flynn\u2019s firm did to try to build support for the extradition from the U.S. of a dissident Turkish cleric, Fethullah Gulen. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/07\/16\/michael-flynn-trial-turkey-1417977\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;My recollection is that he was not happy about it. In part, he was not happy about the suggestion that FIG\u2019s work primarily benefited the Government of Turkey,&#8221; said Kelner.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Robert Barnes raises the question: &#8220;Why was Covington firm ever representing Flynn given it knew it might be a material witness in a case related to Flynn? Did the government knowingly profit from this conflict?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why was Covington firm ever representing Flynn given it knew it might be a material witness in a case related to Flynn? Did the government knowingly profit from this conflict? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EjjbWWneem\">https:\/\/t.co\/EjjbWWneem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barnes_law\/status\/1151331623327027200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-07-17\/mike-flynn-judge-hauls-former-lawyers-back-court-accused-withholding-case-files\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-07-17\/mike-flynn-judge-hauls-former-lawyers-back-court-accused-withholding-case-files<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Flynn Judge Hauls Former Lawyers Back Into Court; Accused Of Withholding Case Files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}