drcrinum said:
VaultingChemist said:
That's why I suggested on our previous page that Team Mueller was blackmailing Covington & Burling over the FARA issue.
From the Hans thread further down.
Second page. C&B lawyers preening their feathers about being the General Counsels for the firm wherein their lawyers come to them because they are the experts. <sigh> Hubris.
Checked Kelner's profile on the C&B web page.
Quote:
Robert Kelner is the chair of Covington's nationally recognized Election and Political Law Practice Group. He counsels clients on the full range of political law compliance matters, and defends clients in civil and criminal law enforcement investigations concerning political activity. He also leads the firm's prominent congressional investigations practice.
Mr. Kelner's political law compliance practice covers federal and state campaign finance, lobbying disclosure, pay to play, and government ethics laws. His expertise includes the Federal Election Campaign Act, Lobbying Disclosure Act, Ethics in Government Act, Foreign Agents Registration Act, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Nice little racket he has set up. Advises his clients, gets them into trouble and then bills to defend them. That's hyperbole of course but this guy has been in intractable conflict cases many times before, apparently.
Also the discussion of C&B being "DQ(ed)"meaning disqualified
by the prosecution. Yes, Van Grack had a duty to reveal to the court of the same conflict between C&B and Flynn and ask that they be disqualified from representing him in court. So a deal is struck. Threaten a FARA charge, tell Flynn but Van Grack agrees not to bring it and not to disqualify them as counsel.
Did Flynn really understand any of that? Likely not since the side agreements (and it's plural now because it's more than just Flynn's son) were not specified in the written memorialization of the guilty plea.