What’s the politics of Michael Flynn’s sentencing judge, Emmet G. Sullivan? Was he nominated by a Republican or Democrat?
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Emmet Sullivan, federal judge
All eyes are on Federal Judge Emmet G. Sullivan as he presides over the December 18,2018 sentencing of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The judge is perhaps best known for throwing out the conviction in another politicized case – against former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican – in the wake of prosecutorial misconduct accusations. The judge raised eyebrows when, shortly before the Flynn sentencing, he ordered the FBI to turn over memos documenting its interview with Flynn, who was to be sentenced for lying to investigators in that interview. Flynn’s lawyers have said he was not told he could get an attorney in that interview.
That has some people wondering about Judge Emmet Sullivan’s politics. Was he appointed by a Republican or a Democrat? It turns out that he was appointed to judicial positions by both, making him an even more interesting figure.
Here’s what you need to know about Sullivan’s politics:
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Emmet Sullivan has been named to judicial positions by three presidents: Bill Clinton. George H. W. Bush. Ronald Reagan. Two Republicans, and one Democrat.
Emmet Sullivan was named to his current position on the federal bench by former President Bill Clinton.
Writing in the Observer, former prosecutor Sidney Powell, wrote of Sullivan, “An experienced trial judge, Sullivan was a distinguished man and widely held in high regard. He was no ordinary federal judge; he had worked hard all his life on several different courts and had been appointed by three presidents representing both political parties. . .. He had great respect for the rule of law and strived to apply it equally and fairly in all cases in his courtroom.”
According to Ballotpedia, “Sullivan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 22,1994, to a seat vacated by Louis Oberdorfer.” Ballotpedia lists former Vice President Joe Biden, then a U. S. Senator, as being among Sullivan’s supporters at that time.
