Formatting necessary for an accurate reading of this text may be shown by tags (e.g., <DELETED> or <BOLD>) or may be missing from this TXT display. For complete and accurate display of this text, see the PDF.
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E454-E455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SYDNEY POWELL: AMERICAN LEGAL HERO
______
HON. JOE WILSON
of south carolina
in the house of representatives
Friday, May 15, 2020
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, Americans are grateful
for the persistence, competence, and professionalism of Sydney Powell
Esq., attorney for General Michael Flynn. As more information emerges
about the outrageous General Flynn case, it is increasingly obvious
that Flynn, a decorated general and former director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency, was the victim of rogue FBI entrapment on entirely
illegal and unconstitutional grounds. Confirming the worst of the Deep
State.
Sydney Powell deserves highest accolades for fighting for General
Flynn in the face of a deliberate criminal conspiracy by rogue
leadership at the FBI to incriminate both General Flynn and the Trump
Administration under the fake pretense of ``Russian collusion.'' The
entire investigation began and continues to be a partisan witch hunt
which must be uncovered for the sake of the American Republic. If this
can happen to someone like General Flynn, indeed it can happen to any
law-abiding citizen of this country. In persistently fighting against
this madness, Sydney Powell and the rest of General Flynn's capable
legal team also fight for the rights of all Americans to defend
themselves against illegal conspiracies of the highest degree by a Deep
State.
As a proud attorney myself and being the grateful father of S.C.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, I am especially shocked at the rogue FBI
and Department of Justice abuses of the profession.
From the outset, there was absolutely no criminal predicate before
the election for investigation into General Flynn. Previously
undisclosed FBI documents from 2016 make the intentions of federal
investigators crystal clear. One note from these documents written by
the former head of FBI counterintelligence reads, ``What is our goal?
Truth and admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or
get him fired?'' These documents also reveal discussions regarding how
the Justice Department could get Flynn to admit to breaking the Logan
Act, even though this law has never been used to convict an American
citizen and questions abound as to its legality since its enactment in
1799.
But when General Flynn was blackmailed into pleading guilty, none of
these documents were made available to him or his legal team. And while
federal investigators did not believe
[[Page E455]]
that General Flynn had lied intentionally during the investigation, the
disgraced Special Counsel Mueller and his team disregarded this and
moved ahead with the dubious charges, ratcheting up the pressure by
even threatening to charge General Flynn's son, aided and abetted by
the shamefully biased U.S. District Judge Sullivan.
What emerges from the evidence at hand is a shameful and chilling
account of attempted entrapment by the federal government against an
innocent man with a long history of serving his country. I commend
Sydney Powell for her fortitude and determination against these
seemingly insurmountable odds. America is grateful for leaders like
General Michael Flynn and for strong advocates of the law like Attorney
Sydney Powell.
It is sad that many Democrats and their brazen mainstream media
allies have become afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome leading to
any nefarious illegality to establish the ends justify the means of the
destruction of the Trump Presidency.
____________________