Tuesday, because of a bombastic set of moves by  Emmet Gael Sullivan, US District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, presiding over the General Michael Flynn sentencing hearing, the media was covering a crime of treason that never happened. https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1075138971930386432 SIMPLE CASE- IS THIS PROTECTED SPEECH?  Is it a Judge's official capacity to yell out attacks and falsehoods against defendants in his own courtroom?  That is what the media heard and pushed out all day long:  Treason. The Washington Examiner reported Tuesday: "The sentencing of former Trump White House national security adviser Michael Flynn on a single charge of lying to the FBI turned into a dramatic scene in a Washington, D.C., courthouse Tuesday. Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan excoriated Flynn for what is called uncharged conduct — that is, for crimes that Flynn has not been formally accused of committing. In open court, Sullivan raised the question of whether Flynn, a retired Army three-star general with more than three decades of service, might have committed treason. He questioned whether Flynn sold out the United States. He said Flynn had served as an unregistered foreign agent (for Turkey) inside the White House. "Arguably, that undermines everything that this flag over here stands for," Sullivan said, gesturing toward the American flag in the courtroom, according to reporters who were present. "Arguably, you sold your country out." Full Article HE DID BACKTRACK, DID MEDIA RETRACT?  WOULD THEY HAVE TO? https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1075080060783222785 https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/1075084484557590528 BUT IT FED THE GOSSIP MILLS ANYWAY https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/1075192241071771649 EVEN THO THERE IS NO TREASON ON THE TABLE FOR FLYNN ACCORDING TO SPECIAL COUNSEL https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1075364334828699649 The next hearing for Flynn in front of  Sullivan is in March 2019. Read the full article