I jam it sullivan on tuesday delayed the sentencing of michael Flynn after
threatening president Donald Trump's former national security adviser with
prison time the retired u-s army lieutenant general had been expected to
be sentenced in u.s District Court in Washington DC for lying about his
communications with Russian officials as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's
ongoing probe into foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election the
former national security adviser who was fired by Trump after just 21 days in the
position for lying to vice president Mike Pence about his conversations with
the Russian ambassador to the u.s appeared for sentencing at 11 a-m ET
supported by his wife son and several of his eight siblings flynn has come under
intense scrutiny by federal prosecutors over his lobbying firms failure to
disclose its work on behalf of foreign governments according to CNN Flynn was
jovial when he walked into the courtroom greeting his family and friends with a
smile and saying you made it however the news outlet reports that the
mood visibly shifted in the room after Sullivan condemned Flynn for acting as
an unregistered agent while serving in the White House and lying to
investigators saying Flynn had arguably sold your country out Sullivan went so
far as to question if Flynn's conduct rises to the level of treasonous
activity signaling a willingness to reject Mueller's recommendations the
judge also raised the possibility of prison time for Flynn I cannot assure
you if you proceed today you will not receive a sentence of incarceration he
told the former soldier Flynn's legal team ultimately took up Sullivan's offer
to delay the sentencing we are prepared to take your honor upon his suggestion
of delaying sentencing so he can sick out the last modicum of cooperation in
Virginia Flynn's attorney said according to CNN prosecutors said they had no
problems with delaying the sentencing the judge later walked back his remarks
saying I made a statement about mr. Flinn acting as a foreign agent in
the White House Sullivan added that he realized his
comments were not correct CNN reports Flynn on Tuesday also did
not take Sullivan's offer to withdraw his guilty plea admitting in court that
he was aware that lying to the FBI was illegal when he was questioned On
January 24 about his conversations with Russian ambassador Sergei kiss Lea in
the weeks before Trump took office Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to
a charge of line to the FBI he has been cooperating with investigators in a
sentencing memo filed last week Mueller recommended to judge ammaji Sullivan
that Flynn should receive no jail time because he had provided investigators
with substantial assistance and more than a dozen interviews because he
cooperated early with this special counsels office it said a sentence at
the low end of the guideline range including the sentence that does not
impose a term of incarceration is appropriate and warranted Muller is Dean
in two memos filed ahead of Flynn's original December 18 sentencing date
revealed that Flynn had sat for 19 interviews with the special counsel or
other Justice Department officers one memo which was heavily redacted in the
court papers filed last week detailed some of the evidence that Flynn had
provided his early cooperation was particularly valuable because he was one
of the few people with long-term and firsthand insight regarding events and
issues under investigation by the special counsels office
prosecutors said in the brief additionally the defendants decision to
plead guilty and cooperate likely affected the decisions of related
firsthand witnesses to be forthcoming with the SCO and cooperate on Tuesday
morning Trump wished his former national security advisor good luck in a tweet
and maintained there was no collusion between his 2016 presidential campaign
and Russia good luck today in court to General Michael Flynn the president
wrote on Twitter will be interesting to see what he has to say despite
tremendous pressure being put on him about Russian collusion in our great and
obviously highly successful political campaign there was no collusion three
offense in Mueller's Probe Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen
former Trump campaign adviser George papadopolis in Dutch lawyer Alex Van
dares Vaughn have pleaded guilty to the same crime of lying to investigators
specifically about their links to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign in
the course of Mueller's investigation each received sentences that included
incarceration but none of those men sistah the special counsels office as
substantially as Flynn Mueller's team said another defendant
former Trump campaign deputy Rick gates also pleaded guilty to lying to
investigators in Mueller's Pro he continues to cooperate with pooler's
investigation which is ongoing but has no set sentencing date currently gates
faces up to six years in prison the president has vehemently denied any
collusion with Russia during the presidential campaign and has repeatedly
railed against Mueller's investigation into the matter he has also said when he
was campaigning for president that he had no business interests in Russia
however Cohen alleged in federal court last week that he engaged in
negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow well into the campaign claiming
that Trump and members of his family were personally briefed on the deal
Flynn's court appearance follows an eventful week in the Mueller
investigation last week Cohen who was previously one of the president's most
loyal and ardent defenders in business and politics pleaded guilty to lying to
Congress last year about his contacts with Russia during the 2016 presidential
campaign Mueller also informed a federal judge last week that he has voided his
cooperation agreement with Paul Manafort the longtime Republican consultant who
spent five months says Trump's campaign chair during the 2016 campaign Mueller
accused men afford of lying to the FBI as well as his team two months after
reaching a plea deal in the Russia probe mana Ford was previously thought to be a
star cooperator in the ongoing Pro Man affords attorneys dispute the claims
that he lied Trump has been upping his relentless criticisms of the
investigation in Mueller's team recently accusing the prosecutors of vicious
telling witnesses to lie about facts in comparing the probe to the McCarthy
period named for former Senator Joseph McCarthy Republican Wisconsin who
accused hundreds of Americans of being communists or communist sympathizers in
the 1950s
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