Judge Postpones Flynn Sentencing As He Considers Request To Withdraw Guilty Plea

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: Former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse following a sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court December 18, 2018 in Washington, ... WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 18: Former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse following a sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court December 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. Flynn's lawyers accepted the judge's offer to delay sentencing for lying to the FBI about his communication with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has recommended no prison time for Flynn due to his cooperation with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Judge Emmet Sullivan postponed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s sentencing by about a month, as he considers Flynn’s request to withdraw his guilty plea.

Sullivan deferred his ruling on Flynn’s motion to withdraw his plea and asked for additional filings. He set the sentencing date, initially January 28, for February 27.

Flynn originally pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts and also cooperated with then-special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

He seemed bound for a slap-on-the-wrist sentencing until he filed a memo to downplay his guilt, a move which bothered the judge enough that Flynn’s lawyers sought to delay the sentencing.

Since then, Flynn has taken new lawyers aboard and adopted a more adversarial attitude towards the Justice Department and investigation into his actions. Prosecutors have changed their tune to call for a zero-six month prison sentence.

“It is beyond ironic and completely outrageous that the prosecutors have persecuted Mr. Flynn, virtually bankrupted him, and put his entire family through unimaginable stress for three years,” Flynn’s motion for plea withdrawal request read.

Correction: Flynn has requested to withdraw his guilty plea. The judge must approve the request.

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  1. “It is beyond ironic and completely outrageous that the prosecutors have persecuted Mr. Flynn, virtually bankrupted him, and put his entire family through unimaginable stress for three years,” Flynn’s motion for plea withdrawal request read.

    Flynn did this to himself. That’s what traitors get, what they deserve and plenty more beside. I hope he and Nunes are strapped together in a max pen. For years, not months.

    Flynn was supposed to be in charge of National Security and was doing the exact opposite. When Nunes (Intelligence Chair) wasn’t hand delivering all the “intelligence” straight to Chump, he was throwing bombs in the Impeachment Hearings…and it turns out he was an active player in the Ukraine scandals he was presiding over. Unbelievable

  2. Avatar for bkmn bkmn says:

    Judge Sullivan was shocked at the light proposed sentence in light of what he did, so I can’t see him letting Flynn slide.

  3. So not clear to me: Is the judge ignoring the retraction and just heading to sentencing? Any chance it’s for life? Or what remains of his miserable existence?

  4. You know if Flynn has been held in custody all this time, sentencing of him would be…time served. As it is the bankruptcy part is all on Flynn changing his legal team, not living up to his cooperation agreement, and being a patsy for others who want use him to enrich themselves. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

  5. Sickening. Delay, delay, delay. Isn’t that what Flynn is really hoping for? White man justice rears its ugly head. There really are no words.

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