Mueller’s Lawyers Say Flynn’s Role In Investigation Is Complete

Former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn leaves after the delay in his sentencing hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC, December 18, 2018. - President Donald Trump's former national security ... Former National Security Advisor General Michael Flynn leaves after the delay in his sentencing hearing at US District Court in Washington, DC, December 18, 2018. - President Donald Trump's former national security chief Michael Flynn received a postponement of his sentencing after an angry judge threatened to give him a stiff sentence. Russia collusion investigation head Robert Mueller had proposed Flynn receive no jail time for lying to investigators about his Moscow ties. But Judge Emmet Sullivan said Flynn had behaved in a "traitorous" manner and gave the former three-star general the option of receiving a potentially tough prison sentence now -- or wait until Mueller's investigation was closer to being completed to better demonstrate his cooperation with investigators. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Lawyers in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office said Tuesday night that Michael Flynn’s cooperation in the Russia investigation is complete, according to Politico.

Flynn’s lawyers asked for another sentencing delay, so Flynn can assist the government in his former business partner, Bijan Rafiekian’s, upcoming trial.

Mueller’s lawyers did not weigh in on the request, but said that his role in the Russia investigation had come to an end.

“While the defendant remains in a position to cooperate with law enforcement authorities, and could testify in the EDVA case should it proceed to trial, in the government’s view his cooperation is otherwise complete,” they wrote.

Mueller has suggested the low end of the sentencing range of zero to six years for Flynn, due to his substantive help with the investigation.

Read the joint statement here.

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  1. That’s not a good sign for Spanky – Mueller has basically gotten everything he wanted from him. Of course, Spanky thinks that the House will never impeach him after Pelosi’s statement so he can rest easy.

  2. This may be the 2-minute warning. Game almost over. Trump will throw some Hail Mary’s in the next couple of weeks. However, the game in House Committee Stadium is only part way through the first quarter.

    ETA: … as are the investigations by SDNY and the NY Attorney General.

  3. That’s not complete. That’s almost complete or maybe complete, depending …".

  4. Flynn is the key to the whole thing. It started with him and his recorded conversations with Russians. We’ve never heard those recordings, nor seen the transcripts. My take is that Mueller had the goods from Flynn right away, when Flynn started cooperating. The rest was filling in what others did. The House needs to make the recordings of Flynn public.

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