Special Counsel Mueller has submitted his sentencing memo to the court regarding LTG Flynn. The two top take aways are that LTG Flynn met with the Special Counsel’s investigators 19 times and that, as a result of his full cooperation with the Special Counsel’s investigation, Special Counsel Mueller is recommending no prison time for the crime that LTG Flynn plead to. Basically Flynn sang like a bird and told the Special Counsel everything!!!!!!
Flynn ratted out Trump. He told all.
That’s your headline.
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) December 5, 2018
Flynn was facing up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine.
Here’s the link to the memo.
BREAKING: Michael Flynn had 19 interviews with the special counsel's office, per the office, which says criminal investigation is ongoing in heavily redacted filing. pic.twitter.com/BkXtzdnyqv
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 5, 2018
The main point of the main memo: Mueller recommends no jail time for Flynn due to his "substantial assistance." pic.twitter.com/oN85GKck4F
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 5, 2018
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller is okay with a sentence that doesn’t include any jail time for Michael Flynn — the former Trump national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents in the Russia probe — according to a new court filing Tuesday night.
Flynn is scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 18, more than a year after he first appeared before a federal judge in Washington, DC, to enter his guilty plea. His deal with the government required him to cooperate with Mueller’s office, and in Tuesday’s filing, prosecutors said Flynn’s offense was “serious,” but that he deserved credit for accepting responsibility and “substantially assisting the government.”
“Given the defendant’s substantial assistance and other considerations set
forth below, a sentence at the low end of the guideline range — including a sentence that does not impose a term of incarceration — is appropriate and warranted,” prosecutors wrote.
Much more at the link.
The supplementary filing had a lot of redactions:
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) December 5, 2018
The level of redactions suggests rumors that Mueller is about done are far from reality. https://t.co/DCuLfyldfB
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) December 5, 2018
Mueller's office says that it can't reveal the details of all of Flynn's assistance because "the investigations in which he has provided assistance are ongoing." pic.twitter.com/RKxD0g70ij
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 5, 2018
In large part because of his cooperation, Mueller's office says a sentence at the low end of the guideline range (0-6 months) – "including a sentence that does not impose a term of incarceration – is appropriate and warranted." pic.twitter.com/5Q8XwKGeix
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 5, 2018
Mike Flynn was the first member of President Trump's inner circle to cooperate with the special counsel investigation. For a year, we've known little about the subjects of that cooperation. Tonight, prosecutors said it was extensive, the cases are ongoing, and it's still secret. pic.twitter.com/Z44m5uogKZ
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 5, 2018
Expect the presidential frenzy, as well as the frenzy of those around him, to increase exponentially.
It is important to remember that anyone who tells you definitively what the Special Counsel and his investigators are doing does not know what the Special Counsel and his investigators are doing. The only people who know what the Special Counsel and his investigators are doing are the Special Counsel and his investigators and they do not comment publicly. They only speak through indictments, other court filings, and in court.
Don’t lie to the FBI! It’s rude and upsets the special agents’ feelings!
Open thread.
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