Mueller recommends no jail time for Flynn, citing his 'substantial assistance'
By Morgan Chalfant - 12/04/18 08:45 PM EST
Special counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday asked a federal court for no prison time for national security adviser Michael Flynn, citing his “substantial assistance†in the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
In a court filing late Tuesday, Mueller said it would be “appropriate†for the judge to impose a sentence for Flynn that does not include prison time. Federal sentencing guidelines called for Flynn to be sentenced to between zero and six months in prison and face up to a $9,500 fine.
“The offense level and guideline range, however, do not account for a downward departure pursuant to Section 5K1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines reflecting the defendants substantial assistance to the government, which the government has moved for contemporaneously,†Mueller’s prosecutors wrote in a filing on Monday.
The sentencing memo filed by Mueller’s team of prosecutors on Tuesday came roughly a year after Flynn agreed to plead guilty and cooperate, which represented a bombshell development in the special counsel’s Russia investigation that brought him closer to the Trump White House.
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