Prosecutors suggest delay in Flynn sentencing
By Zack Budryk - 02/09/20 02:02 PM EST
Federal prosecutors on Sunday sought a delay in the sentencing of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn due to his request to withdraw his earlier guilty plea to lying to the FBI, with the U.S. Attorney’s office saying the request may require testimony from his former attorneys.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington did not specifically call for Flynn’s February 27 sentencing to be delayed in the Sunday court filings, but proposed a postponement of deadlines in a way that would leave little chance of the sentencing happening on schedule.
The filing was first reported by Politico.
In the new filings, prosecutors say Flynn’s former attorneys at the law firm of Covington & Burling may need to testify in regard to his claims that they gave him ineffective counsel. Also on Sunday, prosecutors asked Judge Emmet Sullivan, an Obama appointee, to rule that Flynn’s conversations with his erstwhile defense team are no longer subject to attorney-client privilege.
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