Prosecutors suggest delay in Flynn sentencing

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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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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/482234-prosecutors-suggest-delay-in-flynn-sentencing

[EdinVA]

During this entire saga, I have never found out what Flynn supposedly lied about and then given the fraudulent FISA warrants that kicked all of this off leads me to believe there is a huge lawsuit somewhere in the future.

[skeeter]

During this entire saga, I have never found out what Flynn supposedly lied about and then given the fraudulent FISA warrants that kicked all of this off leads me to believe there is a huge lawsuit somewhere in the future.

Didn't he supposedly 'lie' about a brief and totally appropriate conversation he'd had with a Russian guy at some GOP event, which he had no reason or cause to remember at the time he was asked about it?

[Cyber Liberty]

Didn't he supposedly 'lie' about a brief and totally appropriate conversation he'd had with a Russian guy at some GOP event, which he had no reason or cause to remember at the time he was asked about it?

Yes, and Strozk already had the transcript of the conversation.  He was trying to set a perjury trap if Flynn misremembered the smallest detail.  His girlfriend had him forge the documents of the FBI interview in a way to make a discrepancy glaring enough for a Judge to buy their argument in court, and prosecute with sufficient zeal to impoverish the defendant to the point he could no longer defend himself. 

A classic Weisburg move.

[skeeter]

Yes, and Strozk already had the transcript of the conversation.  He was trying to set a perjury trap if Flynn misremembered the smallest detail.  His girlfriend had him forge the documents of the FBI interview in a way to make a discrepancy glaring enough for a Judge to buy their argument in court, and prosecute with sufficient zeal to impoverish the defendant to the point he could no longer defend himself. 

A classic Weisburg move.

Why is he still having to deal with it in light of everything we know now?

[Cyber Liberty]

Why is he still having to deal with it in light of everything we know now?

It feeds the narrative of Democrats and Republican Never Trumpers who use Dem talking points.  Neither of these groups can let go of it.

[EdinVA]

Yes, and Strozk already had the transcript of the conversation.  He was trying to set a perjury trap if Flynn misremembered the smallest detail.  His girlfriend had him forge the documents of the FBI interview in a way to make a discrepancy glaring enough for a Judge to buy their argument in court, and prosecute with sufficient zeal to impoverish the defendant to the point he could no longer defend himself. 

A classic Weisburg move.

And yet, Trump is the one accuse of abuse of power.... ggeeezz