Judge Emmet Sullivan postponed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s sentencing by about a month, two days after Flynn withdrew his guilty plea.
“It is beyond ironic and completely outrageous that the prosecutors have persecuted Mr. Flynn, virtually bankrupted him, and put his entire family through unimaginable stress for three years,” Flynn’s motion for plea withdrawal request read.
Flynn did this to himself. That’s what traitors get, what they deserve and plenty more beside. I hope he and Nunes are strapped together in a max pen. For years, not months.
Flynn was supposed to be in charge of National Security and was doing the exact opposite. When Nunes (Intelligence Chair) wasn’t hand delivering all the “intelligence” straight to Chump, he was throwing bombs in the Impeachment Hearings…and it turns out he was an active player in the Ukraine scandals he was presiding over. Unbelievable
Judge Sullivan was shocked at the light proposed sentence in light of what he did, so I can’t see him letting Flynn slide.
So not clear to me: Is the judge ignoring the retraction and just heading to sentencing? Any chance it’s for life? Or what remains of his miserable existence?
You know if Flynn has been held in custody all this time, sentencing of him would be…time served. As it is the bankruptcy part is all on Flynn changing his legal team, not living up to his cooperation agreement, and being a patsy for others who want use him to enrich themselves. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
Sickening. Delay, delay, delay. Isn’t that what Flynn is really hoping for? White man justice rears its ugly head. There really are no words.
This idiot pled guilty, thinking the Whiner in the White House would pardon him but then when nothing happened and his new mouthpieces busily drilled a dry hole as Orange Juliusw STILL went, “Flynn who?” now he wants to change his plea.
Why it takes the judge a month to make up his mind is beyond me.
Their corruption and self dealing knows no bounds
It appears Judge Sullivan may be dotting I’s and crossing T’s so that when he drops the hammer on him Flynn’s likelihood of fielding a successful appeal will be reduced to the range of slim to none.
His only escape after that would be a presidential pardon.
This really has seemed like a stupid play all along…if the goal was to stay in prison as little as possible he should have played along, he’d have served no time or so little that he’d be out by now. It sure seems like he’s going to be sentenced to prison now, and there really aren’t take backs in these kinds of things unless prosecutorial misconduct is found (it won’t be). Maybe he’s hoping for a pardon, but it won’t come before November, and he may get sentenced to six months in jail in the meantime…though, if a new trial is forced, Trump may just pardon him and make it moot, maybe that’s the play.
“It is beyond ironic and completely outrageous that the prosecutors have persecuted Mr. Flynn, virtually bankrupted him, and put his entire family through unimaginable stress for three years.”
Prosecutors didn’t virtually bankrupt Flynn. Not one of them ever sent him an invoice.
As for Flynn’s own attorneys, every delay means more billable hours. They know what a one-month delay in sentencing means to them financially…ka-CHING!
FIFY
It requires time to make arguments and counter-arguments in filings, plus he has other cases to handle. A month seems reasonable for something like this, justice requires that he give both sides a chance to make their case on the motion. Hopefully the time has run out though and he goes to jail in February.
Nope…someone always posts words to that effect when we hear about yet another delay. Flynn’s counsel’s just getting warmed up
It would be a nice Bday gift to me.
Why is betrayal of your country a 6 month sentence?
The conventional wisdom would say that Flynn doesn’t want to take these charges to trial. He stands to be sentenced to a long prison term if he is convicted; plus prosecutors will go after his feckless son. But I would say that the conventional wisdom doesn’t apply. Either tRump is defeated in November and he pardons Flynn, Manafort, etc. on his way out the door, or tRump is re-elected and sees himself as completely unbound by any checks or balances and he pardons Flynn, Manafort, etc. and then dares anyone with oversight responsibility to challenge him. Flynn’s trial, if he gets one, is just a delay to lessen the time he spends in prison until the inevitable pardon happens.
If the judge acts quickly it gives something to appeal on. If he withdraws his plea he has to stand trial. That may not end well. Still it feels like waiting to be done should be from behind bars.I do not understand why he is allowed to be free after a guilty plea and refusal to cooperate. He can attempt to clear his name from a cell like others accused of serious crimes must do.
My guess:
The judge is giving prosecutors the time to prepare their indictments once he accepts Flynn’s plea withdrawal. Flynn should bring a toothbrush to his next hearing.
I would have thought those were already in a safe somewhere.
This can’t have been a surprise.