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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAP: Run-up to Flynn sentencing tinged with unexpected drama
Flynns lawyers have suggested that investigators discouraged him from having an attorney present during the January 2017 interview and never informed him it was a crime to lie. Prosecutors shot back, He does not need to be warned it is a crime to lie to federal agents to know the importance of telling them the truth.
The mere insinuation of underhanded tactics was startling given the seemingly productive relationship between the two sides, and it was especially striking since prosecutors with special counsel Robert Muellers office have praised Flynns cooperation and recommended against prison time. The defense arguments spurred speculation that Flynn may be trying to get sympathy from President Donald Trump or may be playing to a judge known for a zero-tolerance view of government misconduct.
Its an attempt, I think, to perhaps characterize Flynn as a victim or perhaps to make him look sympathetic in the eyes of a judge and, at the same time, to portray the special counsel in a negative light, said former federal prosecutor Jimmy Gurule, a University of Notre Dame law school professor.
https://www.apnews.com/15b30b10dbef4813a462ab7164f344e2
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)to think lying to Federal investigators is not illegal?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)No prison time. Mueller didn't save the most serious crimes in his indictment - that's not carelessness. Flynn with major far right support, more than any other criminal in this case. Flynn's speeches after his plea, to rw groups, funny business against the FBI last few days].
[Feel more uneasy about Flynn than any other character in this case. Cohen, Manafort, trump, all gangster wannabe's who are in the net. I certainly could be wrong, and a reasonable explanation will come out].
matt819
(10,749 posts)Steve: you can be a millionaire and not pay taxes.
Me: Steve, how can I be a millionaire and not pay taxes?
Steve: First, get $1 million. Second, dont pay taxes.
Me: But Steve, What do I say when the IRS wants their taxes.
Steve: You tell them, I forgot.
I do not recall meeting with Russian intelligence officers.
I met with Russian intelligence officers but didnt know it was a crime. Even though I was the head of the DIA.
I Did not lie to the FBI about meeting Russian intelligence officers.
I lied to the FBI, but I didnt know it was a crime.
I really dont care what Flynn told Moeller. He should get the maximum penalty along with a gag order.
spanone
(135,873 posts)Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)The Prosecutor does not oppose a non-jail sentence, so they decide to proceed by pissing off the prosecutor who has just recommended a light sentence. Sheesh, even a kid just out of law school should be smarter than that.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)From the article:
A sitting National Security (Adviser), former head of an intelligence agency, retired Lieutenant General, and 33-year veteran of the armed forces knows he should not lie to federal agents, prosecutors wrote.
They're all crying the same song, from Dirty Donnie to Flynn, Jerome, and Stone.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)anybody and if he had done a 10th of what Hillary Clinton had done he would be in jail right now.
So he knows damn full well that lying to any law enforcement officer is a crime.