Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn's sentencing back on hold, again

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Source: CNBC



PUBLISHED 28 MIN AGOUPDATED 20 MIN AGO

Dan Mangan
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The criminal sentencing of President Donald Trump’s first national security advisor Michael Flynn will be on hold for at least another two months, a federal judge said.

Judge Emmet Sullivan told Flynn’s new lawyer and prosecutors that they should know by Aug. 31 whether they are ready for Flynn to be sentenced for his admitted crime of lying to the FBI about the nature of his discussions with Russia’s then-ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, in the weeks before Trump’s inauguration.

The retired Army lieutenant general Flynn, who had pleaded guilty in December 2017 to a charge lodged by then-special counsel Robert Mueller, is expected to be called as a witness at the upcoming trial of two former business associates.

The criminal sentencing of President Donald Trump’s first national security advisor Michael Flynn will be on hold for at least another two months, a federal judge said Monday during a status conference hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Judge Emmet Sullivan told Flynn’s new lawyer and prosecutors that they should let him know by Aug. 31 whether they are ready for Flynn to be sentenced for his admitted crime of lying to the FBI about the nature of his discussions with Russia’s then-ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, in the weeks before Trump’s inauguration.

Sullivan told the parties to file their next status report by that date. Flynn’s new lawyer, Sidney Powell, had wanted three months to get up to speed in the case by reviewing what she called a “massive” amount of material turned over by prosecutors.

In the meantime, the retired Army lieutentant general Flynn, who had pleaded guilty in December 2017 to a charge lodged by then-special counsel Robert Mueller, is expected to be called as a witness at the upcoming trial of two former business associates.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/24/trump-ex-advisor-michael-flynns-criminal-case-on-hold-until-august.html

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1. No surprise. Still another Flynn extension, would also be no surprise

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2. Why is Flynn switching lawyrs? To drag this out even longer? Hoping for that pardon?

I'm just so sick and tired of these assholes getting away with their crimes while children are dying in cages.