As he considers Michael Flynn's sentencing, U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan has asked to see everything both the special counsel and defense lawyers have related to Flynn's fateful January 2017 meeting at the White House during which he lied to FBI agents.
In an order filed Wednesday evening, ... Sullivan demanded to see the formal FBI records and all other relevant documents detailing Flynn’s interview with the agents in 2017 and agreed to review them under seal.
The judge’s request for more information could delay Flynn’s sentencing, which had been scheduled for Tuesday. He asked for documents to be turned over by Friday at 3 p.m.
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Sullivan sought more details about Flynn’s FBI interview a day after Flynn’s attorneys in a court filing made their own case for why their client deserved no prison time, stressing that he had been “unguarded” when he spoke to FBI agents about his conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition.
The judge is well known for his concern about defendants receiving fair treatment from the government. He also issues a standard warning to prosecutors to turn over any and all information to a defendant that could be helpful in their defense, including any evidence of government misconduct.
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Flynn, who advised Trump during the campaign and transition and served very briefly as his national security adviser, admitted last year that he lied when FBI agents came to his office in the White House four days after Trump’s inauguration to ask about the nature of his conversations with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Flynn demurred about the idea of having a lawyer sit in for the session.
Flynn later admitted that he lied when he told the agents he didn’t discuss sanctions with Kislyak in their call on Dec. 29, 2016, when in fact he had ...
FBI agents knew Flynn was lying because the call had been monitored by U.S. intelligence officials.
Federal judge seeks documents related to Michael Flynn’s January 2017 interview with FBI agents (WaPo)