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Mueller called bullshit concerning Flynn's attempt to look like he had been somehow tricked into lying to the FBI. Of course Flynn should have expected that reaction from Mueller.
But the real question is why would Flynn do such a stupid thing? Mueller had already recommended no jail time for Flynn due to his cooperation. So what need was there for Flynn to try to make himself look less culpable?
As a lawyer, one of the first things you learn about how to handle yourself in a court room is to shut the hell up when things are going good for your client. But I have seen lawyers do what Flynn's lawyers did by attempting to "gild the lily", making an already good thing look even better, and in the course of doing that screw everything up.
Flynn's lawyers should have told him to just shut up and should have refused to submit any info to the court that attempted to make Flynn look like a victim. There is no sentence shorter than no jail time, so WTF?
My only conclusion is that a lot of these people are far more stupid than I ever imagined.
Sneederbunk
(14,300 posts)Jarqui
(10,130 posts)In the responding memo, Mueller maintains Pence was lied to.
If that sticks, Pence may well skate free to be the next President
Rachel had stuff about Pence lying as part of the transition team. I worry this Mueller memo may cloud that and give Pence some cover.
And they state again that they do not recommend no jail time - they recommend a sentence at the low end of the range that includes the possibility of no jail time. Given what Flynn did, I hope it presses the judge to give him a little cell time to reflect on his BS.
Lock him up!!
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)I must have misread it when I read the reports.
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)I previously posted about it
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211549194#post9
ecstatic
(32,731 posts)Blindly? taking Pence's word and sticking with the no jail time crap, just as trump wanted.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)mobeau69
(11,156 posts)leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)folks out there looking for a job. Fox Noise has only so many hours in the day, y'know.
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)Flynn is still cooperating; it could be that his attorneys did this to help the investigation. It gave Mueller's team the opprtunity to publicly disclose details that refute the claim by Individual-1 and others that Flynn was coerced.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)manor321
(3,344 posts)He's going to be a star on the conservative media rounds so he wants to make as much money as possible.
Think Ollie North.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)Legal commentators at the time were saying that Flynn's "the FBI tricked me by not warning me about lying" strategy was not congruent with the requirement that Flynn accept responsibility. In my opinion, Flynn thought that he could say whatever he wanted to discredit the investigation, and Mueller wouldn't respond.
I agree that Mueller has used filings to get information out ahead of prosecutions, but I'm not sure that that's what happened this time. I think Flynn overreached.
former9thward
(32,077 posts)Flynn or Flynn's lawyers know that Mueller would respond. A response to a defendant's filing is standard by the prosecution in these type of cases.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Not a good way to do that you moran.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Cussing him out.