I'm guessing that because his crimes are so big, he gave Team Mueller a LOT of great information that incriminates those that are higher up than him - Trump, Don Jr, Jared, Pence, Sessions.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)

7. how can a judge NOT give Flynn jail time when he says this?? ...

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:14 PM

Dec 2018

guess we have to wait till after lunch. ET

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)

9. He sure did. NT

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:17 PM

Dec 2018

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)

8. The Honorable Judge Emmet G. Sullivan is 71, and has been appointed to various positions by both...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:15 PM

Dec 2018

..Republican and Democratic Presidents:

He was appointed to the bench of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals as an Associate Judge in 1992 by President George H. W. Bush, and to the federal bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmet_G._Sullivan

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)

10. Court is recessed until 12:30PM..

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:20 PM

Dec 2018

at Flynn's request. According to Courthouse News' onsite reporter Tim Ryan, "Sullivan offered the recess to Flynn while he was going over the seriousness of the offense and shortly after saying he could not promise he would not sentence Flynn to jail time."

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,784 posts)

11. How Will Members Of The Trump Cult Spin This One?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:27 PM

Dec 2018

The Judge has basically just said that he thinks Flynn committed treason. Flynn was Trump's National Security Adviser and reported DIRECTLY to Pence on the transition team. There's NO WAY they didn't know what he was doing. This sentencing hearing is simultaneously blowing up all the Branch Donaldians' talking points. That whole, "there's no evidence," "he did nothing wrong," "no crime was committed," all those talking points are GONE now. And anyone with a lick of common sense (which I guess doesn't include Trump supporters, so I think I just answered my own question) can see that the, "if there was any criminal activity, Trump didn't know about it," talking point is about to fall as well.

Better start searching hard for some more 30-year-old dirt on the Clintons, Faux News.

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

12. I can't help but fantasize how Judge Sullivan would treat individual 1.

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Tue Dec 18, 2018, 01:29 PM

Dec 2018

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