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former9thward

(31,997 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:11 PM Jan 2020

Prosecutors appear to back away from prison recommendation for Michael Flynn

Source: Washington Post

Prosecutors backed away from their recommendation that former national security adviser Michael Flynn serve up to six months in prison, saying in a court filing Wednesday that probation remained a “reasonable sentence” that they would not oppose.

The filing comes as Flynn continues his effort to withdraw his guilty plea in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia probe. Prosecutors did not explain in their filing why they reemphasized probation as a reasonable sentence for Flynn.

The shift represents the latest turn in the case in which federal prosecutors once held up Flynn as a model cooperator and suggested probation but shifted their stance to include prison time after Flynn hired a new defense team, attacked investigators and undermined the prosecution of his former business partner.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/prosecutors-appear-to-back-away-from-prison-recommendation-for-michael-flynn/2020/01/29/f861f3e0-42c5-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&wpisrc=al_politics__alert-politics&wpmk=1

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Prosecutors appear to back away from prison recommendation for Michael Flynn (Original Post) former9thward Jan 2020 OP
They need to Faux pas Jan 2020 #1
Why do I smell Bill Barr and or Trump all over this? Botany Jan 2020 #2
I smell the very same thing nt Jarqui Jan 2020 #3
Ya think? cstanleytech Jan 2020 #4
Barr did it. Karadeniz Jan 2020 #5
Two generals... Flynn & Arnold keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #6
Throw in an Ollie North SCVDem Jan 2020 #7
LOCK. HIM. UP. AZ8theist Jan 2020 #8
He should get six YEARS not_the_one Jan 2020 #9
Bill Barr offers Michael Flynn a Pardon... BlueIdaho Jan 2020 #10
Treason, but a repug did it. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #11

keithbvadu2

(36,788 posts)
6. Two generals... Flynn & Arnold
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:53 PM
Jan 2020

Two generals... Flynn & Arnold

Arnold died a traitor in England.

He was not lucky enough to have a Donald Trump on his side.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
11. Treason, but a repug did it.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 06:22 AM
Jan 2020

So obviously, there should be no jail time, just probation. It's only reasonable.

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