12-05-2018, 11:20 AM
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has provided "substantial" aid in the Russia investigation and beyond — and that merits a judge's consideration at Flynn's sentencing this month, prosecutors said in court papers late Tuesday.
The government said in a memo to a federal judge that it believes sentencing for Flynn should be lenient and that even a sentence without prison time "is appropriate and warranted." Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in late 2017 in exchange for a cooperation deal.
Prosecutors wrote that Flynn offered "firsthand information about the content and context of interactions between [Donald Trump's] transition team and Russian government officials" on two sensitive matters: a United Nations resolution about Israeli settlements and the then-outgoing Obama administration's sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.
The court doc also indicates that Flynn helped Prosecutors with "several ongoing investigations," not just the Russia inquiry.
Full story and court doc: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/673473063...y-feds-say
The government said in a memo to a federal judge that it believes sentencing for Flynn should be lenient and that even a sentence without prison time "is appropriate and warranted." Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in late 2017 in exchange for a cooperation deal.
Prosecutors wrote that Flynn offered "firsthand information about the content and context of interactions between [Donald Trump's] transition team and Russian government officials" on two sensitive matters: a United Nations resolution about Israeli settlements and the then-outgoing Obama administration's sanctions on Russia for interfering in the 2016 presidential election.
The court doc also indicates that Flynn helped Prosecutors with "several ongoing investigations," not just the Russia inquiry.
Full story and court doc: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/673473063...y-feds-say