There are several issues before the court.
If Flynn is sentenced there will be an appeal.
Then the justice department says, there never should have been a sentence, because there wasn't any crime.
Then the appeals court dismisses the case.
I tend to agree that the point is to prolong this to keep Flynn gagged.
The idea of a gag order is repulsive.
BINGO!! It;s ALL to keep Flynn GAGGED!