Judge apologized for that statement and no sentence was handed down. Status Quo.
I think the judge really, REALLY wanted Flynn to agree to a delay in sentencing today. He was mean to Gen. Flynn as part of that, telling him “hey, you might get jail time if we go ahead with it today, you traitor!”. He realized that he went too far with the traitor part, and apologized for it right after.
The question is, why does the Judge now NOT want to sentence, after pushing for sentencing the past 8 months or so. Does he want more info about Mule’s tactics and violations, as Sara Carter says? Or just want more cooperation from Flynn before deciding on a sentence, as Tom Fitton said? Or both?
Sullivan is hard to read. He is a crusty old DC judge who did the right thing for Senator Stevens, who was a swamp guy, so it may not mean he is anti-swamp, just that he thought they went too far in that case. He is the judge, if I remember correctly, who refused to dismiss Mueller’s witch hunt for being unauthorized under US law and the Constitution. He sees that Flynn is not guilty, and was set up, and that is bothering him, but not enough to attack Mueller’s entire operation.