Thoughts provoked:
Keeping in mind that I find the use of brackets as a way of saying “boxed in”, either by a “self-action” or according to the plan.
- Flynn sentencing [delayed] [again] and [again].
- Sentencing means Flynn has been found guilty of a crime
- Judicially, the only way that [sentencing] can be abandoned by the [prosecutor] is for some exculpatory evidence to emerge that the crime was not committed or if the charges were [brought under false pretenses].
- The judge requested, received, reviewed and approved ALL exculpatory evidence in the Flynn case
As it stands, the only way (now) that the Flynn sentencing is vacated is if Mueller’s SpecCoun [investigation] is convened under false pretenses.
Let’s see what happens in [30] on [September 25].
One thing that might happen in 30 days is that it gets delayed again. It's been delayed and rescheduled 4 times, so why not one more time?
Another thing that might happen is that Mueller recommends a very very light sentence. Zero days in jail and a $1000. fine. I think that Flynn might prefer that to having the plea bargain dropped.
If the plea bargain is dropped, guilty plea withdrawn, then Flynn is back in the cross-hairs for a number of things that the guilty plea immunized him for. In particular working as a foreign agent without registration is probably a crime he's guilty of. (And a zillion others in DC too, and it's a small crime in the grand scheme of things, but probably could carry a long sentence.)
Remember when Scooter Libby got five years in prison for, basically, remembering a conversation differently than someone else.
Also, there was some reporting that Mueller was going to indict Flynn's son. That's a signature move of these guys lately, so I tend to believe it.
So, even if it's a B.S. charge Flynn may prefer that the sentencing goes through, particularly if it's a "slap on the wrist' type, mostly because it immunizes him.
Alternately: he could ask to withdraw his guilty plea. It was widely reported that Papadopolous was considering withdrawing his guilty plea.
I can speculate in several directions, but I favor the "he gets a slap on the wrist".
Did he provide any useful information on Trump/Russia? I think he did not. Mostly because he had none, mostly because nothing ever happened, and the Trump-Russia collusion story is as fake as a three dollar bill.
But again going back to Libby: the fact that the Special Counsel learned the answer to the question he was hired to investigate in the first 15 minutes on the job (Who leaked the fact that Plame worked for the CIA to the press? Answer: Richard Arbitrage), that did not even slow Fitz down in conducting a full on witch hunt, and eventually prosecuting and convicting Scooter Libby and then getting him sentenced to Five years in prison.
I think most people caught up in something like this get to the point where they just want the threat of something like that (a ridiculously long sentence for a fake crime) to go away. I suspect Flynn is there.
I suspect Trump pardon's him, too, at some point.