It doesn’t take even a third-rate lawyer to get Mueller to take treason off the table. Flynn couldn’t be charged with treason even if he sold nuclear secrets to Turkey.
Could he have been charged with treason if he had sold uranium to Russia?
Read defense atty Robert Barnes’s twitter thread.
Apparently he was trying to get Flynn to fish or cut bait. Flynn, on the other hand, was trying to get Sullivan to do all the heavy lifting. It takes a lot, according to Barnes, to even get a PRO-defense judge to overrule a plea deal. Flynn’s defense team could have outlined malfeasance (carefully) in their plea.
You can’t expect the judge to do all the work for you, especially if he’s willing to let you go.