This judge surely has been around long enough to know that innocent people plead guilty b/c they wish to avoid the risk of some alternative of being found guilty is a worse option for them. It is surprising that he can’t see that the FBI has no evidence that Flynn lied. Maybe it’s he doesn’t want to see. Forget that justice is blind. This is a case where the judge is blind, intentionally or otherwise.
The largesse of this judges “friends” are evident in his behaviour, which is NOT to render justice... but rather judgement HE determines all on his own to be the result.
He will end up in prison himself, he keeps this up.