If Flynn withdraws his plea then he would have to take his chances with a D.C. jury. Trump got 4% of the vote in D.C. Think of the jury pool. Flynn’s plea arrangement sentencing recommendation from Mueller is ok with probation-only, no jail time. A jury might not go along with that.
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He could have elected to go with a judge alone. The Mueller thugs used lying to the FBI as a pretext to get Flynn’s early cooperation while they continued to hang over his head the failure to register as a lobbyist for Turkey if he did not plead out to the lying charge. Now they have Flynn in a box where he will have to manufacture testimony against Flynn’s associates, who they just charged yesterday. It’s the only way Flynn is going to stay out of jail at this point. Sullivan just blew my mind with respect to his one-sided approach in labeling Flynn a traitor while he gave a pass to the Mueller thugs who had been playing 302 deceptive games with him. Where in the hell did Sullivan come up with this traitor characterization for Flynn? Sullivan was so off the wall and outrageous it is unforgivable. Now, this crazy situation continues until March.
Mueller’s sentencing recommendation for General Flynn was complementary. Mueller said Flynn cooperated fully, that his military service should be honored and that Mueller was fine with no prison time.
Flynn should have been sentenced today to probation or a fine but it looks like his lawyers made a tactical error that pissed off the judge.
The judge asked Flynn multiple times if he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea and every time Flynn said no.