If Flynn does any time for this conviction, then he received very poor advice in deciding to litigate matters which had little chance of finessing a guilty plea, and a great chance of getting Flynn incarcerated.
Flynn wasn’t receiving poor advice. He was set up by his lawyer. No doubt in my mind.
His new lawyer said in a recent brief that his old law firm had a conflict of interest because they advised him on the FARA paperwork submission. They were going to charge him and his son with FARA violations if he didn't plea to the false statements charge. Flynn's business partner got the FARA charges thrown out after being wrongly convicted.
Do you think Powell advised Flynn that a risk he bore by agreeing to her present strategy was that he would be incarcerated, as opposed to the no incarceration promise if he had just proceeded to sentencing?