Actually, I think when Judge Sullivan gets this case back in his courtroom he will go through the motions on his hearings schedule and then next month sentence Flynn to ten years in prison.
In my opinion, the swing vote on this all but stated that Sullivan better abandon whatever plans he had or they would step in and dismiss the charges. I couldn’t help thinking during the hearing that they were giving him “an out”. Whether he is smart enough to receive the message remains to be seen.
In my opinion, the swing vote on this all but stated that Sullivan better abandon whatever plans he had or they would step in and dismiss the charges. I couldn’t help thinking during the hearing that they were giving him “an out”. Whether he is smart enough to receive the message remains to be seen.
Given his track record I will be very surprised if he dismisses the case against Flynn. He wants to inflict maximum damage on Trump and on Barr. I doubt he will impose a 10-year sentence but he might impose a shorter one, trying to corner Trump into pardoning Flynn before the election, or just to drag things out further (assuming the sentence would not start until the appeals are over). He knows that the media will praise what he does and that a large part of the public will just accept the media’s version.