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The legal tea readers said they will keep him in the wings UNTIL they need him for trial(s). So they moved his sentencing date AGAIN...
Tuesday’s filing indicates that the special counsel could believe Michael Flynn has more information useful to the investigation, or that sentencing hearings might reveal parts of the investigation that Mueller would like to keep under wraps.
Mueller seeks to push back Flynn sentencing again
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
Updated 08/21/2018 08:48 PM EDT
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Special counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday sought to postpone a sentencing hearing for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.
“Due to the status of the investigation, the Special Counsel’s Office does not believe that this matter is ready to be scheduled for a sentencing hearing at this time,” Mueller’s team wrote in a joint court filing with Flynn’s defense team...
Mueller seeks to push back Flynn sentencing again
The court asked for an update on a sentencing timeline for Flynn by Aug. 24, but the parties asked for that date to be pushed back to Sept. 17. On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan accepted the request from Mueller and defense attorneys to file their joint status report by that date. Mueller’s team previously asked for a delay in sentencing at the end of June.
Tuesday’s filing indicates that the special counsel could believe Michael Flynn has more information useful to the investigation, or that sentencing hearings might reveal parts of the investigation that Mueller would like to keep under wraps.
Mueller seeks to push back Flynn sentencing again
By CAITLIN OPRYSKO
Updated 08/21/2018 08:48 PM EDT
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Special counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday sought to postpone a sentencing hearing for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.
“Due to the status of the investigation, the Special Counsel’s Office does not believe that this matter is ready to be scheduled for a sentencing hearing at this time,” Mueller’s team wrote in a joint court filing with Flynn’s defense team...
Mueller seeks to push back Flynn sentencing again
The court asked for an update on a sentencing timeline for Flynn by Aug. 24, but the parties asked for that date to be pushed back to Sept. 17. On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan accepted the request from Mueller and defense attorneys to file their joint status report by that date. Mueller’s team previously asked for a delay in sentencing at the end of June.
