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(6,344 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:22 AM Dec 2018

Judge Sullivan & Flynn: I too wondered why Mueller team recommended no jail... [View all]

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Rachel Maddow's reporting yesterday included a lot of what Judge Sullivan said and I wonder even more why Mueller's team recommended go easy on the guy. There were a lot of crimes they are letting fall away with this one guilty plea of lying. I get it, he cooperated, but to no consequence. What are the consequences to him for giving over some truth? It does not seem fair. I am glad the Judge caught the nuances of this situation and spelled it out.

Mueller being soft on Flynn raises questions for me.

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Judge Sullivan & Flynn: I too wondered why Mueller team recommended no jail... [View all] Equinox Moon Dec 2018 OP

One theory I heard was that Flynn provided info about a major crime by someone above him. LonePirate Dec 2018 #1

So he knew things that Papadopolous didn't know. greymattermom Dec 2018 #2

He would have to testify in some court setting about that crime before he should be relieved lancelyons Dec 2018 #5

If Flynn was also involved/implicated in the major crime, he would have an incentive to confess. LonePirate Dec 2018 #10

What if EffieBlack Dec 2018 #11

Possible, but a dicey move gratuitous Dec 2018 #16

I assume that whatever Flynn gave him was worth the deal he struck EffieBlack Dec 2018 #21

That was Malcolm Nance's thinking NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #20

Mueller went easy on Sammy the Bull to get Gotti. Squinch Dec 2018 #3

I think that ship had already sailed. Goodheart Dec 2018 #7

My theory: Mueller did this as a setup FakeNoose Dec 2018 #4

Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines canetoad Dec 2018 #32

I expressed the same sentiment here when Mueller's sentencing recommendation was first made public Goodheart Dec 2018 #6

Flynn sounds like a spy to me. Why is this not the label being used? Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #8

The Espionage Act pertains to giving national defense secrets The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #12

Okay, so that is why he isn't being called a spy. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #13

Technically he's not a spy. But he is a traitorous dirtbag. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #17

He was head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. kentuck Dec 2018 #42

Because he gave up info to get the big fish Thrill Dec 2018 #9

I think they gave him a pass cause he wore a wire mitch96 Dec 2018 #28

Yep, it could be how he got Pence FakeNoose Dec 2018 #43

Does for me as well. triron Dec 2018 #14

I'm willing to give Mueller the benefit of the doubt. aikoaiko Dec 2018 #15

Nope. Don't ever trust a republican. rockfordfile Dec 2018 #18

I think the simplest answer is often the right one genxlib Dec 2018 #19

I think it's even simpler than that EffieBlack Dec 2018 #22

Right. Translation: White, good-ole'-boys club. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #23

I thought it was a no-brainer PDittie Dec 2018 #24

Flynn's reputation is ruined and that was enough for Mueller Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #25

Yet he is still a hero to the Trumpasses rusty fender Dec 2018 #27

Hopefully it'll make sense when this is all over Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #30

Yes! rusty fender Dec 2018 #31

"Something's not adding up in Mueller's no jail-time sentence" Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #34

Mueller knows the "why's" and we don't......yet. Firestorm49 Dec 2018 #26

I don't see how we know enough to make the claim of Mueller being soft. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #29

I am also going by what Judge Sullivan said and how he said it. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #33

He also backed down from some of what he said. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #35

I know they say he cooperated and that is why, I don't see that as good enough. IMO Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #36

Crooked cronies don't elbow up with snitches. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #40

maybe flynn delivered trump? spanone Dec 2018 #37

That would be great. Yet Flynn needs consequences. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #38

It's untruthful to say Mueller recommended no jail Kaleva Dec 2018 #39

You're correct. Yet the media keeps pushing the no jail time narrative. Why? triron Dec 2018 #41

The article I linked to said no such thing. Kaleva Dec 2018 #45

If Trump can dangle pardons - so can Mueller lame54 Dec 2018 #44

Yep. That's why I caution against all the "wait until Mueller's report comes out" ecstatic Dec 2018 #46

I am with you on this. Equinox Moon Dec 2018 #47