Mueller Marches On: MSNBC Legal Analyst Glenn Kirschner Joins Us.

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan saw it coming. The veteran jurist presiding
over Michael Flynn’s sentencing had seen the filing by President
Trump’s former national security adviser alleging that he was
essentially tricked into lying to the FBI about his contacts with
Russia. No doubt, he had seen Trump’s false claim that the FBI
concluded that Flynn “didn’t lie,” yet “tremendous pressure” was
being put on him. And Sullivan likely had seen all the chatter in
the Fox News echo chamber about the alleged “perjury trap” special
counsel Robert S. Mueller III had set for Flynn — an attempt to
discredit the entire investigation. If the judge accepted the
recommendation from prosecutors not to sentence Flynn to prison
time because of his cooperation, Flynn would be free to leave the
courthouse and hold a news conference claiming he had been set up.
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