Transcript for Flynn sentencing delayed after attack from federal judge
We’ll stay in Washington for surprise twist in the ssia inveigation. President trump’s former Na securitydviser Michael Flynn’s in futu. His sentencing delay after a blistering att from a federal judge who toldquote, arguably, you sold your country out. Our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has the la. Good morng. Tourt hoping his time in the osshairsfhe special counsel and the courts mighte coae. A very ird holacedew demands on him. Ernight Michael Flynn ordered to stayhin 50 mil O Washington and to hand over passport. The prre for fly to continue cooperating with rt mueller’vestigatio ting. After a fge making it clear he might send him to prison. I assure you I you proceed Toda THA you Wil not receive a sentence of incarceration despite the special counsee recommeing he get no prison time. He tore INT him fng to the FBI about his contacts with the rusan ambsador and for illegally operatings an unregistered agenthe Turkish government. Pointing to the American flag, the judge saflynn’ secret work undermes everything this flag here ss for adding guably Y sold yntry out. The judgeinis disgust dor the lies that took place in the white Hou exclaiming in the W wing, by a high ranking official. The judge now delaying Flynn’ with the special counsel. Flynn sat for 19 sessions with thspcounsel Ady faces more questioning potentially. Pretty much everything H aboutussia is St but N there is a proos suspect R’ pre him for Mo. Dan, we were covering this yesterday and stunning and dramaticet reports O what the judge was doingndmed offended by whatnn and lawyers did by suggesting the at thing by FBI to him was G. Tioned the way the FBI did what the and the judge asked a number of ve pointed questions, basicallysaying,reou pleading guilty? Areccponsibility for what you’re doing? Are U notng this one FBI? Alfair questions the judge. Flynn said,no,ccept SP. I’not saying I was entrapped so that gon but the judge went overboard basically saying, wait sec, charge considering him with treason? Treason? Sec, the prosecutors didn’t seem ready are the question and the judge later basical ogized. He G his facts wrong.flynn ot an agent D the transition of white hoe, he stopped after the mpaign. He misstated the facthat somehow Flynn was working with the Turkish government while workin forhe white house. One of the big quens now, is there anything Moren can give to the prosors? It’s H to belie. When the prosecutors were asked till cooperating, the response we, he to me what thatnt — if something new comes up. There’s only so much you can get out of him. He met 19 times. That is enormous amount of times. Most of the tomeone meets ybe the four. 19 times alre I dot know how much he’ll be able tovide. An Abrams, thanks very mu
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