I'm aware that you made a ridiculous and baseless accusation, because a court ruling didn't go your way. Nice one.
No one was laughing.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that Flynn and his lawyers were ****ting their pants, because they realized they were looking at jail time, no matter how much Flynn cooperates.
Ok, now I'm laughing... at the utter absurdity of such blatantly biased claims.
Bull****.
Thank you for your prolific contribution of at least five distinct vacuities. However impressive I found your gurgle of hand-waving, be reminded that there is little doubt that Sullivan, who was always a bit temperamental, has become unhinged, turning a routine hearing into a fiasco - as one listener said he "sounded like a barroom loudmouth vaguely aware of the relevant facts but not too careful about them.".
Both the defense and the prosecution were shocked at his behavior, as well as at the judges palpable ignorance on the day of sentencing, he was ignorant of timing of the events leading up his hysterics, as well as basic constitutional precepts on the meaning of Treason.
Either the judge has grossly incompetent and reckless, or he has gone fruit loops, there being no other reasonable explanation given his insanity act.
Flynn is not a 16 year old black kid...
Flynn put in 33 years of military service, ...He then ran his own lobbying group (mp note: with and of business associates)... He had significant financial assets, plus personal networks, plus the ability to fundraise for his legal defense.
He "couldn't risk his son?" Are you ****ting me? Matt and Michael are adults ... Regardless, they don't need their daddy to hold their hands.
Anyway.... The judge wasn't puzzled by the typical litany of mitigating circumstances cited by defendants (and the prosecutors!). He was puzzled that the defense's sentencing memo hinted that the FBI railroaded Flynn while trying to claim that Flynn takes "full responsibility." That's sort of like saying "I take full responsibility for driving drunk and running over that guy in the wheelchair, but you know what? The arresting officer didn't tell me I could refuse to take a breathalyzer test, therefore you should shave 2 years off my sentence."
And unless you too have been living in a cardboard box under a bridge, your disbelief in what has been widely acknowledged in the press is unfounded. You have no idea what his financial pressures are, and your presumption that military wages makes a man wealthy is preposterous. Filings with federal authority showed that he had reported between $750,000 and $1.5 million in mortgage debt related to his personal home and a rental property. Whatever his net worth was, he put his Washington home up for sale in which ALL net proceeds went to pay for his attorneys. And a stout defense against a 30million dollar effort like Mueller's requires up to 3,000,000 bucks, per Washington attorneys.
So yes, rather than be penniless and without any serious representation and to avoid charges against his son he had (and has) little choice - plead guilty and sing the prosecutions song, whether he believes he is guilty or not.
Finally, the judges "puzzlement" would be easily resolved had he been less exclusively motivated to question Flynn's sincerity. Sullivan's superficial "puzzlement" (aka the dumb guy act) was not credible in that he avoided probing the nature of the deal itself, or asking Flynn to state all the reasons he plead guilty. Had the judge done so, it would be clear that financial distress and protecting his son were factors in the plea deal. He might have also discovered what threats the FBI team made, and what their motivation were in asking questions about about Flynn's view of discussions, one that the FBI had already tape recorded - other than a form (legal or otherwise) of entrapment?
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