Flynn, DOJ seek sentencing delay to wait for Russia IG report
Source: Politico
Attorneys for the Justice Department and Michael Flynn asked a federal judge Tuesday to postpone next month’s sentencing for the former Trump national security adviser until after the release of a much-anticipated inspector general report about the FBI’s Russia investigation.
Flynn is on track to be sentenced Dec. 18 after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, though the retired Army general has also hired new lawyers who want the entire case dismissed because of what they say is “egregious government misconduct.”
District Judge Emmet Sullivan hasn’t indicated how he will handle Flynn’s shift in defense strategies. But the appointee of President Bill Clinton is faced with a new joint request from federal prosecutors and Flynn's attorneys to reshuffle his sentencing schedule in part because of a Justice Department inspector general report that’s slated for release Dec. 9.
That inspector general report is expected to criticize Justice Department leaders and low-level FBI officials who worked on the Russia probe that ultimately gave way to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to several media reports. But it is also expected to clear top DOJ officials of abusing their powers because of bias against President Donald Trump.
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By DARREN SAMUELSOHN
11/26/2019 07:37 PM EST
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