COURTS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn expected to be sentenced Tuesday [12-18-18] by a federal judge. But after almost two dramatic hours in a courtroom discussing his crimes, he asked to postpone his sentencing for several months so he can have more of an opportunity to cooperate in federal investigations and attempt to mitigate the judge’s disgust with his actions…Flynn, who pleaded guilty last year to lying to FBI agents in a January 24, 2017, interview in the West Wing of the White House, told the judge on Tuesday ‘I was aware’ that lying to the FBI was a crime. He said he accepted responsibility for his actions. Prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller’s office had asked the judge to give Flynn little to no jail time because he had cooperated extensively with them and in at least one other investigation, a case in Virginia against Flynn’s former business associates in which they are accused of illegally lobbying for Turkey. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Flynn had already given the ‘vast majority of cooperation’ the judge should consider for his sentence but it was possible he could still help in other prosecutorial actions.”
–Katelyn Polantz, Tara Subramaniam and Marshall Cohen, “Michael Flynn sentencing postponed after judge issues blistering rebuke,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, December 18, 2018 7:34 pm