LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sent a supportive message Tuesday [12-18-18] to former national security adviser Michael Flynn, hours before Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI in the Russia investigation…Flynn is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning, more than a year after he pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his communications with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak after the 2016 election. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has recommended that Flynn receive no prison time following ‘substantial’ cooperation with prosecutors in the ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to influence the election in Trump’s favor. Trump’s salute to Flynn is in contrast to another witness in various investigations into his campaign: former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who was sentenced last week to three years in prison after pleading guilty to crimes that included campaign finance violations and tax evasion. After his sentencing, Cohen said Trump directed him to make payments to women who claimed affairs with Trump because he worried about his chances in the 2016 election. Trump described Cohen as a ‘rat’ during a tweet storm on Sunday [12-16-18].”
–David Jackson, “President Trump says ‘good luck’ to Michael Flynn on day of sentencing,” USA Today, December 18, 2018 11:26 am