The FBI didn't entrap Flynn when he lied to them in the early days of the Trump administration, a federal judge said in a 92-page opinion
The FBI didn't entrap Flynn when he lied to them in the early days of the Trump administration, Judge Emmet Sullivan of the US District Court in DC said in a 92-page opinion."The Court summarily disposes of Mr. Flynn's arguments that the FBI conducted an ambush interview for the purpose of trapping him into making false statements and that the government pressured him to enter a guilty plea. The record proves otherwise," Sullivan wrote on Monday."Regardless of Mr.
Prosecutors previously recommended that Flynn serve no jail time because of his help during the Mueller probe, but it is still unknown if they will stand by that recommendation.Sullivan noted in his opinion Monday that Flynn knowingly admitted to making the false statements in an interview on January 27, 2016, in the early days of the Russia investigation. He also"knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently entered into the Plea Agreement," Sullivan noted.
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