Less than a week earlier, federal prosecutors had urged federal Judge Emmet Sullivan to jail Flynn for up to six months.
Former national security advisor Michael Flynn officially moved to withdraw his guilty plea Tuesday, more than two years after he initially said he had lied to federal agents about his contacts with a Russian diplomat before the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Less than a week earlier, federal prosecutors had urged federal Judge Emmet Sullivan to jail Flynn for up to six months, citing the "serious nature of" Flynn's "offense," and "his apparent failure to accept responsibility" for his crime. Prosecutors had been outraged by what they called Flynn's "extraordinary" shift toward a claim of innocence in late 2019.
Michael Flynn, former U.S. national security adviser, exits federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 24, 2019.Former national security advisor Michael Flynn officially moved to withdraw his guilty plea Tuesday, more than two years after he initially said he had lied to federal agents about his contacts with a Russian diplomat before the inauguration of President
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