michael flynn has provided, quote, substantial assistance to the russia investigation and should not get jail time. that's the big news from special counsel robert mueller's court filing on tuesday night. now the filing, a sentencing memo, comes after flynn has cooperated with mueller's team for more than a year. sitting for 19 interviews with the special counsel and other justice department offices. the memo appears to show that flynn help the justice department with at least three ongoing investigations. references to two of the investigations are almost completely redacted. flynn also cooperated with the special counsel's investigation into links or coordination between the russian government and members of the trump campaign as well as interactions between the trump transition team and russia. this amid the flurry of activity from the special counsel's team. last week michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress. prosecutors accuse former chairman paul manafort of lying to the special counsel and violating his cooperation agreement.