flagrant way. the other thing i have to say that leaps out at me about this, when you look at the discussions between mr. stone and one of the two individuals where he is making references to the godfather film or threatening this witness if they testify or threatening his dog, i mean, it is really mafia, mob-like tactics. and of course you have the president using mafia, mob-like terms of rat, you have the president and his lawyer trying to intimidate another witness, michael cohen, who will be coming before our committee. so it s really astonishing. it all hearkens back to something james comey once said, which is his impression in dealing with the president and people around him was like dealing with a mafia boss. you mentioned that, and in the indictment itself, it says, on multiple occasions, including on or about december 21st, 2017,
proffer sessions with the special counsel s office and 14 additional meetings with the government pursuant to his plea agreement entered on december 21st, 2017. in total, he participated in 19 meetings with the special counsel and other components of the government, totalling approximately 62 hours and 45 minutes, but whose counting. additionally, general flynn has produced thousands of documents to the department of justice, even before his voluntary pre-plea proffer sessions. he had chosen to produce sweeping categories of documents held by his two companies rather than fight over the breadth of subpoenas, and he facilitated the production of electronic devices. a of his plea agreement, he made another five productions of documents. a false statements case with a guideline range of zero to six months on top of which the government has moved for a downward departure presents a particularly strong argument for a noncustodial sentence. throughout the federal court system in fiscal year