account in sentencing. the weird thing about this is normally cooperators are sentenced after the investigation is closed so any secrets revealed don t impact the investigation. there is some question about is there any confidential information mueller will want to hold back. after all, the investigation is still pending. flynn pleaded guilty to lying about his discussions with the russian ambassador about sanctionings. one of the big questions has been how much does donald trump know about that. when did he learn that mike flynn had lied, and then there are these other ancillary things. this memo may also cover bad acts, other potential crimes flynn has admitted to and wasn t charged with. there was a whole allegation about the scheme to extradite the cleric for $50 million. there was another story that a man named petter smith was working with mike flynn. there were allegations surrounding mike flynn s son. it s an open question whether we ll see any of that covered in this memo. i
proceedings, just sit tight and say nothing. you don t know exactly what general flynn is coming at you with. and there s an interesting detail in the flynn plea agreement, which he only receives immunity for this very limited charge that he has pleaded guilty to. the false statements made to the fbi. and it leaves open this entire world of conduct that could potentially be topic of a follow on superseding indictment that flynn could cooperate on. very unpredictable. when you look at that agreement, looks like mueller s team crafted it really carefully to keep their ultimate goals with flynn opaque. so the strategy looks poor from the outside. you wrote an article not you. carol lin ig. white house advisers noetsed that flynn did not plead guilty to being a co-conspirator in any
muller s office that, that agreement appears to be falling apart for an intriguing reason. now we thought as of the end of last week that paul manafort would have terms of confinement relaxed. we thought based on the discussions between the two sides that manafort for example would be allowed to lose the ankle bracelet. he would be allowed to travel in a limited way within the united states. he wouldn t have to just stay home all the time anymore. part of that agreement is he pledged over $10 million in real estate in florida and new york and virginia. in a way that essentially meant all those properties would be handed over to the government if manafort decided to make a run for it and not turn up to court. so that was the deal we thought that muller s office and manafort had arranged as of thursday last week. that s the deal it looked like they had arranged as of thursday last week but then, thursday night the government, muller s
georhe plead guilty, he has not yet been sentenced for that crime presume plably the court will consider what he was able to provide for cooperation when they make their sentencing decision. that said, manafort and gates are not in the same boat as him. they have not plead guilty. they are both fighting the charges and most of the court filings we ve seen related to them since their indictments have been about negotiating the terms of their release. they are not being held in jail but the government and their defense lawyers have been negotiating about how these guys will be held until their trial. both of them have been mostly confined to their homes. both of them have been wearing gps tracking ankle bracelets. both are required to check in regularly with the court to verify whereabouts. but what happened today is that part of a previous agreement that had been agreed to as of last week between manafort s lawyers and prosecutors in
in terms of mcgahn being who was sort of in the middle of his interview it sounds like with mueller s investigators when starting on thursday they broke on friday for when the flynn investigation sorry, when the flynn plea agreement was announced and they ve maybe picked up that interview already this week or will later on this week. is it a crime for somebody to tell a lie to mueller s investigators in one of these interview settings? it absolutely is something that could be prosecuted and charged. if you are lying, if you give inconsistent statements, i mean, a prosecutor has to make a decision about how important this lie is and what you re trying to cover up and whether or not you are intending to conceal. but it s certainly something that s prosecutable. and that threat has a way of focusing the mind i m sure. as general yeah, go ahead. there are two people who have been charged with it already, and we re not many months down the road. exactly. carol leonnig, a repor