the government will be forced and required to give an honest assessment of his cooperation of his truthfulness and what assistance he has provided. but, again, michael flynn had a very low sentencing guideline range, 0 to 6, so he didn t need much to get to 0. michael cohen has asked for 0, but his bottom end of the guideline range which the judge uses as the baseline is about four years. so he s got a lot of wood to chop to get down to 0. could an atta boy change that and ultimately influence the judge? yes, absolutely. and i expect he will get less
is anything related to the russia investigation through mueller s office we know he s not going to reveal any of that. and then from the southern district, and perhaps the new york attorney general s office, there are no charges based on michael cohen s cooperation. the one thing i would point out is michael flynn got a motion for a reduction in sentence because he is a signed up cooperating witness. team usa. michael cohen does not have the same agreement. i think in practical matters, it doesn t really matter that much. in practical terms it doesn t matter that much. the government will be forced and required to give an honest assessment of his cooperation of his truthfulness and what assistance he has provided. but, again, michael flynn had a very low sentencing guideline range, 0 to 6, so he didn t need much to get to 0. michael cohen has asked for 0, but his bottom end of the guideline range which the judge uses as the baseline is about
assistance is a term of art under the guidelines, he already had a very low guideline range of 0 to 6 months and he would have had that range under this statute that he fled to whether or not he cooperated with bob mueller. he was never going to go to prison for very long. shannon: people were saying, it means no jail time recommended. he must ve given them everything. in esquire, he prayed saying his headline as michael floyd has been singing the full score of a german opera. he says one of the few things that he is doing on the open is immortalizing his findings against the very real possibility of the white house sabotaging. he knows how to lay landmines and not leave fingerprints. they re calling it s basically a victory dance for molar and saying that he must have given them so much material. he was said, that could ve been a sentence anyway? it is preposterous. flynn cooperated.
already for downward variance for substantial assistance and substantial assistance is a term of art under the sentencing guidelines, he already had a very low guideline range of 0 to 6 months and would have had that range under the statute that he pled to whether or not he cooperated with bob mueller. he was never going to go to prison for long. there are those saying it means no jail time recommended meaning he must have given them everything and charles pierce right his headline is michael flynn has been singing the full score of german opera. he says one of the few things mueller is doing out in the open is truly to immortalize his findings against the real possibility of white house avatars, he knows how to lay landmines and not leave fingerprints. they are calling it a victory dance for mueller saying flynn must have given them so much material to avoid any jail time but you say that could be a sentence anyway. it is preposterous.
it is a climax and a turning point. the investigation has gone on for some period of time. not to invoke the cliche, i just would have time to fish or cut bait can see exactly what the conclusions are. you do not foul a document that looks like this if you are investigation is in the final stages. bret: a lot of analysis of the michael kohn sentencing document, followed by a special counsel. among the pages, they provided useful information concerning in the document you will see given needed defendant s substantial assistance and other considerations, sentence at the low end of the guideline range, including a sentence that does not include a term of impersonation is important. what does this tell us? where are we? tom rogan, washington examiner.