yes, the 302 is something that the fbi agents will write up after they interview the subjects, and what we saw is the redacted version, but the u judge has the unredakted version and he saw time and time again that he had the opportunity to come clean about the conversations with ambassador kislyack, and he refused to do so. there is a line in there where flynn admits voluntarily they say to a closed door meeting with ambassador kislyack after the election and then a big redacted paragraph, and he knows what is in there and the 302s were filed because the judge asked the prosecution to do so because there was a question brought up by the defense that perhaps michael flynn didn t know that he was, that it was a crime to lie no the fbi, and they provided it to show again and again to tell the truth, and now flynn is walking that back and saying that, yes, this is a crime. so in the piece of time this judge has gotten this amount of information and he is now making
but it is within the judge s per view, and within his job to do that and to the look at everything. so it is then again, the judge may know that there are matters that flynn, you know, he has not cooperated on that he could have, and again, we don t know everything that the judge knows. i think that, you know, that he may be really just trying to get flynn to sort of stay with the program, if you will. and ben rhodes, out in california, who has been with s us. as a former national security official, as we have been pointing out, you should not, and we should not underplay the significance of what mike flynn was doing leading into the white house, and during the campaign, and leading into the white house, an inside of the white house in those opening days of the administrations regarding reopening the fbi investigation into gulon, the turkish cleric exiled in pennsylvania who has done nothing wrong. i remembered cases where joe biden was with erdogan back in 2015 or 2016 more likely
that he was not aware of the jeopardy, and it is a base for the trump supporters that flynn got a raw deal here, and he is trying to have it both ways. on one hand, i m cooperating, but on the other hand, i want to send out the dog whis fol ttle supporters it is not fair. and that is the judge reminding us of the crime s ths that he w sit there in his office in the white house down the hall from the oval office that he would do this. the judge is highlighting how troubling this behavior was from michael flynn. and let me follow up, ben, the fact that mike flynn in fact called kislyack, the call that was intercepted was from a vacation in the dominican republic and how the former top defense intelligence official could not have expected that
government while he was an official in the united states government, because he questioned the prosecutor and said, could flynn have been charged in that, and so he focused on that, and that is permissible. the judge is allowed to take in to account of conduct. and so i want to be careful with the way we are perceiving him to be rogue. and so you don t want to chill the cooperation, but the judge is doing his job, and as ben pointed out the focus should be on the judge is saying how serious flynn s conduct was here as as opposed to the president just completely trying to minimize it. fair point. mimi rocah, thank you. joining us here is kimberly atkins, the washington bureau chief for the boston herald and attorney,kimberly, this is an extraordinary proceeding.
government s recommendation is when we say low end of the gu e guidelines it is low end without incarceration in regard to other recommendations. and the judge asking if he has any points for accepting responsibility, and he has accepted responsibility in court today under oath in front of judge contreras. and ken, hang on a second, because pete williams is also joining us now. pete w we a pete, we are a little bit confused as to where the judge is taking this, and understand that there is a brief recess in the court proceeding as well. he seems to be taking a much harder line with both the prosecution recommendation for no incarceration and with the defense. pete? the judge has given michael flynn three chances, andrea, and this is a rattlesnake judge