done everything you possibly can for the united states of america, i m going to grant that request. now, if you would like to take a recess now and talk to your attorneys, i m happy to accommodate you in that regard as well. would you like to do that? the defendant, michael flynn, yes, your honor. so at this that point in the proceedings today, everybody knows all bets are off. heading into today s sentencing, mike flynn s defense lawyers and the prosecutors from the special counsel s office, they had both argued that flynn should receive zero jail time. but, of course, everybody knows that it s not a consensus thing. it is ultimately up to the judge. and here s the judge, surprise, in open court, flat-out warning flynn, i cannot assure you that if you proceed today, you will not receive a sentence of incarceration. there are six different instances in today s sentencing hearing where the judge says to flynn and his lawyers, are you sure you really want me to sentence you today? are
do you understand that? the defendant, michael flynn, yes, sir. the judge, but if you want some more time and to come back later after it s clear that you ve done everything you possibly can for the united states of america, i m going to grant that request. now, if you would like to take a recess now and talk to your attorneys, i m happy to accommodate you in that regard as well. would you like to do that? the defendant, michael flynn, yes, your honor. so at this that point in the proceedings today, everybody knows all bets are off. heading into today s sentencing, mike flynn s defense lawyers and the prosecutors from the special counsel s office, they had both argued that flynn should receive zero jail time. but, of course, everybody knows that it s not a consensus thing. it is ultimately up to the judge. and here s the judge, surprise, in open court, flat-out warning flynn, i cannot assure you that if you proceed today, you will not receive a sentence of incarceration. there are si
here. this judge keeps wanting to delay this. how many times now? we have heard the judge say are you ready to go do this today? this judge, emmet sullivan appointed by bush, reagan, and clinton, the wild card in the proceedings today. shimon and pam, stay with us and come back as we get more information. perhaps we shouldn t be surprised. disruption and detours are the order of the day in the age of trump. the judge keeps asking michael flynn, are you sure? are you sure? the judge called and scheduled a hearing. he said yes, he wanted to be there. what s going on? part is the issues they raised in the pleadings within the last several days and just last night, the judge ordered the release of the interviewed transcripts. they introduced all of this uncertainty and then the hearing was previously scheduled for today. he is making sure and giving
and he was part of this scheme. so that adds a different dimension to his testimony where she was someone, as i understand from the proceedings today, who expressed remorse at having known that some of this was wrong activity, but has a little bit of distance in that she was the accountant, she wasn t the person sort of pursuing the scheme. with so much juliette, with so much evidence against manafort, what is his strategy? is he banking on a pardon from the president or a mistrial? oh, his strategy may be just to delay this as long as possible and hopefully win in court. i think at this stage we don t know his strategy because as carrie was pointing out, the evidence does seem pretty damning so far. it s document heavy, but also you have these five witnesses who worked with him day in and day out who are testifying against him. so it s you know, we always are looking for is there sort of some grand strategy to all this different behavior, stone or
preview of what we re going to hear from the prosecution star witness, rick gates? well, in some ways, rick gates will, i think, provide even more details if, in fact, he does testify. he will have additional questions from the defense about, you know, his cooperation agreement as well. and he was part of this scheme. so that adds a different dimension to his testimony where she was someone, as i understand from the proceedings today, who expressed remorse at having known that some of this was wrong activity, but has a little bit of distance in that she was the accountant, she wasn t the person sort of pursuing the scheme. with so much juliette, with so much evidence against manafort, what is his strategy? is he banking on a pardon from the president or a mistrial? oh, his strategy may be just to delay this as long as possible and hopefully win in court. i think at this stage we don t