what clients have to do in this situation. go to what we call a proffer meeting, tell the u.s. attorneys everything they know. the u.s. attorneys usually know more than they let on because they want to know if this person is lying. if they are dazzled with the information that flynn gives them, then they often the defendant a cooperation agreement. and it s a very, very difficult agreement to satisfy because he has to impress them between now and his sentences. and more charges they could potentially bring to him. how does he have to impress them? are we talking bigger fish? that s the complaint we have about cooperating witness agreements. think about this. any of us in the same position, if the government approached you and said we might charge your son. you re looking at possibly five years in prison. although flynn wouldn t get that, give us something that impresses us.
expectations of mueller and his team? then he won t get the deal. typically a cooperation agreement or flipping as it s called, doesn t happen until you have had a series of what are called proffer meetings, an agreement to sit down and see what the government has to say. the government is looking for two things. they want to know what information of value does this witness potentially have and is this witness credible. will he stand cross-examination interest be able to help you prove a case? a potential cooperator has to get thumbs up on both scores. that s the purpose of the proffer meeting. a good lawyer would not bring in his client unless that lawyer had himself put his client through the wringer and had a pretty high degree of confidence that the client was going to pass on both scores. so if flynn agrees to cooperate, is that some sort of a sign that he does not feel a possible presidential pardon would be able to protect him?