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consecutive versus time served and so that is going to happen on wednesday. that same day, mike flynn will have that status and in the flynn case, this might be a big deal. you ll remember mike flynn was supposed to be sentenced back in december but his sentencing hearing went totally off the rails. the sentencing hears was basically aborted half way through when the judge started the sentencing process and then basically signalled that it was going to go so, so badly for mike flynn that the judge would allow him to try to improve his circumstances by cooperating even more with the special counsel. and in court that day, mike flynn initially seemed to not understand that. the judge kept offering that over and over again. you sure you want me to sentence you today, snir? you sure you don t want a little more time? finally after the judge basically described his disgust
december in exchange of having others dropped but they were part of a cooperation agreement with prosecutors which manafort broke when he lied to them. on wednesday the d.c. judge in the case amy berman jackson will sentence and give a maximum of ten years in prison and have the choice whether manafort will serve the sentence he gets and after his 47 months are up or could possibly the two sentences run concurrently depending on how amy berman jackson gives the consecutive versus time served and so that is going to happen on wednesday. that same day, mike flynn will have that status and in the flynn case, this might be a big deal. you ll remember mike flynn was supposed to be sentenced back in december but his sentencing hearing went totally off the rails. the sentencing hears was basically aborted half way through when the judge started the sentencing process and then basically signalled that it was going to go so, so badly for mike flynn that the judge would allow him to try to impro
through when the judge started the sentencing process and then basically signalled that it was going to go so, so badly for mike flynn that the judge would allow him to try to improve his circumstances by cooperating even more with the special counsel. and in court that day, mike flynn initially seemed to not understand that. the judge kept offering that over and over again. you sure you want me to sentence you today, sir? you sure you don t want a little more time? finally after the judge basically described his disgust and destain for flynn s offense after the judge said in open court that flynn undermined and sold out his country, finally, flynn and his lawyers appeared to cotton on to what the judge was suggesting so mike flynn took the judge up on his offer not to be sentenced that day and to go spend a little more time with prosecutors and see if you can help them more. after that bizarre day in court
harris: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge s life with the news on this in washington. catherine? thank you, harris, and a good afternoon. the former acting fbi director ran the russian investigation in its earliest stages. waiting on the mena fort sentence, the special counsel prosecutors, as you know, had pushed much longer than the 47 months. i think it s incredibly lenient lenient sentence. not just of the offenses he was convicted for, but the additional offenses that he has pled guilty to. the offenses using knowledge essentially in the sentencing process in virginia that he is responsible for. like most people, i was shocked by how lenient the sentence was. just be clear, manafort was sentence for bank and tax fraud in virginia. the guilty charges that mccabe appears to be referring to are actually in a separate case, harris, here in washington, d.c. that is the case manager will be sentenced on about midweek.