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The New York Times reports:
Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, asked a federal judge late Tuesday to spare him prison time for misleading investigators, and they suggested that the F.B.I. agents who interviewed him last year at the White House had tricked him into lying.
Mr. Flynn’s lawyers said that his contrition, lengthy military service and willingness to aid the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, should warrant a sentence of only probation. “His cooperation was not grudging or delayed,” Mr. Flynn’s lawyers wrote in a sentencing memo that included letters from supporters vouching for his character.
But the lawyers offered no explanation for why Mr. Flynn lied to agents about conversations he had during the presidential transition in late 2016 with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak. And even in accepting blame, Mr. Flynn portrayed himself as a victim of F.B.I. tactics to trap him.
Politico reports:
Adding new details to the extent of Flynn’s cooperation, his lawyers said he spent about 62 hours and 45 minutes meeting with the government.
Flynn also produced thousands of documents for the Justice Department, including materials before he pleaded guilty dealing with his two security companies. He also made five additional document productions to the government after his plea agreement last December.
Flynn’s submission says that he accepts responsibility for the false statements he made to the FBI, but it is notably silent about his reasons for doing so and what he was trying to accomplish by misleading the agents.
Flynn’s lawyers say he has taken responsibility for an ‘uncharacteristic error in judgment.’ Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office says Flynn’s cooperation has been so extensive that he is entitled to avoid prison. https://t.co/KoVsd3uGmI
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) December 12, 2018