Cooperation Motion News Today

If mueller had said nothing, right, general flynn was going to get a no jail sentence. he committed a process crime which has sentencing guidelines of 0 to 6 months but he is a first offender and on the positive side of the ledger he has a 30-year history of courageous decorated service to the united states. there is not a federal judge in america that was going to put him in jail. what does mueller do? mueller files a cooperation motion saying he has provided substantial assistance to our inves...

Warranting that precious 5k-1 motion as its called which can have a downward affect on a defendants sentence. the gambit for cohen may have paid off in his mind because he was unwilling to cross whatever red line he didnt provide additional information and gotten him assistance. perhaps the time without the cooperation motion was worth it in the end. but a sentence of 36 months ends up being right around the median and the national average for similarly situated defendants. so in this case, whil...