Mueller releases Michael Flynn sentencing memo. All the good stuff is redacted.
The Michael Flynn Memo is out. It's redacted af.
According to the sentencing memorandum filed by the Special Counsel tonight, Donald Trump's former national security adviser sat for 19 interviews with the special counsel's office and other attorneys at the Justice Department.
Nineteen.
Interviews.
The memo references several investigations, one of which is completely redacted.
The investigations for which Flynn was interviewed appear to include at least one *criminal* probe, which is separate from Mueller's Trump-Russia investigation.
What's up with that?
Robert Mueller is recommending no prison time for Flynn, given his cooperation in the ongoing investigation(s).
The memo hit the internet around 8:36 PM Eastern Time, on December 4, 2018.
What does this all mean?
It means people higher up than Flynn are in deep trouble.
Here's the main memo from the special counsel's office: https://t.co/ihaDJBEd7l / Here's the redacted supplemental memo: https://t.co/BscRgJkO3w
- Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 5, 2018
3. This chunk of redactions begins with "the defendant also provided useful information concerning...." pic.twitter.com/uC4QubcU9B
- Yashar Ali
(@yashar) December 5, 2018
4. A significant statement from the Special Counsel on Flynn's participation. pic.twitter.com/3QGAxinzjY
- Yashar Ali
So the Flynn memo is like a teaser trailer?
- Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) December 5, 2018
Michael Flynn has sat for 19 interviews with Special Counsel and DOJ. The memo appears to list at least 3 ongoing investigations being pursued.
One "criminal investigation" is completely redacted in the document, another is also completely redacted.
- Allie Malloy (@AlliemalCNN) December 5, 2018
Michael Flynn has been singing ... pic.twitter.com/LQWdtLHKVj
- Mike McIntire (@mmcintire) December 5, 2018
The main point of the main memo: Mueller recommends no jail time for Flynn due to his "substantial assistance." pic.twitter.com/oN85GKck4F
- Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) December 5, 2018
Mueller's office reiterates that Michael Flynn was secretly being paid $530,000 by Turkey while he was a national security advisor and surrogate for Trump and "opining publicly on foreign and national security issues." pic.twitter.com/kFlNKzvpOX
- Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) December 5, 2018
Here's where Mueller's team describes the investigations in which Flynn has aided. They appear to include at least one criminal probe in addition to the special counsel's probe of Trump-Russia. Flynn participated in 19 interviews with special counsel and/or other DOJ attorneys. pic.twitter.com/uB9g7VYXSw
- erica orden (@eorden) December 5, 2018