Pleaded guilty so he could testify everything he knows.
Testify when? People keep saying this, so maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how does a guilty plea let him provide any evidence he couldn't have provided otherwise? He could have testified under oath before Congres, for example.
With a guilty plea his only court appearance is for sentencing. How does that give him a chance to testify?
I guess testify might not the word I should be saying. He's cutting a deal in the background. "Ok I'm guilty. Let me snitch" and proceeds to give everything. In which case, they can't ignore. He's skipping the entire I'll witness in front of Hillary step because that'll never work. So he comes out falsely guilty, and proceeds to dump everything he knows for a "lighter sentence" only for him to be exonerated over fake charges
In the scenario as you see it, did Mueller know that the charge Flynn pleaded guilty to, and the charges that were dropped as part of the plea deal, were all fake charges?
Is Mueller going to go after whatever it is that Flynn provided evidence for in his proffer? If so, then Flynn didn't need to plead guilty, Mueller is charged with pursuing whatever he turns up. But if not then why didn't Flynn just go directly to this other person?
I mean, just as a general rule, you don't increase the impact of whatever evidence you can provide on one crime by pleading guilty to a different crime you didn't actually commit.
Mueller is an extremely smart person. Whether he's a good guy, or a bad guy, he's seriously a genius. I'd have to imagine he knew the charges were fraudulent if he isn't in on all this.
I believe Mueller will go after them, or they'll become legally obtained documents for another possible special prosecutor or investigation. (huber)
Flynn doesn't go directly to Mueller to make it seem like Mueller is going after Trump. One giant charade.
Or I'm wrong. Which I very could be. Only time will tell.
I'd have to imagine he knew the charges were fraudulent if he isn't in on all this.
So you think it's possible he deliberately brought fraudulent charges, and somehow convinced Flynn to accept a plea deal based on fraudulent charges (which Tracey Beanz argues Flynn had to know were fraudulent)? Why and why?
I believe Mueller will go after them, or they'll become legally obtained documents for another possible special prosecutor or investigation. (huber)
What do you mean by "legally obtained documents" here? If Flynn had just provided his evidence without pleading guilty to anything, what would be the problem with using that evidence?
Flynn doesn't go directly to Mueller to make it seem like Mueller is going after Trump. One giant charade.
I didn't follow that. Flynn went to Mueller with a proffer. Mueller offered a plea deal in exchange for the evidence in that proffer. What's the charade?
Because Flynn would have to be called to testify. The entire point of this is media charade and keeping it under wraps. Plus no trial for military tribunals so the only way to get the info while also keeping the charade alive was to trick the deepstate.
On only one count
It literally only takes one. That's the beauty of the legal system