Flynn ‘eager’ for sentencing in lying case, attorney says
By CHAD DAY, Associated Press
Published: July 10, 2018, 10:15am
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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017, file photo, former national security adviser Michael Flynn for President Donald Trump leaves federal court in Washington. Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is illustrating an age-old truism: It pays to cooperate with the government. The few people who so have cooperated with the special counsel’s office have enjoyed perks including the prospect of reduced prison sentences. Flynn flies cross-country to stump for a California congressional candidate and books a speaking event in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
WASHINGTON — An attorney for Michael Flynn said Tuesday that the former national security adviser is “eager” to proceed to sentencing and put his criminal case behind him.
Attorney Robert Kelner made the comments during a court hearing Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan. It was the first time Flynn had appeared in court since his guilty plea last year to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials during the presidential transition and his Turkish lobbying work.
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