Flynn's court record should reveal new details in the investigation of Russia

But none of these defendants entered into an agreement to cooperate with Mueller as did Flynn. Each of these sentences was punishable by a term of imprisonment ranging from 14 days to six months.

Some details of the file filed on Tuesday could be described under seal, particularly if parts of the investigation to which Flynn contributed are not yet public.

Last December, Flynn became the first senior adviser in the Trump case to agree to formally cooperate with the Special Council investigation.

The details revealed during the plea hearing raised the question of what Trump had known about Flynn's discussions with the Russian government.

The fruits of what he shared with the investigators are not yet known. To date, none of the people on whom Flynn has been lying has been charged with a crime. But Flynn has probably given Mueller a window on not only the 2016 presidential campaign, but also the new administration's relations with the Russians and the reactions to the early days of the investigation into Russia.

Prosecutors learned that Flynn had learned from Flynn and from whom else had he participated in the campaign. The Transition Could Still Have Legal Risks When Filing Tuesday

Flynn's Help to Mueller

Flynn agreed to grant interviews to the Special Advocate's Office as a result of his plea. He seems to have done it.

Prosecutors have been slow to move his case four times over the past year. Almost every time, they invoked their reason "because of the status of the investigation" according to the documents filed by the court. In mid-September, they stated that Flynn was ready to be sentenced.

However, the filing of this document by the court in September had an unusual note: the prosecutors asked the judge to respect a tight schedule regarding the filing deadlines, thus ensuring that would have to reveal any information on the Flynn case and its cooperation before the mid-term elections in November. This further suggests that the information that will be revealed by Mueller this week could create a political fire.

. It is typical for co-investigators to plot to stay on hold for months or even years before being convicted. In this way, prosecutors can continue to search for them and ask them to testify before the grand jury and at trial.

Other accused in the investigation of Mueller who pleaded guilty and whose cooperation agreements have not yet been sentenced, including Paul Manafort. and Rick Gates. The two Trump campaigners met separately with the special council office for several hours several days after their plea.

Gates "continues to cooperate on several ongoing investigations," the special board's office announced in a dossier filed in November. Manafort violated his contract by lying during his cooperation talks, the council's special council said last week, so he'll be sentenced in the coming months.

The maximum penalty for Flynn's crime is five years in prison, but his sentence is likely to be between zero and six months in prison. If he helped the prosecutors significantly, they might even ask the judge not to give him time to go to jail. The lawyers of Flynn will probably also plead in this direction.

The fact that Mueller details in detail the extent of Flynn's assistance in connection with the investigation into Russia will be a determining factor in the amount of his prison sentence – if any -.

Flynn's Lies

When Flynn was charged, the Special Council Office described how he had lied about forwarding messages from members of the Trump campaign to the United States. Russian ambassador of the time, Sergey Kislyak, and vice versa. These phone calls were aimed at easing the sanctions imposed on Russia and influencing the foreign governments' vote on a UN resolution on Israeli settlements. to discuss the conversations he had with Kislyak about the sanctions. He then relayed his conversation with Kislyak to KT McFarland Transition Advisor.

In addition, according to CNN's report and his advocacy documents, Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, ordered Flynn to contact foreign officials before taking office on the UN settlement vote.

Flynn also pleaded guilty to having lied. on his lobbying records abroad regarding his work on a lobbying project for Turkey.

His links with the Russian investigation could go much further than what prosecutors revealed a year ago.

The former National Security Advisor was central to what we believed. to be an investigation into whether Trump has obstructed justice. Flynn was fired in the early days of administration after then Attorney General Sally Yates had explained to representatives of the West Wing that Flynn had lied to Vice President Mike Pence at the time. about his communications on the sanctions imposed by Russia. Around the same time, Trump had asked James Comey, then director of the FBI, to abandon the investigation on Flynn, said Comey.

Flynn was also part of the campaign, the transition team and the administration at crucial moments that could still be the subject of an investigation. linked to Russia's interference in American politics, making her contact with Kislyak even more significant.

Flynn was the person who informed Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first to call after Trump's inauguration, according to Comey.

And the Wall Street Journal described Flynn's alleged contacts with the late Peter W. Smith, who searched for Russian hackers who got emails from the Clinton campaign. It is unclear whether Mueller's office is still pursuing Smith's actions during the campaign.

Retired Lieutenant General Flynn is to be sentenced by Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan on December 18th. Next week, his defense team will have the chance to tell his version of the story of his crimes.