Michael Flynn's sentencing collapses amid a judge's 'disgust' over former national security adviser's conduct
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...s-judge-disgust-former-trump-aide/2352912002/
WASHINGTON – It all appeared to be a done deal.
Russia special counsel Robert Mueller urged that Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, serve no prison time for his communication with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Flynn stepped to the lectern in federal court Tuesday to declare he was ready to accept responsibility for his crimes and proceed to sentencing.
Nobody in the packed courtroom – especially Flynn – expected the blistering rebuke unleashed by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who went as far as to question the patriotism of the retired three-star Army general, wheeling to face the courtroom’s American flag to suggest that Flynn’s conduct “undermined” all the banner stood for.
“Arguably, you sold your country out,” Sullivan said.