CNN: Flynn Attorneys Request No Jail Time Citing Mueller Cooperation

‘It’s a very strange thing to include in this document, asking for no jail time’

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TAPPER: "Breaking news. Just in, a top contender for the Chief of Staff job at the White House now out. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders releasing a statement saying 'Congressman Mark Meadows is a great friend of President Trump and he's doing an incredible job in Congress. The President told him we need him in Congress so he can continue the great work he is doing there.' Also in the politics lead, you might call them the big three. Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison just hours ago. Paul Manafort, who ran the Trump campaign staring at ten years in the slammer. And President Trump’s fired national security adviser, Michael Flynn, pleading with a judge right now for no prison time, citing his long history of military service and his full cooperation with the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller. In a sentencing memo, Flynn’s defense team also suggested that the FBI may have duped him into lying when two agents failed to remind Flynn that misleading or lying to investigators is, in fact, a crime. According to the filing, the FBI, 'decided agents would not warn Flynn it was a crime to lie during an FBI interview because they wanted Flynn to be relaxed and they were concerned that giving the warnings might adversely affect the rapport.' CNN justice correspondent, Evan Perez, joins me now. Evan, the big question here, and we still don’t have an answer to it, why did he lie? Why?"

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