[SARA] Special Counsel Robert Mueller released his highly redacted and anticipated memo Tuesday, recommending a lenient sentence for former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and no jail time. The memo noted that "the defendant’s substantial assistance and other consideration" was the reason Mueller recommended the lenient sentence for the retired Army three-star general.The six-page memo went on to state that ’a sentence at the low end of the guideline range, including a sentence that does not impose a term of incarceration ‐ is appropriate and warranted."
According to the memo, Flynn sat for 19 interviews with the Special Counsel but the Mueller memo didn’t disclose what "substantial" information the former short-term National Security Advisor provided to the Department of Justice.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-NC, who has been at the forefront of Congressional investigations into the FBI’s handling of the Russia probe, told this reporter late Tuesday that it’s what’s not in Mueller’s recommendations that reveal "they didn’t have anything in the sentencing guidelines that show Flynn colluded with Russia."
"It took nearly two years for Robert Mueller to come to the same conclusion that President Trump got to several months after Flynn was charged ‐ that Flynn is a good man and didn’t collude," said Meadows. Meadows noted that the term "substantial cooperation" is a legal phrase that is necessary to include in the sentencing recommendation "in order to get a reduced sentence from the court."