US District Judge Emmet Sullivan will sentence Flynn in Washington at 11 a.m. Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to FBI agents about his conversations with Sergei Kislyak, Russia ambassador in Washington at the time. Lying to the FBI carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison. Critics of the Mueller probe argue that Flynn, who held the White House job for only 24 days, was set up. On Monday, Sullivan ordered the special counsel to release a redacted, five-page FBI account of Flynn's January 2017 interview, saying it was relevant to his sentencing.

Source: dna December 18, 2018 05:03 UTC