Team Mueller gave Flynn a good plea deal due to pressure from Trump? Because they were such Trump fans? What a hoot. One of the many myths of the Flynn case, spread by people who should know better, is that Flynn avoided more serious punishment for other crimes. It's 100% BS. 1/ https://twitter.com/ASFleischman/status/1332324298195812353

The FARA evidence has been public for quite some time now. I've looked at it. No reasonable, ethical prosecutor would have dreamed of prosecuting Flynn for a FARA violation under the facts of the case. Moreover, FARA was referenced in the Statement of the Offense. We can... 2/

therefore assume it was already factored into his exceptionally low Guideline range. The so-called SF-86 crimes were so ridiculous that the Fan Belt Inspectors were done looking at them by May and the Mueller Report never mentions them. What does that leave? The Logan Act?...3/

Surely you can't mean that. In truth, Flynn was singled out for investigation and set up by the FBI because of who he was. He pled guilty because Mueller (needing a scalp) threatened to charge his son. It's that simple. Even his conflicted attorneys saw no provable crime. /4

Everything changed when Mueller threatened Flynn's son. You are often a serious, thoughtful commentator. I can only assume that you aren't fully familiar with the record here or, like so many, have allowed your anger at DJT and Barr to cloud your analysis. end/