A federal judge has rejected former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s arguments the FBI misled him into a guilty plea.
Flynn's long-awaited sentencing has been set for Jan. 28, 2020, according to The Washington Post.
Last December, Flynn accepted an offer from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to delay sentencing, after the judge repeatedly criticized Flynn for lying to the FBI and acting as a foreign agent for the government of Turkey.
Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investigators probing the Trump presidential campaign’s ties to Russia. Recently, Flynn had been making the case the FBI misled him into pleading to one count of making false statements to federal investigators.
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Flynn has admitted to lying to FBI agents during an interview in the White House in January 2017. Flynn cooperated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election.
Mueller's investigation found no evidence the Trump campaign had engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Russians to influence the election.
The indictment stated Flynn lied about conversations he had with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the U.S., during the Trump administration's transition and before he officially became Trump's national security adviser.
Flynn resigned after reports surfaced indicating that he lied to then-Vice President-Elect Mike Pence about his communications with Russian officials. His 24-day tenure as national security adviser was the shortest in the office’s history.
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