Sidney Powell, a combative conservative lawyer and frequent Fox News commentator, accused prosecutors of withholding evidence that would help prove Michael Flynn's innocence.
Michael Flynn's attorney alleges government cover up, while prosecutors leave open possibility of prisonWASHINGTON — Nearly two years after he admitted lying to federal investigators about his contacts with a Russian ambassador, a lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn accused the government Tuesday of covering up documents that she claims would have exonerated him.
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives for his sentencing at the U.S. District Court in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.The former Army general was among the first in the president's orbit to be charged as part of former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. His sentencing in Washington has been delayed for nearly a year to allow him to finish his cooperation with prosecutors.
Flynn's cooperation with prosecutors involved testifying against his former business associate who was accused of secretly lobbying on behalf of the Turkish government. But prosecutors called into question Flynn's cooperation shortly before he was supposed to testify at the July trial of his former business partner in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.
They also said that prosecutors' reversal in the Virginia case"does not diminish" Flynn's cooperation and should not impact any sentence Flynn receives in his own case in Washington. Prosecutors in Washington said last month that they will reassess their position on Flynn's sentence after Rafiekian's trial.
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