In his initial sentencing memorandum Special Counsel Mueller praised Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, paid homage to his service, placed great value on his cooperation and recommended that he be spared a jail sentence. Implicit in this report was that Gen. Flynn had provided information likely to be highly damaging to President Trump.
One would expect, therefore, that Mr. Trump and his acolytes would set about attacking the General and attempt to undercut his credibility.
But no, Mr. Trump recently began to heap praise upon Flynn and decry the unfair way in which he was tricked and trapped into admitting guilt for telling non-lies. Sean Hannity, Trump's advisor and mouthpiece on Fox News, has been promoting that same line but on steroids for the past two weeks. Gen. Flynn, according to Hannity, is a national hero who has been ruined by unscrupulous Deep-Staters who led him to plead guilty to a non-existent crime.
What is going on? Well perhaps we now know. Attorneys for Gen. Flynn have just filed their own pre-sentencing memo and, even though he is not likely to receive any jail time, Flynn has adopted the stratagem of claiming to be the victim of FBI misconduct (a claim soundly refuted by a response from Special Counsel).
So it would seem that Gen. Flynn has resumed his courtship of President Trump by undermining his own credibility and, thus, the value of his previously provided information. Presumably, he is again expecting (and perhaps has been promised) a presidential pardon as a reward for his eleventh hour turnabout. For this double-dealing he should be sent to jail.
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