Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has been ordered to appear at a hearing next week by a federal judge.
Flynn’s appearance, which would mark the first time he has appeared in court in seven months, would be to confer about his potential sentencing in the Russia investigation that is examining whether Trump campaign officials colluded with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential election contest.
[Byron York: A skeptical chairman Grassley really, really wants to see the Michael Flynn 302]
The filing from Judge Emmett Sullivan comes after Flynn’s legal team and those on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team have sought to push back Flynn’s sentencing by two months, CNN reports.
Attorneys and prosecutors for Flynn said Monday in a filing that delaying the sentencing would provide “expedited sentencing.”
“Although this matter is not ready for sentencing, the parties intend to request that a sentencing hearing be scheduled promptly once the matter becomes ready for sentencing,” the parties said in the filing.
Flynn pleaded guilty in federal court in December for lying to the FBI in January 2017 about his contacts with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Flynn was charged on one count of “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to the FBI about communications exchanged with a Russian envoy.
He is scheduled to appear in court on July 10.
