It's not exactly a newsflash that judges don't have to accept a prosecutor's recommendation. Wow, you must be fun at dinner parties.
Mark, here are three incontrovertible truths:
(1) Flynn lied to the FBI. I have no doubt of that. He is guilty.
(2) The FBI breached protocol in sending top FBI agents to interview him (one being in counter intell) without warning the WH, without telling Flynn an investigation was underway, and without advising him he had a right to a lawyer.
(3) Judge Sullivan was horrifically wrong yesterday in raising the treason issue. His flamethrowing made national headlines but he was wrong, and he had to apologize for it. See Ned's post below detailing how wrong Sullivan was. Even Dan Abrams said he was wrong. He was so wrong that he had to apologize for it.
Why is it so hard for you to accept that all of the above three things can be true at the same time? Is that too hard for you? I know it's hard for Chris and Frank and Lancey, but why is that hard for you? As I understand it, you are a lawyer, correct? Can all of the above three things be true?