Mueller: Flynn not ready to be sentenced yet in Russia probe
Former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn is not ready to be sentenced yet, special counsel Robert Mueller said Friday in a one- page filing that suggests the former White House official is still cooperating with prosecutors.
Flynn pleaded guilty in December to lying to the FBI about whether he discussed sanctions during the transition period with the Russian ambassador at the time. He has been cooperating with Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.
He has been awaiting sentencing, with guidelines calling for a range between zero to six months in prison.
But prosecutors withMueller told a judge in a court filing Friday that they were not ready to set a sentencing hearing. The filing, done jointly with lawyers for Flynn, asks for permission to submit another status report by Aug. 24.
Canada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against U. S.
Canada announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs against the U. S. on Friday in a tit- for- tat response to the Trump administration’s duties on Canadian steel and aluminum.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government released the final list of items that will be targeted beginning July 1. Some items will be subject to taxes of 10 or 25 percent.
U. S. lawyers: Ruling allows detention of immigrant families
The Trump administration says a ruling this week by a federal judge in San Diego requiring the government to reunify families separated at the border means authorities can legally keep families detained until their cases are complete.
The interpretation means immigrant families could spend months or even years in detention— even those seeking asylum — because of a yearslong backlog in immigration court.
The Department of Justice said in a court filing Friday that a case known as the Flores agreement allows the government to detain families now that the California judge has barred their separation.