Michael Flynn asks judge to delay his sentencing

Michael Flynn.
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Attorneys for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn asked Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday to delay Flynn's sentencing because there "may be additional cooperation" he can offer.

In the court filing, attorneys requested a 90-day postponement. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office did not take a position on the matter, but did say they view Flynn's assistance as being "otherwise complete," The Associated Press reports.

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Flynn is waiting to be sentenced for lying to the FBI about his communications with former Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. He was set to be sentenced in December, but his attorneys asked for a delay so he could keep working with investigators in an attempt to get a lighter sentence.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.