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Dana Milbank: Michael Flynn’s judge just struck a potent blow for the rule of law

Video: The Fix’s Aaron Blake breaks down what the sentencing delay for former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn means. (JM Rieger/The Washington Post)

The veteran jurist presiding over Michael Flynn’s sentencing had seen the filing by President Trump’s former national security adviser alleging that he was essentially tricked into lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia. No doubt, he had seen Trump’s false claim that the FBI concluded that Flynn “didn’t lie,” yet “tremendous pressure” was being put on him.

And Sullivan likely had seen all the chatter in the Fox News echo chamber about the alleged “perjury trap” special counsel Robert S.