TAKE THAT TRUMPIANS

Yesterday (December 18), District Judge Emmet Sullivan sentencing Gen. Michael Flynn delivered a message to Trumpians that said, in essence, that they shouldn't "count their chickens before they are hatched."*

Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, for example, predicted that the judge would throw out the Flynn case.  Various commentators on Fox crowed over what the judge was going to slap down the FBI.  For one of the more mild examples:
Sullivan has the authority to toss Flynn’s guilty plea and the charge against him if he concludes that the FBI interfered with Flynn’s constitutional right to counsel, although he has given no indications that he intends to do so.*

This was a mistake.  Afterward, they were a bit more careful.
“After 18 months—and you’ve got this guy in a vice grip for 18 months—this?” [Laura] Ingraham said, referring to Mueller’s sentencing memo. “I mean, unless those redactions are really, like, knock your socks off, maybe they will be, I think this is a big zero. I think this Mueller thing, and what they did to Flynn is disgusting.”**

Before turning his discourse to  what Hannity calls the real criminals are Hillary Clinton and James Comey
“This is a disgrace, and this is what we've been telling you. This is a glaring example of a two-tier justice system in America,” Hannity said in his opening monologue after lamenting the alleged hardships Flynn has suffered over the previous year. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials while a member of the Trump transition team. In the memo, the Mueller team recommended that Flynn face no prison time because of his "substantial assistance" to the investigation.***

The judge really tore into Flynn and even asked the prosecution if they have considered Treason!  It looks like the judge is ready to sentence Flynn for a crime worse than lying to the FBI{.
"I'm not hiding my disgust, my disdain for this criminal offense," Sullivan said


* https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn-sentenced
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/18/michael-flynn-sentencing-collapses-judge-disgust-former-trump-aide/2352912002/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/case-michael-flynn-timeline
** https://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-fox-news-mueller-flynn-1245223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCGpK1gtxQ
*** https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-sean-hannity-michael-flynn-hillary-clinton-1244655