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In other Mueller news on this busy news day, a judge in Alexandria, VA today indefinitely delayed the scheduled February trial of Flynn business partner Bijan Rafiekian. Feds had asked for a two-week delay. (1/x)
Recall that Flynn's sentencing was unexpectedly postponed last month so the judge could see how helpful Flynn was in the case. Mueller and Flynn lawyers were supposed to get back to him by March 13 on how that was going. (2/x)
Idea that Rafeikian trial would start in February, was always, frankly, insane. There are classified information issues in the case. Once CIPA process begins better question would be: which February? Anyway, another indication how timelines often slide to the right (3/x)
Also worth keeping in mind that while defendants have every right to a jury trial and some rich and poor suspects have resources to demand one, most federal cases end in a plea, not a trial (4/x/end)
