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This is how federal plea bargaining always works. (And just wait until you find out about AEDPA.)
And if you think DOJ's reference to a plea waiver is outrageous in Flynn's case (where it provided info anyway), consider this: There have been cases in which DOJ conceded a defendant was "legally innocent" but sought to enforce a plea waiver to uphold the conviction anyway.
See this one, for example: usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/st…

(DOJ changed its approach to these cases after @usatoday reported on it, freeing at least 35 people.)
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