▁guilty ▁ple a ▁is ▁not ▁granted . ▁After ▁senior ▁Justice ▁Department ▁officials ▁interven ed ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁to ▁recommend ▁a ▁l ighter ▁sentence ▁for ▁Roger ▁Stone ▁than ▁pro sec utors ▁had ▁recommended ▁the ▁day ▁before , ▁N BC ▁News ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁previous ▁month ▁senior ▁DO J ▁officials ▁had ▁also ▁interven ed ▁to ▁recommend ▁F lyn n ' s ▁sentence ▁be ▁reduced ▁from ▁up ▁to ▁six ▁months ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁recommendation ▁to ▁prob ation . ▁ ▁Days ▁before ▁F lyn n ' s ▁scheduled ▁sent encing , ▁att orney ▁general ▁Bill ▁Bar r ▁appointed ▁Jeff rey ▁J ensen , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁att orney ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁District ▁Court ▁for ▁the ▁Eastern ▁District ▁of ▁Missouri , ▁to ▁examine ▁F lyn n ' s ▁pro sec ution . ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁F lyn n ' s ▁sent encing ▁was ▁post pon ed ▁in def initely , ▁to ▁allow ▁both ▁sides ▁to ▁prepare ▁arguments ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁his ▁claim ▁that ▁his ▁previous ▁law y ers ▁viol ated ▁his ▁constitution al ▁rights ▁by ▁providing ▁in ade qu ate ▁legal ▁coun sel . ▁ ▁Political ▁views ▁ ▁F lyn n ▁is ▁a ▁registered ▁Dem ocrat , ▁having ▁grown ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁" very ▁strong ▁Democratic ▁family ". ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁ke yn ote ▁speaker ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Republican ▁National ▁Convention , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁sur rog ate ▁and ▁top ▁national