SULLIVAN: if the court were to deny the government motion, would we then address the motion to withdraw the pleas? GLEESON. Yes. And I can’t believe some of the things I’m hearing...

This defendant pled guilty not once but twice. And I’m not prone to hyperbole but I can’t believe what I’m hearing here. People can’t plead guilty then show up for sentencing and see how the wind is blowing. Not for nothing but this crime was committed in the west wing.

You didn’t appoint me for this but that motion to withdraw the plea has no merit. SULLIVAN: what about the tweets? GLEESON: you should give a lot of weight to that material.

We have advocated you deny the motion to dismiss. There’s clear evidence you don’t need a hearing. I feel like taking a break to look at the docket to see if yet another filing with yet another reason has been submitted.

But you need the real reasons. The actual reasons. Then there’s the tweets and statements of the AG that show Flynn has friends in high places. There are more than 100 tweets and retweets about this from the president.

From the outset, the president has engaged in a running public commentary including today we learned he talked to Flynn’s counsel. GLEESON then goes over many of the public tweets showing Trump “waded into the facts” and gives examples.