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Michael Flynn, former Trump National Security Advisor, filed a motion late Tuesday night to withdraw his guilty plea in what has been a tumultuous court battle against Department of Justice prosecutors, who Flynn claims breached the plea agreement and operated with bad faith.

Flynn’s defense attorney Sidney Powell stated in the most recent motion that Flynn “hereby moves to withdraw his plea because of the government’s bad faith, vindictiveness, and breach of the plea agreement.”

In November, 2017 Flynn, who had pled guilty to making a false statement to the FBI, signed a plea agreement with the government that, “so long as Gen. Flynn met the terms of cooperation set forth in the plea—which required TRUTHFUL testimony—the government would file a departure motion with the court,” said Powell in a statement given to this reporter.

She also requested “a continuance of the sentencing date set for January 28, 2020, for thirty days or until February 27, 2020, or such other subsequent day that is convenient to the Court and counsel, and a corresponding extension of time to file any supplemental sentencing memorandum (from January 22, 2020, to February 21, 2020).”

The motion argues that the “continuance is requested to allow time for the government to respond to the most recent aspects of this Motion and for Mr. Flynn to provide the additional briefing he needs to protect the record and his constitutional rights in light of significant developments in the last thirty days.”