Article snippet: Michael Flynn, MORE's one-time national security adviser, has asked a federal judge to spare him from prison time and instead sentence him to at most one year probation, according to a new memo from his defense lawyers. Flynn is also offering to do 200 hours of community service, according to the memo filed in federal court in D.C. late Tuesday. Flynn's request comes about one year after he pleaded guilty to one count of lying to FBI agents about his contacts with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. and agreed to cooperate with special counsel MORE's sprawling investigation into Russian interference and possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow. The filing comes a week after Mueller recommended Flynn serve no jail time for lying to FBI agents about his Russia contacts, citing his “substantial assistance” in the ongoing investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. “As the Government has made clear, his cooperation was not grudging or delayed," Flynn's attorneys Robert Kelner and Stephen Anthony wrote in the sentencing memo. "Rather, it preceded his guilty plea or any threatened indictment and began shortly after he was first contacted for assistance by the Special Counsel’s Office.” Flynn's attorneys cited more than 62 hours of interviews that their client has participated in with the special counsel’s office and other investigators over the course of 19 meetings. They also ... Link to the full article to read more