The US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday ordered [text, PDF] a two month delay in Michael Flynn’s sentencing hearing for his guilty plea [JURIST report] concerning charges related to making false statements to the FBI.

The order comes in response to requests from both Special Counsel Robert Muller and Flynn’s defense team for additional time before proceeding with sentencing.

Flynn, the former national security advisor to Donald Trump, pled guilty in December to charges concerning two statements he made. In the first, Flynn denied making a request to a Russian ambassador to “refrain from escalating the situation” after the US imposed sanctions on Russia and Flynn denied recalling that the Russian ambassador then stated they will “moderate” their response due the the request. As to the second, Flynn denied asking a Russian ambassador to delay or defeat a United Nations Security Council resolution. Flynn also denied receiving a response to the request.

The order grants both parties an additional 60 days to prepare for the sentencing hearing, or no later than August 24, 2018.