organization lawyer earlier today who said, hey, we're happy to get this resolved and we're the ones who wanted this in the first place, later suggesting this is a politicized move by the new york attorney general. >> and we're going to keep focusing on michael flynn. hallie, we'll be watching to see what the white house says. glen, what do you make of what the judge did today? and sarah sanders is walking out right now. we're going to go to her once she starts touching on this story in particular. but what do you think of what the judge did today, and was it a message to those in donald trump's orbit? was it a message to right-wing media? or was it a put the fear of god into michael flynn to get him to cooperate more? >> it may have been all of those things. i was in the courtroom for this hearing. as a federal prosecutor, i had appeared before judge sullivan before. what i can tell you is he's a fiercely independent jurist, and he despises government misconduct. i will say usually that means