planning on using against their client. that includes, in this case, information about the key witness against their client who is mike flynn. and as we reported last night, the back and forth in that bijan kian case ahead of this trial that's due to start in july, it now includes a provocative new assertion from bijan kian's defense team. they are asserting in court documents that after the 2016 election, mike flynn had contact with the head of a russian investment fund. the same head of a russia investment fund who met with erik prince in the seychelle islands right before trump was sworn in. "the washington post" has reported that the special counsel's office has obtained evidence that that meeting in the seychelle islands was a secret effort to set up back channel communication between the incoming trump administration and the kremlin. why did they need a secret back channel of communication? that remains unanswered this far into this scandal. erik prince has denied that's what that meeting is for.