Yes, the same trump family thats now leading the nation. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. A stunning turn of events today. Former National Security adviser to President Trump, Michael Flynn, was due to find out today if he is going to prison for lying to the fbi. And, in fact, based on the comments coming from the presiding judge, it looked to many observers as though flynn indeed was going to get locked up. But flynns attorneys requested a delay, and that can was kicked 90 days down the road. It was a dramatic hearing today with judge Emmett Sullivan telling flynn, quote, i am not hiding my disgust for your criminal offense, and even pressing on whether they considered charging flynn with treason. After a recess, sullivan tried to walk back some of those harsh comments, including saying he was merely asking about treason, not making an accusation. Sullivan had also inaccurately asserted that flynn had served as an agent for turkey at the same time he was National Security adviser
Kislyak, and some of what he said essentially was he was denying he was having these conversations about whether or not the russians were going to retaliate against the u. S. For throwing out russians in response to the election hacking. He denied ever having those kinds of conversations to fbi agents, and obviously, thats what he pleaded guilty to and is expected to be sentenced to. The other thing to look forward to, how does the judge react . What is the judge going to say . We do expect to hear from him. Michael flynns attorneys have been arguing that he was tricked into lying, tricked by fbi agents, but really, those memos, the 302s you talk about that were released by the fbi paint a different picture of exactly what went on in that room. And how does ultimately the judge respond to that. Thank you very much. Again, these are images from moments ago, Michael Flynn stepping out with i believe his wife, his attorney there. He will face his sentence. Legal analyst sam milligram is w
Ke kellyanne is, no question about it, she runs over sbrinterviewe all the time. Does it with clefr neverness, w tactics. But it exposes the reality that they cannot explain away the lies of this president. Maybe its criminal. Maybe it isnt. Maybe it matters the Mueller Probe to the presidency, maybe it doesnt. But the lying has to matter. Yeah. And i lay it out example after example of what it is, and i keep her on task about it the best i can. And it to tto the extent that s varies, to the extemtent she redirects, its all evidence she wants to avoid. You know i dont want to beat you up, right . I know you dont think she should be on tv. I dont believe in silencing the other side. Its not silencing the other side. It is not a right for someone to come on cnn and lie and deflect. This was a defective people do it all the time. Dismissive and histrionic display of nonanswers. People do that all the time. Please, please, please. At a time when the American People need to be reassured tha
To House Judiciary Committee. Hicks is very important. She was at the president s side through the campaign and at the white house until she left a year ago, and she didnt leave as persona non grata. Since then, shes accompanied President Trump to rallies. Shes still close to the president. Hicks is just one of 81 family friends, business associated, entities of trumps that received letters from the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The committee with the power to lead impeachment proceedings. So far, only eight people have agreed to cooperate. Trumps white house is not on the list of cooperators. The white house reportedly ignoring more than a dunz requests for document from the committees. And yet today, the president for the first time publicly said this. Will we have a right to see the Mueller Report . I dont mind. Frankly, i told the house, if you want, let them see it. Let it come out. Let people see it. Okay, so when it comes to the report, hes saying let peopl
Paul manafort, lied to investigators. Now, all in, its 188 pages. Obviously, im holding up the summary here of these lies. Despite some of the heavy redactions, which do continue on page after page, pages of blacked out text in some places, we are able to make some sense of this, via some of the places that are a bit less black. Mueller accusing manafort of lying about his communications with the Trump Administration. Communications that continued well into 2018. Thats the year that just ended, what, 14, 15 days ago . Just to reiterate the obvious, because its really important, communications well into 2018 is communications well into trumps presidency. And manafort who was at the center of the Mueller Probe under investigation was talking about getting jobs for people in the Trump Administration. Also in, this filing tonight. We see muellers focus on manaforts longtime russian associate, constantine kilimnik. Now, kilimnik is an important name. Mueller says hes an agent of putin, of r