charges in robert mueller s investigation. as part of the deal, flynn has agreed to cooperate with the investigation, seemingly turning on his former boss. today marks a watershed moment in the relationship between the two men that dates back roughly two years. the retired general first met donald trump in august of 2015 when flynn traveled to trump tower to meet with the then-candidate. according to the new yorker they were scheduled to talk for 30 minutes, the conversation lasted 90. flynn left the meeting deeply impressed with trump. by february 2016, michael flynn was serving as informal foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign. he had openly advocated for closer ties with russia, in fact, two months earlier lieutenant general nine had traveled to russia to moscow as a paid speaker for a russian today anniversary dinner. he was seated two seats over from russian president vladimir putin. on april 27th, 2016, donald trump delivered his first major foreign policy speech in whic
the first one was april 27th, 2016. this is what we know of, by the way. this was at washington d.c. hotel meet and greet. russian ambassador until very recently in the united states. number two was the meeting we have just learned about in the last couple weeks. june 9, 2016 at trump tower. apparently he feels in that meeting for ten minutes. says he texted an assistant to try and get him out of the meeting. but donald trump jr. was there, the president s son, former trump campaign manager and as far as we know now five russians with connections to the government. two things we didn t know about. number three is december 1st, is 2016 at trump tower for 20 to 30 minutes. jared kushner, sergey kislyak who we have already seen, and michael flynn. he was then a campaign advisor. he then became the national security advisor. meet approximating number four
do. att gen sessions: i am blessed indeed. i agree with that. let me get a couple of things clear in my mind here, notes i ve taken while people were asking questions and you were talking. on the april 27th, 2016 event, i think that was the mayflower hotel speech at the presidential candidate gave on foreign policy, you did not have a room at that event where he had private meetings, did you? att gen sessions: no, i did not. as i understand it, you went to a reception that was attended by how many people? att gen sessions: i think 2-3 dozen people. you went in her speech and you may have seen people on your way out. att gen sessions: correct. when you said you possibly had a meeting with mr. kislyak, do you mean you possibly met hi him? att gen sessions: i may have had an encounter during the
proud and supportive of what you do. thank you, i ve been blessed indeed. i agree with that. i agree with that. let me just get a couple of things clear in my mind here of notes i ve taken while people were asking questions, and you were talking. on the april 27th, 2016 event, i think that s the mayflower hotel speech that the presidential candidate gave on foreign policy. you didn t have a room at that event where you had private meetings, did you? no, i did not. and as i understand it you went to a reception that was attended by how many people? i think two to three dozen. two to three dozen people. you weren t and heard a speech and may have seen people on your way out? correct. so when you said you possibly had a meeting with mr. kislyak, did you mean you possibly met him? i didn t have any formal
thank you. i m blessed indeed. i agree with that. i agree with that. let me just get a couple things clear in my mind here, notes i ve taken while people were asking questions and you were talking, on the april 27th, 2016 event, i think that s the mayflower hotel speech that the president that the presidential candidate gave on foreign policy. you didn t have a room at that event where you had private meetings, did you? no, i did not. as i understand it, you went to a reception that was attended by how many people? i think two to three dozen. two to three dozen people. you went in, heard a speech and may have seen people on your way out? correct. so when you said you possibly had a meeting with mr. kislyak, did you mean you possibly met him? i didn t have any formal meeting with him, i m confident of that.