As part of his plea, fliynn says he was directeded to have certain conversations with a person of the transition team. That is Jared Kushner. Nbc news confirmed it was Jared Kushner. Were yet to hear from the president about kushner or flynn who trump described before as a very good person. The one time we were supposed to see the president today was abruptly canceled. To get things started, tell us where we go from here, bring in nbcs hans nichols and ken delanian outside the federal courthouse in wall d. C. Hans, start with you. Hearing anything from the white house and specifically from the president . Reporter nothing yet. Nothing as of 3 00 this afternoon. There is a Holiday Party taking place here. Well be sure to read anything out if we hear from the president in that context. Look, what we have confirmed here at nbc news is that the december 22nd conversation that Michael Flynn was not honest about to fbi agents in1r067volv conversation with a senior transition official nbc new
um no. not necessarily. talk to me about that. well, the person he s talking about meeting with is a guy named carroll dmitriev. head of the russian investment fund pap government investment fund, the job, to sort of engage with, from the russian government, from vladimir putin, with all sorts of western, major western financial institutions. it is not correct that this person is not connected to vladimir putin. what is a guy like eric prance, founded blackwater, whose sister is betsy devos, the education secretary, would have just thought he was flying to seychelles to have a beer with a guy who invests money in russia? i can t put myself in the head of eric prince or many other people but i can say that if you fly half way across the world to meet this russian, it s got to be, there s got to be a good reason to do it other than just meeting a russian and he s