From the white house. We knew President Trump was planning to do this, we just didnt know when and about two hours ago he made it official a. He often does on twitter. He said it is my great honor to announce general Michael Flynn has been granted a full pardon, congratulations toam general fln and his wonderful family, i know you will have a truly fantastic thanksgiving. He pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with then russian ambassadorad sergey kislyak, it was one of the first courtroom victories for special counsel robert mueller, about a year ago he tried to withdraw the guilty plea, his attorneys argued he had been entrapped by people t like fired fbi agent peter strzokr and then in sprin, attorney general bill barr tried to have the case against him dismissed. He accused peter strzok of setting up a perjury trap, a charge at the time peter strzok dismissed as ludicrous. Democrats are furious, congressman adam schiff said in response donald trump has repeatedly
Know, paving the way for this transition to happen . No, i have not heard anything from President Trump. Now, earlier today the president elect formally introduced his nominees for those Key National Security jobs in his cabinet and white house staff. The contrast with the Current Administration was clear and did not need to be spelled out. Biden, hoping that comparatively, the integrity and intellect and expertise on that stage in wilmington speaks for itself. Biden himself making a point of noting he does not want a team that just says yes. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. Theyll tell me what i need to know, not what i want to know. What i need to know. The nominees not only echoed bidens sentiments. There were strong signals there would be no hesitation in speaking the truth. Mr. President elect, you know that i have never shied away from speaking truth to power, and i accept this nomination knowing that you would
The trump transition in 2017 and his prosecution was key to years of trouble for donald trump. Kristen fisher starts us off from the white house. We knew donald trump is planning to do this, we just didnt know when. Two hours ago he made it official on twitter. The president said, quote, it is my great honor to announce general Michael Flynn has been granted a full pardon. Congratulations to general flynn and his wonderful family. I know you will now have a truly fantastic thanksgiving. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contact with the russian ambassador, one of the first major courtroom victories for special Counsel Robert Mueller but a year ago flynn tried to withdraw the guilty plea. s attorneys argued he had been entrapped by people like the fired fbi agent kim jong un when it will try to have the case dismissed, accused them of setting up a perjury trap, a charge that he dismissed as ludicrous. The case to get the case dismissed was pending when donald trump gran
Then they gave their votes to democrats and then you probably did some crazy something with them, didnt you . I dont handle ballots and im a republicans. Then youre literally useless. Did you check every poll . Did you talk to all of the dead people . Were state senators. Excuse me, i have been threatened. My kids have been threatened. My kids have threatened me and i have threatened them right back. Im sorry, but this testimony is full of lies. Im not lying. I signed an after david. An after david . Thats correct. David signed and then i signed right after david. Wow. Cecily strong, not disappointing on snl with her portrayal of the Trump Campaign socalled witness in the michigan, again, so called hearing. A lot happened despite the ongoing results, joe biden has officially secured enough electors to become president. That guy has got to be tired of winning. He keeps winning. He keeps on winning. That came when california certified its Election Results on friday and appointed 55 elect
Extraordinary challenge that well be facing. Any difference in the role youre playing right now . You know, i dont think its going to be substantially different. I have been involved and am involved right now as of this day, you know, with the Coronavirus Task force. Im not exactly sure what the precise structure that will be put up, but it certainly will be something similar in the sense of a daily monitoring and involvement of this ha extraordinary challenge were going through. The president elect said he will nominate Javier Becerra to be executive secretary of health and human services. Your impression of the picks . I know you worked with some of them before. I worked with all of them before. Theyre excellent choices. I mean all of them. Becess rah has been in the congress for a considerable period of time, very experienced person. I know Rochelle Wolensky and vivek murthy. Shes an Infectious Disease expert from Harvard School and Massachusetts General Hospital so ive had consider