close to vladimir putin. if kushner did say to trump, only michael flynn spoke to the russians as christie claims that he said, kushner was telling a lie that was going to be revealed as public only within a matter of time it is not shocking that again, this is christie s claim. i don t think reporters have independently corroborated the claims he makes in this book, but christie is putting his name on it so it s significant and worn taking seriously. if the claim christie made here is correct, it s not surprising kushner would be interested in trying to find a way to quickly turn down the heat on the russia inquiry that was then under way. just to put a couple of dots together, i believe this is the same day he asked jim comey to see to it to drop the investigation into mike flynn, valentine s day was a big day in the trump white house. not for romance but for investigation meddling this seems though if you take i imagine robert mueller is interested in what jared kushner said t
lie on air force one about the purpose of the meeting with the russian lawyer and this isn t watergate-style lying about dirty tricks during a domestic political campaign. according to our intelligent officials, the russian interfeerns was an attack on the united states. so what this means is we have the president, his top campaign advisers and his national security apparatus lying about an act of war by a foreign adversary. so the question is, why would they do that it seems like it must be in the interests of the president, maybe it s in the interest of russia it clearly is not in the interest of the united states. all right after the break, sanctions relief for a putin pal and democrats turn up the volume on their concerns about a quid pro quo. also ahead, shutdown carnage, including the president s sagging poll numbers, soarous hit on the
if flynn still would not confirm what he said, they would not confront him or talk him through it. one of the agents reported that general flynn was unguarded during the interview and clearly saw the fbi agents as allies. now, i think that this is important. legally i think it s important, i think it takes away from the idea that flynn was manipulative and looking to get away with something, okay? that s going to be relevant to the judges and certainly it was for special prosecutor. doesn t mean he didn t lie. doesn t mean what he did was wrong, which he now takes responsibility for. but remember, this is about understanding the man in full because he s going to offer information that goes beyond his own crime. who knew what he was saying to the russian ambassador, why he was saying it, jared kushner was there for one of the meetings, jared kushner got another meeting with the russian ambassador s help afterwards,
confront him or talk him through it. one of the agent reported that general flynn was unguarded during the interview and clearly saw the fbi agents as allies. now, i think that this is important. legally i think it s important, i think it takes away from the idea that flynn was manipulative and looking to get away with something, okay? that s going to be relevant to the judges and certainly it was for special prosecutor. doesn t mean he didn t lie. doesn t mean what he did was wrong, which he now takes responsibility for. but remember, this is about understanding the man in full because he s going to offer information that goes beyond his own crime. who knew what he was saying to the russian ambassador, why he was saying it, jared kushner was there for one of the meetings, jared kushner got another meeting with the russian ambassador s help afterwards, what did they know and why?
standard she s talking about? i hold everyone to the same standard. i don t think so. where trump has been untruthful is wrong. he shouldn t do that. i just don t think that s any worse, per se, than most other presidents. so you think president obama, let s just use him okay. misrepresented facts as often as president trump? no, definitely not. that s the case you were making. that doesn t mean he didn t lie. when you re very, very famous, you live in this bubble, this alternate world. that s not how the rest of the world sees it this is the president of the united states. not let s give him a pass because he s a celebrity. is it acceptable to you? it s not acceptable but it s understandable in some circumstances. so when he tells you there s nothing to see here with russia collusion, there are no ties, do you believe him or not? not necessarily. that s up to me to find out what is going on, as an educated