before the senate judiciary committee. we were concerned that the american people had been misled about the underlying conduct and what general flynn had done. additionally we weren t the only one that knew all this. the russians knew what general flynn had done. and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others. in the media accounts it was clear that they were repeating what general flynn had told them. this was a problem. because, because, not only did we believe that the russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information. and that created a compromise situation. a situation where, the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. the following day in a private one-on-one dinner, president trump appears to ask fbi director, james comey for his loyalty. on january 30th, president trump
i knew he was. i mean you look at that. then you, you have to ask yourself. is this really a president who had no idea that these overtures were being made to the russians. let s get back to the one on the territory. israel and territories. and the question, michael smilt is, the president was obviously engaging in foreign policy. telling somebody. telling them to have him. to kill this u.n. resolution which he didn t want to carry him. and obama was ready to abstain on. and let carry. be enforced. clearly he was, setting of a counterforeign policy. in the middle east. yeah. long standing. precedent, there has been one administration at a time. that the incoming one sort of defers tieft. but what we saw here was very different. we saw, an administration that was constantly engaging in its own foreign policy. its own meetings, attempts to influence things. we are seeing some consequences now. a gray area that we hadn t. really seen in previous, you know, transitions. we are seeing,
if the snitch had really, good, good, evidence, to offer. compelling evidence. of criminality of some one. higher up in the chain. i think again it s got to be from temperature. trump jr. kushner. or vice president pence. that s where this investigation is headed. and the other gentleman. the same question. to you. it looks like they re not going to be able to get trump on collusion. could damn well him on obstruction. frank, you first. i think that s where this is headed as well. throw out a name. let s not forget. attorney general sessions. refused to answer a question from house intelligence whether president trump directed him off to impede the russian investigation. he wouldn t answer that question. i believe michael flynn may have information about sessions knowledge and involve in that. where this could be going. john. chris, i represented a general, people in the military. honesty is so critically in prnt to them. what was going through, flynn s
escalating the situation in rinse to the sanctions. a day later, putin announces he will not retaliate against the expulsions. trump takes to twitter to thank the russian president, writing great move on delay by the putin. i always knew he was very smart. once news of calls were made public. the white house misrepresented the content of the calls. let s watch the vice president, mr. pence. they did not discuss anything having to do with, the united states decision to, to, expel diplomats or, or, impose censure against russia. january 24th, the fbi troubled by intercepts of the call asked to meet with flynn. it was here where he lied about his conversations.iates was alad the trump white house, flynn might have been comb pre is mied by the russians. she recounted the storien may
hated hillary. if hillary would manage to squeak it in the college they ve wanted her starting off weak. does trump have a hand in that. see that so far. flynn hold the key to that knowledge. we are beginning to see this glimpse of collusion. even the charging document today where we seat transition officials, well knowing, what, what, mike flynn its up to, with the russians. so i think we are getting glimpses of that. within the realm of possibility that trump had a hand in that. let s talk legal questions here. frank. john, you and then, paul. let me ask you this. what about, if the president sees his son-in-law, he know he has to care about just as long as he lives. worry about his son-in-law. husband of his daughter. beloved daughter. and, the father of his grand kids. he wants to keep him out of jail. now, paul there is the question. does he, now, simply, pardon the