Yesterday or this week in his testimony before congress when he reminded us of that meeting where he was told to let flynn go. and that s been one of the chief allegations of potential obstruction of justice against the president. now, that raises a secondary question. can the president obstruct justice if he s giving essentially a request to a member of the department of justice, the fbi director. danny, so much to take in this morning. thank you so much for your time. thank you. controversy follows president trump s pick for u.s. ambassador at the u.n. at least one critic calling the former fox news anchor clearly unqualified. and now in late night laugh lines, robert de niro appears as robert mueller lurking in eric trump s closet and shares a bedside moment with the president s second son. hi, eric. whoa. don t be scared. it s just me, robert mueller,
And accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit former trump national security adviser michael flynn is going to be sentenced later this month, but how did flynn go from lying to the fbi to robert mue mueller s recommendation that he get no jail time. joining me is former assistant attorney general and david ignatius former msnbc contributor and washington post columnist, and he was the first to the write about flynn s talks of sanctions with the ambassador to the u.s. first to you, david, you feature prominently, and you were the
So he could speak to comey alone, according to to james comey, trump told him i hope you can see your way clear to letting flynn go. he s a good guy. i hope you can let this go. as we wait for this filing we re left with some pretty major questions. the first one, why did michael flynn lie about his communication with kislyak, his phone calls, his interactions? what he did itself, calling the russian ambassador on the day that sanctions came in, wasn t some massive infraction. he was, after all, the incoming national security adviser for the new administration, the old administration out the door was imposing sanctions. flynn could have called the russian ambassador to say that while there s one president at a time come january 20th there
Notes of their conversation. comey was asked about that in a senate here in june 2017. you wrote down the words. there s 28 words and it says, in quotes, i hope dai this is th president speaking i hope you can see your way clear to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. those are his exact words, is that correct? correct. let s bring in our lead-off panel on this tuesday night. cynth cynthia oxlee is with us. glen kirschner is with us, who also worked with robert mueller. cynthia, what did you learn from this document and what stands out? well, i wish i learned more. there is a lot of blacking out. there s no more ink in my printer and i m a little bitter
February 9, the washington post reveals flynn talked with ambassador kislyak about sanctions. and on february 13th flynn stepped down. the white house said flynn was fired for misleading pence and other senior officials about his discussions with kislyak. the next day at a private oval office meeting trump brought up flynn with then fbi director james comey, who later made immediate and contemporaneous notes of their conversation. comey was asked about that during a senate hearing in june 2017. you wrote down the words. there s 28 words that are in quotes and it says, i hope this is the president speaking. i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. now, those are his exact words, is that correct? correct. let s bring in our lead-off panel on this tuesday night.