Investigation? absolutely. what is being said by adam schiff, identit s not high hype. donald trump told james comey, can you see if you could maybe let flynn go? we re getting a different context on this when it comes to acting a.g. matt whitaker. we have trump telling whittaker, why are you not controlling your prosecutoring more? you have to show intent. and when you can prove it through circumstantial facts and the circumstances of the case, do you think donald trump is just saying this in passing to matthew whittaker? the answer is no. obstruction of justice is being committed by donald trump. this report we re talking about where the president berated matthew whittaker says
Kislyak. and flynn responded, yes, good reminder that s the kind of, like well, what about that s not trying to entrap him. bottom line, he copped to it. that s the corner he finds himself stuck in. that he s painted himself into. which is why the judge got mad when he suggested there was something else going on here. i do not understand why so many figures who end up on the other side of the trump administration, such as this judge, seem determined to convince his supporters that there is, in fact, a giant, like, politically motivated and emotional you think the judge sullivan is feeding into the deep state narrative? calm professionalism gets you a lot further in this situation and does not feed that sentiment. i think the fact of the matter is, it s the judge s courtroom. so the judge can the judge can exhibit whatever type of temperament the judge would like to exhibit in the judge s courtroom. he s entitled to his emotions, but not as we say, his own facts. but
Permitteded ed tted to have co with ruckssians. you re not allowed to lie to them about the fbi or anything else. why did he lie about kislyak? the biggest question mark. why it s so important the house democrats won power. house democrats say robert mueller may have redactions, we can t see everything on the pages. they re going to call up name of name to capitol hill next year to testify about what actually happened in this transition, who did general flynn speak to, what was the limit of president trump s involvement, if any? those questions are not just going to be pursued by mueller but by congress. the flynn/trump relationship seems to be the beating heart of the mueller probe and the obstruction case. the decision to fire comey over his refusal to let flynn go really put in motion or accelerated the obstruction of justice case and investigation against the president. why is donald trump who s loyal to no one, he s not loyal to rudy giuliani, he gladly went along with his kid
Flynn go. and so i do think it is reasonable to assume that he s got some, you know, serious anxiety about what michael flynn could do to him. that said, you know, i don t pretend to have insight into those communications, and i think we re really just going to have to wait until those big redacted paragraphs in the flynn sentencing memo get replaced by something more tangible. phil, you ve been covering this white house and this president as long as i have. you probably remember some of what the president has said about mike flynn. to help refresh our viewers memories, here s a little bit of that, druonald trump over the years talking about this guy. did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador no, i didn t. prior to your inauguration? no, i didn t. did you fire him because information leaked out? i fired him because of what he said to mike pence, very
Back to the campaign, and flynn was the opening act for the rallies and led the lock her up chant. what is the scuttlebutt about why flynn is not getting the cohen treatment from trump? cohen was a participant in business dealings with trump and the relationship with general flynn was quite different. he came along when trump was emerging as a potential candidate and was part of what had been a very small foreign policy team in the trump campaign world and he showed some loyalty to the president throughout the process. the vulnerabilities with flynn go with his own business work with countries like turkey, which he had not fully disclosed, and his contacts with russian figures including the