Flynns lawyers who had taken the position in their sentencing memo last week hat flynn had ln tricked into lying to the fbi. The judge forcing flynn to respond to pointed questions about whether he lied to the fbi, and whether hed known at the time that it was wrong to do so. Flynns lawyers introduction of what amounted to a Conspiracy Theory backfired spectacularly, but it likely cheered the president who tweeted this this morning. Good luck today in court to general Michael Flynn. Will be interesting to see what he has to say. Despite tremendous pressure being put on him about russian collusion in our great and obviously highly successful political campaign. There was no collusion. Were awaiting a president ial response to todays fireworks and flynns refusal to go along with the Jeanine Pirroapproved Conspiracy Theory about the fbi. For now, flynn will continue to cooperate with all ongoing federal investigations while he awaits sentencing in 90 days. Here to take b us through yet an
In around him. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, december 19th, along with joe, willie and me. We have mike barnacle. Richard haass, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post David Ignatius and former u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of alabama and an msnbc contributor joyce vance. So when weve been talking about how the institutions will hold up the institutions will be just fine. Weve talked about the Justice Department, weve talked about congress, weve talked about a lot of other things. The federal judges, our judicial system, and, willie, yesterday you had a federal judge whose job was to follow the law. So, you know, i really dont care what the president of the United States is saying. I dont care what the pundits are saying. I dont care what the world is saying. Were going to look at this case. Were going to look at what he did and hes going to face justice. And, boy, this reagan appointee, later elevated by george h. W. Bush showed what Judicial Inde
After comeys meeting with the committee. Comey fiercely defended the f. B. I. Bill here is republican John Radcliffe who led a lot of questioning. I confirmed that president obama was communicating with former secretary clinton on an unclassified, unauthorized server at least at one point in time while secretary clinton was in russia. It was fair to ask those questions. That wasnt any information that he volunteered. So we were really trying to probe into that. Bill that was last night. Here is peter doocy leading our coverage. What lawmakers want to learn today from Loretta Lynch. She was james comeys boss while decisions were being made how to handle potential investigations into the Clinton Campaign or the Trump Campaign. They hope if there was preferentialal treatment at the d. O. J. She would know about it. In yesterdays comey transcripts where lawmakers zeroed in on the infamous tarmac meeting where lynch and bill clinton meet privately as the d. O. J. Weighed charges against his
From robotics to textiles to sensational immersive video, the NGV Triennial offers a picture of making now, and an eye on the topics that matter. But is it a good exhibition?