that s the second thing that are going to do. the first thing you do when you re a dictator is take over the press, that s what putin did. you just said what i said. yeah, and so you got to look at the rule of law. this is also about the rule of law. this is a president who throughouts, has disdain, and mueller investigation has kept him continually enraged. he conflates press with the mueller investigation because he knows both a free press and the mueller investigation threaten his presidency, that she bo line. yeah. the rahul ecall of law that s right. he doesn t want to be burdened with the rule, which is dictator. yes. i think he wants to diminish the press and undermined our
believe in 1983. so anything else flynn had to be believe he was doing so at the orders of others. few good men defense. someone else ordered the code red that s why i made the call. really does raise the question why lie. he might not have believed he was lying. yes, he pleaded guilty, but this developly not a statement that he truly believed was making a false statement. in reality he was presented with a prosecution for section 1001, and he made a business decision to pled guilty to it and of course he put those facts on the record and considered to have done it. but he may not have been aware that he was lying. although his plea indicates otherwise. let me ask what you the cooperative michael flynn means for the investigation going forward outlined in the plea yesterday that heel cooperate fully. what will that entail? what do we know what that will entail? obviously he can t do anything under cover because the fact this was a public plea. what s the role he s going to
we ll read between the lines. and sweeping tax overhaul that could become this administration first legislative win. democrats cry foul last minute. we ll tell you what s next for the bill and what it could mean for your bottom line if it became the law of the land. but begin this afternoon with flynn fallout. premt tweeting this, quote, i have to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. he has pled guilt to those lies. it s a shame because it was lawful and nothing to hide. twitter response comes after the president fielded questions about michael flynn guilty plea and plans to cooperate with robert mueller investigation. [ inaudible question ] no, i m not. and what has been shown is no collusion. well, team of experts join us in a moment to break that down. but begin with nbc jeff bennett
indictment and real charges when you file court documents that be lie the argument that this is fake. you see how this plays out in washington. yes we had a vote last night at 3:00 a.m. on this piece of tax reform. above i think many members of congress if not all of them would say these investigations are looming large over the policy making process. when you get out of washington and get across america is it beginning to effect how people think of politics. i think people already think of politics as divided nation that s why a lot of people sick of it and want to see congress achieve results. and i think we ll see that in 2018 reflected in the way people vote. so the president fired michael flynn on february 13th. and then on february 14th is when he had the infamous comey meeting asked him to get rid of the investigation, drop it. that doesn t make any sense to me whatsoever. he is saying it was very serious that he lied to the fbi. but the fbi should drop it. lying to the fbi
bigger hole. at the same time i m hearing in the conservative stir cells this argument well look what this special counsel has done. they spent $5 million and all they have gotten is paul manafort, george papadopoulos and general flynn for lying about something not related to the campaign. so they are making that argument. and they are going out and starting to pressure people from the base to push congress to defund the mueller probe because the mueller probe, if mueller got fired you would see republicans turn on trump in an instant publicly. but if you defund it, you are not technically firing mueller, you are just not able to pay anybody working for mueller and nobody works for free. so living under the leadership someone outspoken, goes without saying, and said time and time again this is a fake investigation. if you were counseling somebody, republican candidate who is seeking office now, what would you tell him or her about how to engage in this issue? i think you might say to