sensitive information from him, to protect national security from somebody who is believed to be compromised? he stayed in the white house for a long time after that warning was given. you predicted correctly. i m not permitted to answer that. in terms of what happened once flynn was sworn in, once that warning happened, once he stayed on in the office, ultimately he does get fired. the president, you ve testified to congress and you write about in the book told you to lay off the investigation to flynn. it s been publicly reported that president trump did more than just ask you himself. it s been publicly reported that he also asked the director of national intelligence, dan coates, to intervene with you, to end the investigation into flynn. you said in june that you never talked to dni coates on that
presideduring bill crystal, all of this news i just ran through and the heat on the lawyer sngs. the mueller probe moves ahead, he has done a lot more than people realize and is closer than a lot of people realize. i think donald trump may realize, however, that things are getting hotter for him. and i continue to think that the prospect of an attempt to fire or limit somehow mueller s investigation and/or the prospect of pardons remains very real. i think trump thinks, he s wanted to do it for a long time and i m thinking he s thinking the moment is close. and on the subject of flynn, margaret, there is very important, because this was before the fight ever got started, before there was a bob mueller special counsel probe, there were credible reports of donald trump trying to do what a
he s acting like this because he s guilty. that s not the slam dunk. that s not the threshold. an observer of the conduct, it s hard to make sense of the conduct. conscience trying to get comey and loyalty and stop the investigation into flynn, et cetera, et cetera. do you think wray and rosenstein and sessions can just stick it out? it s i think they are being advised to stick it out. i don t know about sessions but certainly everyone else. there is a wonderful question about if they leave, as i said, they seed this department to a very poiticized department. i m not sure that s in their interest. in one sense it s easier because there are many it s attacking. it s clear he s doing an attack on the department and one person
basically incriminate himself than had he simply step back and let the investigation proceed. anyone trying to be at all charitable read the president s behavior. he s acting like this because he s guilty. that s not the slam dunk. that s not the threshold. an observer of the conduct, it s hard to make sense of the conduct. conscience trying to get comey and loyalty and stop the investigation into flynn, et cetera, et cetera. do you think wray and rosenstein and sessions can just stick it out? it s i think they are being advised to stick it out. i don t know about sessions but certainly everyone else. there is a wonderful question
we fought about obamacare, a woman s right to choose, gay rights. we fought about a lot of things but not national security. several months ago, group of colleagues and i authored articles of impeachment. i think this is all evidence, continuing pattern of obstruction of justice. let s remember that the current fbi director, as you have stated so clearly, chosen by the president of the united states, he is having trouble. but the former one was fired by the president. and if you remember the circumstances, the president was there, vice president was there and he said the fbi director was collateral and then he asked comey to stop the investigation into flynn. we have reported on that. i do want to ask you about something new that we have,