perspective, is there a sense that michael flynn jr., mr. flynn s son, that somehow he was a part of the fact that his father decided to cooperate here? prosecutors use whatever leverage they have. and certainly, it s been reported that general flynn s son had potential criminal exposure himself. he was chief of staff for general flynn. and so anything that a prosecutor can use to turn the screws and get a target to cooperate, they re going to do it. and general flynn was a big fish. he was intimately involved in both the campaign and the early days of the trump administration. so, let s talk about how this might play forward. so, are these bread and butter prosecutors just focused on lying to the fbi. and could they possibly use the logan act? for our viewers around the world, it s an obscure law, 218
election. why is it that the incoming team, were they hoping to promise that the sanctions would be lifted. or is this really just about trump wanting to rewrite that relationship with russia which he s obviously not been able to do. or was there something more there? i think all of these questions is what mueller will be drilling down in his investigation. and now he has a very significant individual who is clearly going to cooperate with him and work with him to get some answers to those questions. a lot of questions. and time will tell, leslie vinjamuri live in london, thank you. still ahead here the fall of a u.s. army general now at the center of the probe into russian election meddling. a fellow army officer weighs in on michael flynn. a tiny sword? bread.breadstick? a matchstick! a lamppost! coin slot! no? uhhh. 10 seconds. a stick! a walking stick!
hertling, a retired three-star army general reflecting on the actions of now disgraced army general michael flynn. still ahead ahead here on newsroom, we look at other stories around the world including how pope francis is wrapping up his asia trip. and the rohingya crisis, actually saying the word. that story, ahead. (male #1) it s a little something
george. so, clare, the backdrop of all of this, the deteriorating relationship between united states and russia, where does this latest revelation, where does it leave things where do things stand now? well, george, i think it s fair to say if the russian calculation, if flynn s testimony is to be believed and the russians didn t retaliate against sanctions on the hope that they would be lifted and there would be this new chaptser in the relationship, that dramatically back fired. we have a situation that not only have sanctions been lifted that the u.s. passed a new bill to impose new sanctions on russia. both countries have since taken retaliatory methods to reduce the size of each other s diplomatic presence in the country because it did seem in the wake of these allegations, this tmg by michael flynn coming out yesterday, sergey kislyak s successor, the new russian ambassador in washington, an
years old that really hasn t been invoked in modern history. dealing with undermining an existing president of the united states, or an existing administration. help our viewers to understand that law, and whether you feel it could come into play here. so, the logan act has never really been tested in modern times. there are many constitutional scholars that feel that it may very well be unconstitutional. and it basically stands for the proposition that there s only one administration at a time. and if you re not a representative of the united states government that you re not entitled to conduct foreign policy. society allegation here is that flynn, in speaking with the russian ambassador kislyak, in negotiating about sanctions that the obama administration had just imposed on russia and asking them to not take any action and to delay a u.n. vote that was coming at the time, that that the incoming