i reached out to general flynn s lawyers yesterday. they confirmed to me that, yes, general flynn s lawyers have been talking to the senate intelligence committee. they re saying general flynn himself has not been talking to the committee. but it remains to be seen whether any deal is in the works. whether any deal will actually happen. anderson? jessica schneider, appreciate the update. kerstin powers, paul begala, matt lewis, julia kayyem, jeffrey lord, and back this hour, jeffrey tubin. jew julia, you said a few days ago you thought this could be in the works. we don t know quite yet what he s willing to proffer and whether he ll speak without the immunity we re hearing about. but just going back a little bit, this shouldn t be that surprising for people who know about how these cases unfold. several months ago, we learned about that weird interaction regarding flynn and sally yates. her concern, the former deputy attorney general, her concern about flynn. that she relates to th
but certainly, this is basically, horrible news for the white house at this stage, though. paul begala, as somebody who worked in the clinton administration and saw some tough days there, what do you make of this offer by flynn s people? i think julia is spot-on. i would add to it that immunity does not immunize you from perjury. the most important thing for all these witnesses is to tell the truth. and you know, i know the prosecutors want to prosecute people. but what i want, i just want the facts. i want the truth. it s why i ve been wanting an independent commission as well as a special prosecutor, to kind of keep the politics out of it. but believe me, at the white house right now, they re tight. they re tight right now. there s a knot in their stomach. because somebody who knows an awful lot has now volunteered to share that. and it may be that everything he knows is just all sweetness and lights and puppies and unicorns and then that s just great. then it has good news, as