judge jeanine: hope springs eternal, sara carter. given what we know about jim comey lying again, cardinal comey, which is absolutely not stunning at all, but he talks about the fact that it was mccabe who suggested that flynn get a lawyer and then the 302 of mccabe makes it clear that mccabe is the one who said, you don t need a lawyer, it will only take more time. absolutely, judge. i was there at the courthouse today and i want to talk about a few things that relate to comey as well. when i talked to the prosecutor, one of the things they said, it was about the logan act and the prosecutors brought that up. could this have been a crime? well, maybe the logan act, and the judge laughed after that. then you look at comey s testimony and he says, the reason we want to question flynn was because of vice president mike pence said a statement that we knew not to be true.
which he gives to his law professor friend as a leak to the media. that is a crime. with regards to what happened today, it s very, very clear. i was on the transition team with general flynn, i worked in the white house with general flynn. the call to the russian ambassador was utterly legal. the contents of the conversation were likewise utterly legal, requesting potentially the russian ambassador s support in a vote at the u.n. to prevent israel from being boycotted. how is that illegal? but the fbi had the full transcript of the discussion, so why did jim comey send those agents to the white house in flagrant denial of the white house counsel procedure? it was a classic entrapment ploy. judge jeanine: not legal entrapment in the sense that we prosecutors understand it, but
that hope springs eternal, sarah carter, and given what we know about jim comey lying again, he talks about the fact that it was mccabe who and he said you don t need a lawyer, take more time. i was aware, and, when we talk to the prosecutor, one of the things they said was about the logan act in the prosecutors brought that up. this had been a crime. maybe the logan act, and the judge left after that. then you look at comey s testimony and he says it, the reason we want to question flynn was because of vice president mike pence said a statement that we knew not to be true.
to withdraw your plea? then he goes after the guy. what is your interpretation today? emmet sullivan is one of the most respected judges around. after the ted stevens case, he said i do want with this kind of government misconduct. but flynn s lawyers played it cute. what is your theory of the case? you always have to have a consistent theory. to flynn decided to cooperate all the way, the government moved forward no prosecution and then they throw the curveball, which is appropriate. but as a curveball on the government misconduct if you want to withdraw the plea come out if you want to continue to be a cooperator. judge sullivan was left with no place to go in a sense and as you said correctly, he offered flynn the opportunity. flynn had to withdraw before the sentencing and i thought flynn should have withdrawn his plea a long time ago. i don t believe he committed a crime and if he did, it was a manufactured crime, and as jim comey said, comey got away with what he pulled on flyn