And later tried to take back his guilty plea. Donald trump announcing this controversial move on twitter late today a white house Statement Released in the past few minutes falsely asserts that mike flynn should be spared because his prosecution was part of a plot to block trump from office after inauguration and to undermine his administration. Thats false. In fact, mike flynn himself pled guilty. The prosecution was famously over seen by Donald Trumps own Deputy Attorney general, and it was conducted by bob mueller, respect for his independence and getting into politics a lifelong republican. This news is significant for several reasons. First, this is Donald Trumps first major executive action since losing the election. Few expect it to be his last. Were in a different stage now. Second, open questions here about Donald Trumps use of abuse of his power pardon communation or otherwise in the legal case that involves many that are still out there like steve bannon, his Deputy Campaign
In february, he asked comey to drop the investigation of Michael Flynn, directly contradicting what the president had said. Comey also confirmed, like the president has said, that donald trump was not personally under investigation by the fbi even as comey made clear to the country that Trumps Campaign and individuals associated with it were under investigation. Were going to go point by point tonight through comeys testimony. Joining me are ken dilanian, michael schmidt, joy reid, and dan rather, host of the big interview on access tv. And heres what comey writes about that private dinner he had with President Trump on january 27th. I assumed there would be others. It turned out to be just the two of us seated at a small oval table in the center of the green room. The president began by asking me whher i wanted t stay on as fbi director, which i found strange because he had already told me twice in earlier conversations that he hoped i would stay, and i had assured him that i intended
Where would the Trump Presidency where would the Mueller Investigation be today . Would there be a Mueller Investigation today . You know, and it is remarkable given we now with a couple yearss distance we now know more about the interactions between president obama and president elect trump at the time. And it wasnt like obama was giving him a piece of his mind and telling him how he should govern and what he should do in terms of policy and everything. He seemed to have basically come with two things, the north korea thing is bigger than you think it is, and b, dont hire mike flynn. We can debate how he dealt with a, but b has turned out to be something that may end up being the dominant story of his presidency. And possibly the single worst decision he made as president elect choosing Michael Flynn as his National Security advisor. We will find out. Today in the National Cathedral in washington, d. C. At the state funeral of george h. W. Bush five president s sat in the front row. A
Investigation today . You know, and it is remarkable given we now with a couple yearss distance we now know more about the interactions between president obama and president elect trump at the time. And it wasnt like obama was giving him a piece of his mind and telling him how he should govern and what he should do in terms of policy and everything. He seemed to have basically come with two things, the north korea thing is bigger than you think it is, and b, dont hire mike flynn. We can debate how he dealt with a, but b has turned out to be something that may end up being the dominant story of his presidency. And possibly the single worst decision he made as president elect choosing Michael Flynn as his National Security advisor. We will find out. Today in the National Cathedral in washington, d. C. At the state funeral of george h. W. Bush five president s sat in the front row. And from the alter one of them was told that he is corroding, rotting away inside. He never hated anyone. He
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