Interview. Flynn was discouraged from having a lawyer, the lives would be criminal and punishable. Actions in the west wing including lies to the trump Transition Team. I cant hide my disgust, my disdain for your criminal defense. Not only did you lie to the fbi but you lie to senior officials and the incoming administration. Judge sullivan who said he also had concerns about the fbi handling of the flynn interview question the basis of the case. Asking the special counsel lawyer whether the flynn phone call with the Russian Ambassador was criminal. After a long pause, they said it might be a violation of the logan act. A judge noting an unauthorized contact between u. S. Officials and foreign governments are really prosecuted. The judge tweeted good luck to flynn and we are arguing that he was certainly ambushed in that the fbi that we know had clear political bias. We have seen that time and time again. Late today the transcript for mondays closeddoor session for fbi director james c
The body. Now, thanks to the president s favorite news channel, hes wading in. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. With Close Associates being hauled off to prison, President Trump claims that crimes are not crimes while also changing the time line for a key aspect of the mueller investigation. In addition to his tweets about the, quote, russian witch hunt hoax, the president sent his attorney, Rudy Guiliani, to admit that then candidate trump had conversations about the proposed trump tower in moscow, even more recently than previously disclosed. Saying that trump told mueller he discussed the potential deal through the november 2016 president ial election. Much, much later than previously claimed. Recall that mueller had previously characterized the deal as potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and needing approval from the kremlin. Guiliani seeming to say the answer was given in response to muellers written questions, making the comment
The White House Legislative Affairs director knight has been up on capitol hill all afternoon to put together a christmas miracle. It looks like the white houses hard line on the border wall may not be so hard. Out there is a proposal to keep the government funded through the end of fiscal year of 2019 providing 1. 6billion dollars for border fence through the rio grande section of the southern border. Thats one of the most active areas for migration. Democrats have indicated that they may be able to support such a proposal in the house. There is an increasing sentiment among many republicans they would rather go for a continuing resolution than shutdown the government over business. Thats far less than the 5 billion that the president is looking for. Watch for the white house to seek a legal opinion whether it can use money for defense construction to Start Building portions of the wall through the department of Defense Budget. Such a move would likely provoke howls of outrage among l
Calling it a cult. A call a ref didnt make one is suing the nfl. Roger goodell needs to use the rules and order a rematch im here for the party im going to have a little fun. Steve i dont know that its exactly a party in washington, d. C. Partial Government Shutdown. Ainsley 33 days. Steve at least the weather is a little warmer in the northeast. Bitter live told in the northeast. Today in the 40s and going to rain. Ainsley a difference a day makes two. Days ago you saw it out here. Steve maybe thats the party. Brian tomorrow dueling votes in the senate see both sides reject each other. We havent seen that in a while but just make it formal. Another story percolating since saturday. Endlesendless quest to get to te bottom of it. Ainsley the Covington High School story. Steve we told you after they met with the police Covington Catholic high school decided to close their doors yesterday to everybody. They apparently deleted their Website Facebook page disconnected their phone number put
That. A democratic president could declare emergencies as well. Martha and warning from her about president. Good evening, everybody, i am martha maccallum. This is the story. Its an 1100 page bipartisan border bill and voting on it today. They dropped it yesterday. 1100 pages. And in those pages, the phrases such as no such funds, no such funds can be used for, none of the funds can be used for, that phrase appears over 300 times over the course of these documents. Democratic congress men Sean Patrick Maloney and republican congressman steve scalise, and mike emanuel live with the very latest on this vote. Good evening, mike. Martha, that evening to you. We expect action on the house floor later this evening talking about a possible shutdown for now. She expect therell be plenty of votes to pass this bipartisan funding compromise on the house floor. The best estimate is the vote will likely take place sometime in the next hour or two. Detention really evaporated tension really evapora