oval office. the fbi director is there with his boss, jeff sessions, with other very senior officials. they are told to leave the room by the president and then it s just a one on one. why would you kick the attorney gel, the chief of stf out to talk to me? my impress was something big was about to happen. this was one day after national security adviser michael flynn had been forced out. the white house said flynn was fired because he lied to the vice president about his conversations with the russian ambassador. questions have been raised about whether the president knew flynn also lied to the fbi, which is a federal crime. so another critical question is whether trump knew it when he said this according to comey i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he a good guy. the president of the united states with me alone saying i
coordinated with trump s transition team. the white house cannot argue this was michael flynn going off as a loose cannon here. a white house lawyer claimed that flynn s guilty plea didn t implicate anyone else. but mueller only charged him with one count. so it possible that mueller has an even bigger story to tell. paul manafort, the president s former campaign chairman is also facing possible jail time. he s charged with money laundering millions of dollars, concealing his work for a foreign government and conspiring against the united states. he has pleaded not guilty. the special counsel makes a very aggressive argument that this is someone who can t be trusted. manafort made a lot of his money working for this man,
both parties have said he may have broken the law in the process. it appears as if he did take that money. it was inappropriate and there are repercussions for the violation of law. it leads investigators to wonder why aren t you disclosing certain things? what do you have to hide? flynn has denied what he calls, quote, false accusations of treason. but the bombshell of robert mueller s investigation flynn pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi. he told fbi agents he had not discussed sanctions with russia s ambassador during the transition. but he had talked sanctions and the fbi knew it because the ambassador had been monitored by u.s. telligence. he said he didn t do it and there were transcripts clearly showing that he did. what s more, flynn admitted in the plea deal that the sanctions talk had been
a little bit of a grain of salt, but this set off an alarm for obama administration officials who were quite worried about it. you know, people talk about temperament flynn had worried intelligence officials for months. in 2015 the retired three-star general appeared on the kremlin-funded news channel r.t. russia and the united states have to work together on this. he even at an event celebrating r.t. s tenth anniversary and sat next to vladimir putin at dinner. you have a former top intelligence official at the united states celebrates this gala for what seems to be the propaganda arm of the government. flynn made almost $34,000 for his appearance. but investigators looking into his security appearance said flynn told them he did not take any money for the trip from a foreign source. i didn t take any money from russia if that s what you re asking me. congressional members from
hillary clinton is not our candidate. posted to pages now identified as moscow s influence campaign. this is a thoughtful and details process of how do i make this look legitimate. legitimacy boosted when influential people amplified the message. this russian run account was retweeted by trump jr., kellyanne conway, and michael fl flynn. knowingly or not they helped spread the disinvestigatioforma. tweets to posts to pictures. they used every tool to their advantage. that was born out of sheer necessity. hi, everybody. from day one, candidate trump