that senior law enforcement diplomatic and nation fall security officials in the obama administration were so concerned is because there were reports that the incoming administration was behaving inappropriately. and was doing things with foreign officials. we were getting information that they were not doing what they should have been doing. this was not political or partisan. when the russians were interfering in our elections russian officials are targets for surveillance. bill: no evidence that votes were changed. no matter where that story goes to the moment. we don t have proof of that. i know from the left, marie, there has been this charge of collusion. but there is yet no evidence of that, either. we are now a year on as the date of this meeting with general flynn, overseas or out of the country in the caribbean took place. and many on the right are wondering where does this go? and so far since it hasn t gone
eastern time. no response specifically from the white house yet. they are referring all questions and concerns on this matter to the president s attorney. so right now we re awaiting any official response on this. all we know is that michael flynn has been charged with one count of lying to the f.b.i. detailed court document detailing as such and the a.p. reporting he is expected to plead guilty. a lot happening. i wanted to get this in here that we re now being told there is going to be a press conference this afternoon with john conyers. when asked whether or not it will be about a resignation they said that will be addressed. there is a lot happening on this friday morning. bill: general michael flynn s tenure as national security advisor was brief. 24 days on the job. he was fired as president trump s nsa from his office in the west wing less than a month into the president trump s term. this after revelations that he
indication that this was moving toward something and now we know. there will be a plea that will be entered, a guilty plea at 10:30 eastern time and we ll follow that here on the fox news channel. this fox station for continuing coverage on this story. thank you for being with us. i m bill hemmer here in new york city. our coverage continues on cable on the fox news channel. as we continue we ll watch the home of general michael flynn. we believe we ll see a car, sandra, in a matter of moments and the procession will begin down to district court in washington, d.c. sandra: a developing story. we re giving you the details as we get them. if he is going to show at court at 10:30 he should be leaving and departing his residents at any moment. we ll show you that when it happens. right now the a.p. reporting he intends to plead guilty to one count of lying for making false statements to the f.b.i. bill: one thing you remember about the reason why general flynn was terminated, the presi
that flynn lied, on december 29th when he said he did not refrain from escalating the situation in response to u.s. sanctions. in addition to that, a week prior on december 22nd there was a conversation and apparently charged with lying during that conversation with regard to the russian ambassador as well. catherine herridge watching this out of washington, d.c. we ll see general flynn in court at 10:30 eastern time. catherine. frame it based on what we think we believe this does for the case overall. good morning. the first point is said based on my reporting in the last 72 hours there has been a sense among those close to the general that something was very imminent, likely some kind of plea agreement with the government as a result of the special counsel investigation into russia. when you look closely at this paperwork, what you see here is that the government is saying there was a violation of 18 u.s. 1001, the martha stewart
now. i ll read it for you. go ahead and explain what it could possibly mean. general michael flynn has a scheduled hearing today in washington this would be u.s. district judge contreras, d.c. federal courthouse, washington, d.c. what could this possibly mean in light of everything we ve been trying to figure out so far with regard to general flynn and his exit from the white house staff? sure. well, if the rumors are correct that there is a plea deal, bill, this could be to formalize that. again, that these were the charges that could be brought against him. he has made a plea so he has pled whether he has pled guilty or no contest and to kind of settle that matter. and to settle his son s matter. bill: i don t mean to interrupt you, i have a bit more information right now. apparently the charge is about making false statements here.