bottomless pinocchio. so i m wondering what you think as somebody who has written a book about how often they lie. i think there s one statement that s going to come back to haunt sarah sanders from that briefing. she stood at the podium and said that michael flynn s lies have nothing to do with president trump. really? let s push back on that a little bit. he lied to the fbi about the conversations he had about sanctions with the russian government during the transition. why did he lie? well, let me ask this. what are the chances he was freelancing that conversation? would general flynn go to the russian government and say, don t worry about retaliation if he didn t have some kind of authorization from trump? i think not. that has not been proven. but we keep going around these circles saying why did general flynn lie? well, if he was directed to have those conversations with the russians by president trump, that would be a pretty big reason to lie. interesting. the other thing, m
entrapment when he had lowest sentencing recommendation. i m not a lawyer, but that seems like a bad idea. when you re already in the best position, why do you screw that up? is it because his ego just got in the way and he was looking for a fox news con contract or something after? and the claim of entrapment is a lie. he s confessing to a lie. so it s probably a bad idea when you re going to be sentenced for lying to lie, going in to see the judge. but why did michael flynn lie? that s the big mystery we don t know. i thought i was going to get that clarity in the courtroom today, jake. i don t understand why michael flynn lied, even after the jogging of the memory, he still lied. so what was michael flynn trying to protect? and is there still more? i don t think that s as we said on this table before, there is nothing wrong with an incoming national security adviser talking with a foreign diplomat about their plans for what they re going to do when they take power. so wh
agenda, i think he was honestly angry that general flynn s supporters were pulling this line of bologna that somehow he was entrapped. he s just a babe in the woods, a three-star general who has no idea that you can t lie to the fbi. and the crime occurred in the white house. which is a sacred space and it was by a three-star general in whom we ought to have the highest standards. and so i can understand why he was angry. should have not said treason. treason is not anywhere in the ballpark. the bar is very high. i m just asking questions, man. but just to be a lawyer the only crime defined in the constitution. punishable by death. anybody criticizing the government in britain was accused of treason. to commit war against the united states or provide aid and comfort to the enemy. turkey, russia, they may be countries we have complex relationships with, but we re not at war with them. i m glad the judge zoned in that it is disgraceful that flynn was acting as an
so much coverage on his sentencing. there has been lead-ups and countdown s since yesterday talking about the fact this is taking place and we re tuned in and we ll see not just what he has to say but also what the judge has to say and how he will react to what we know the f.b.i. did in terms of the way that they ambushed michael flynn in the interview process that took place here at the white house. sandra: we await that. the latest from james comey on the president. he undermines the rule of law. this is the president of the united states calling a witness who has cooperated with his own justice department a rat. this is not about republicans and democrats. what does it mean to be an american? what are the things we care? above our policy disputes, which are important. there is a set of values that represent the glue of the country and they re under attack by things just like that. we have to stop being numb to it. sandra: how is the president
russia to moderate its response to the expulsion of 35 diplomats as punishment for hacking. we have since found out flynn did ask for both of those things. the president also taking aim at the mueller investigation over the unverified dossier, specifically deleted text messages the president tweeting biggest outrage yet in the long mueller witch hunt. text messages were purposely and illegally deleted. would have explained the whole hoax which is now under protest. the office of special counsel as you pointed out has asked for no jail time. what will be interesting to see is whether judge emmett sullivan takes into account some of the information that he demanded last week regarding how the f.b.i. conducted the interview with michael flynn. how they just sent a couple of f.b.i. agents over to the white house breaking with normal protocol for how that s done and the fact they pressured him into not having an attorney