mueller is still not recommending jail time. bill: a flurry of tweets already today. president trump sending that. good luck in court today to general michael flynn. interesting to see what he has to say despite pressure put on him with russia collusion in our highly successful political campaign. there was no collusion. former a.g. michael mukasey has analysis. peter doocy has the report outside u.s. district court and let s begin there with what else we have learned from the f.b.i. interview. there was another document released late last night with a ton of redactions but it shows that f.b.i. agents were helping flynn fill in a lot of blanks about conversations that he was having with the russian ambassador serge kislyak because the f.b.i. was monitoring flynn s communication and suggest that flynn knew his communications were being monitored because multiple times he thanked the f.b.i. for helping refresh his
interview, shows he is diving into this. he is not just accepting what was submitted to him by the parties. he wants to see the evidence for himself. which is a good thing, i think. it shows this is a very thoughtful, responsible judge who takes this sentencing role seriously. my guess today flynn has a chance of getting out of this with no time required to serve in jail. sandra: michael mukasey was on earlier saying there is not a lot of black and white in this case. i will agree with that. there is a lot of nuance in a lot of things nowadays. sandra: that will happen a short time from now. thank you for being here and setting it up for us. much more on the sentencing of michael flynn coming up in the next hour. we have white house press secretary sarah sanders as well as harvard law professor emeritus alan dershowitz. they ll both be joining us as we await the sentencing. bill: the actor who made the
been advised of that, that s been redacted from any document that we ve seen. we aren t going to know until time passes. usually a defendant who has cooperated is sentenced when his cooperation is already known after he has testified or after the case has been brought. here he is being sentenced beforehand. bill: does flynn talk today? michael cohen talked before the judge last week. does flynn speak or does he talk when he leaves the courtroom if he is sentenced to know time? he has to be addressed by the court and given the opportunity to speak before sentence is imposed. usually a defendant who knows the government is recommending no jail time says very little. whether he says very little i don t know. he may talk after the sentence is imposed. maybe the time it s more intelligent to talk than before. bill: thank you for your expertise, insight and experience. a lot to come up on this. sandra: interesting analysis there. more on the president s reaction to the michael flynn
shutdown but a lot of republican sources say they don t think the optics would be good at christmas, sandra. sandra: the drama sblg. bill: back to our top story. michael mukasey is with me now talking about general flynn. is this the end of the flynn matter today? that s a great question. usually a sentencing is the end of the case. you know what s going to happen to the defendant. you know if he is a cooperator you know what he did to earn the diminished sentence. here it is just the beginning because we don t know what he did to earn a recommendation from the government that he not go to jail and we don t know a lot about the underlying facts. bill: is it possible to agree on the lying in order to avoid another charge that could be equally as serious or more so? yes, that s another great question. why he pleaded guilty to lying
to leave behind a pleasant scent you ll love. use anywhere odors can spread. freshen up, don t cover up. febreze air effects. sandra: former national security advisor michael flynn awaiting his sentencing as new details emerge about his interview with the f.b.i. last year. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m sandra smith. bill: i m bill hemmer. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. critics calling his f.b.i. interview a trap. here is what former attorney general michael mukasey had to say just last hour. usually a sentencing is the end of the case. you know what s going to happen to the defendant. you know if he is a cooperator you know what he did to earn the diminished sentence. here it s just the beginning. because we don t know what he did to earn a recommendation from the government that he not go to jail and we really don t know a lot about the underlying