mueller noting that several senior members of the transition team publicly repeated false information. i have talked to general flynn. none of that came up. the subject matter of sanctions or the actions taken by the obama administration was there any contact in any way between trump or his associates and the kremlin or cut-outs they had? of course not. why would there be any contacts between the campaign? after flynn said there was lies, he was fired. mr. trump denies the allegation, but it has put flynn at the center of the probe as to if the president obstructed justice. the next step for michael flynn is sentencing. that will happen on december 18th.
we have breaking news. this highly anticipated memo gave glimpses into where the investigation is headed, and there are two probes that are not public that flynn also assisted in. special counsel robert mueller recommending michael flynn serve no jail time for lying to the fbi, citing his substantial assistance in several ongoing investigations, including mueller s probe into russia s interference in the 2016 election, and any links or coordination between russia and the trump campaign. flynn sat for 19 interviews and handing over key documents and communications. mueller s team arguing flynn s
this is new day, december 5th, 6:00 here in washington. a highly anticipated filing from robert mueller spells out michael flynn has given substantial assistance to the russia investigation, so much so that mueller recommends flynn serve no jail time. mueller says flynn helped with three investigations, and two of them are redacted. as alisyn said, the
-when insurance needs translating, get answers in plain english at progressiveanswers.com. -he wants you to sign karen s birthday card. it s a high honor. special counsel robert mueller recommending former trump national security adviser, michael flynn, get no jail time after giving what he called substantial assistance in the russia probe. mueller says flynn is cooperating with at least three ongoing investigations, two of which we know nothing about. joining us now is former director of national intelligence and cnn national security analyst, james clapper. director, it s good to have you here with us. you know michael flynn. he worked for you. what did you think about the headlines that came out last night about mueller? i was not terribly surprised. i, like everybody else, have been torturing the filing and
early cooperation was valuable because he was one of the only people knowing many details, but crucial details remain unknown since the majority of the court filing is redacted. what i think here is flynn provided information that is allowing mueller to make a criminal case against somebody. we can speculate or not speculate, but there s somebody out there who has a criminal case that could be coming. rudy guiliani playing down the significance of flynn s cooperation, telling nbc news if he had information to share about the president that would hurt the president, you would know it by now.