conversation that took place on january 26th. please watch this. would you tell the white house? so i told them again there were a number of press accounts of statements that had been made by the vice president and other high rank white house officials about general flynn s conduct that we knew to be untrue. we also told the white house counsel that general flynn had been interviewed by the fbi. mr. mcgahn asked me how he did and i declined to give him an answer to that. i remember that mr. mcgahn asked me whether or not general flynn should be fire and i told him that really wasn t our call, that was up to them, bus that we were given them this information so they could take action. that was lindsey graham earlier who just last night on twitter informed the twitter verse how spectacular the trump golf course he played at was. to you, bill cohen if done mcgahn knew that mike flynn lied and he knew that mike flynn was interviewed by the fib, wouldn t it be a safe assumption to
to donald trump and his organization? not something i m going to comment on. director, are you aware that deutsche bank has been investigated and fined over 400 million dollar to stop the corrupt transfer of more than 10 billion-dollar out of russia? i think generally from press accounts. so an individual s association with a bank that has had dealings with russian money laundering, that would be something that would be a red flag for a counter intelligence investigation i would assume. that s onehypo i don t want answer. a hypothetical he doesn t want to answer. that was back in march but now according to handelsblatt, deutsche bank has been served or maybe they haven t. this is where this story today diverted from fascinating to huh?
congresswoman maxine waters has been johnny on the spot on this issue from the very beginning. republicans on the various committees have had no interest whatsoever in pursuing this line of inquiry. but the democrats really have. donald trump has said a number of times that he has had nothing to do with russia, and i want to ask you director if you re familiar with deutsche bank and its $300 million loan to donald trump and his organization? that s not something i m going to comment on. director, are you aware that deutsche bank has been investigated and fined over $400 million by new york state for failing to stop the corrupt transfer of more than $10 billion out of russia? i think generally from press accounts. so an individual s association with a bank that has had dealings with russian money laundering, that would be something that would be a red flag for a counterintelligence
with foreign leaders. they kept him on for 18 days, no change in his responsibilities. until finally, the white house the washington post reported on that warning that the white house had been given and only then, they allowed him to resign and the president praised him to the heavens upon his resignation. and the day after flynn resigned, the president went out even further on a limb for him. personally intervening with the director of the fbi to try to get the fbi to drop any investigation into flynn. director, when the president requested that you, and i quote, let flynn go, general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians, which is an offense, and if press accounts are right, there might have been discrepancies between facts and his fbi testimony.
i don t know. it s there to look at. but, what it is, that s up for judgment, still. let s get to the element that the president added to our conversation early this morning when he tweeted that he never asked comey to fire or stop investigating flynn. here is the tweet. i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. more fake news covering another comey lie. let s go back to june from the testimony from the fbi director, james comey in an exchange with the senator. watch this. director, when the president requested that you, and i quote, let flynn go, general flynn had an unreported contact with the russians, which is an offense. if press accounts are right, there might have been discrepancies between facts and his fbi testimony.