house, in particular, misleading poor mike pence about michael flynn s russia contacts during the transition. but it has been documented that the white house had been warned about those contacts by michael flynn weeks before michael flynn was fired. so, michael flynn was fired not because of what he did. no, no, no. michael flynn was fired only because what he did became public. or some, some of what he did became public. nbc news reports investigators are speaking to multiple witnesses in coming days to gain more information surrounding flynn s lobbying work including whether he laundered money or lied to federal agents about his overseas contacts according to three sources familiar with the investigation. mueller s team is also examining whether flynn attempted to orchestrate the removal of a chief rival of turkish president
say the flynn cases, michael flynn, the father, michael flynn, the son. yes. i mean, what we re seeing here is a ramped up pressure on michael. the flynn, the father, because he s a very important part of this investigation for robert mueller. if you think about all of the work that mueller s investigation has done over the past few months, pulling documents, all of the data and figures they need, they need people to fill in the gaps, tell narrative of how closely the trump campaign may have worked with russia leading up this election and michael t. flynn, the father, can do that because he worked on the campaign and he also was the national security adviser. so he s in a position almost more so than someone like paul manafort would be or george papadopoulos to be able to give the key information and this pressure is ramping up on him because of the charges, because of the thing that is they re looking into like you just read, lawrence, and because his son is now involved.
joining us now, julia ansly, justice reporter for nbc news, one of the reporters who broke the flynn news. also with us, eugene robinson, a msnbc plit cap analyst and ron klain, chief of staff to vice presidents and president obama and a former chief counsel of the senate jewish yeah committee. julia, first to your reporting on the flynn case and i should say the flynn cases, michael flynn, the father, michael flynn, the son. yes. i mean, what we re seeing here is a ramped up pressure on michael. the flynn, the father, because he s a very important part of this investigation for robert mueller. if you think about all of the work that mueller s investigation has done over the past few months, pulling documents, all of the data and figures they need, they need people to fill in the gaps, tell narrative of how closely the trump campaign may have worked with russia leading up this election and michael t. flynn, the father, can do that because he worked on the campaign and he also was the