very close. they spent a lot of time together. the president considered him to be a friend and they were fiercely loyal to won another. tom foreman is outfront. the next president of the united states right here. on the campaign trail, michael flynn seemed a true man of donald trump and the add admiration mutual as the candidate courts vote frs the military community. we have tremendous military support. unbelievable. and having as you know, general flynn here and having so many of the general, where is general flynn. he s around here somewhere. flynn was once a member of barack obama s team and a top military sbintelligence offer a by the summer of 2015, he had done an odd about face and began talking to republican candidates and when he met donald trump, i knew he was going to be president of the united states.
guy. if i was in flynn s legal team, i would be seeking a pardon. one of the more interesting things about today s events is for one or two reasons, there s no pardon coming and one reason is that either the president and his team feels that politically, they cannot pardon flynn and his son or there are state charges, which cannot be pardoned by a president. they have to be pardoned by a governor. so flynn felt like he was backed up against the wall and had to take a deal with mueller which putting mule ner the driver s seat. to that point, mueller in the driver s seat, but some people, the white house says look, you get a guilty plea online with the fbi with flynn, with papadopoulos, you have charges on manafort and gates on things that predated the campaign. if this is the best you got, you don t have very much. and then others say look, if the best you can get is violating the logan act, which is you can t lobby on this israeli settlement thing when you re not yet the president, t
the white house right now, i d be trying very hard not to upset michael flynn. because michael flynn is owned a subsidiary now of the special council and he s got to testify truthfully and forthrightly about all of his communications. i guarantee you, they have his devices, his e-mails, all of his conversations and so now, they will be picking his brain for quite some time and so i think that if i m donald trump or if i m other people in the white house and i spoke with someone today who has spoken with a few people at the white house who said look, you know, we understand that this is a very big deal. the president was close to michael flynn. jared kushner was very close to michael flynn. those were tight relationships. because they, flynn was the
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of the agreement. it includes cooperating now. flynn cooperating with federal, state, and local investigators. this is crucial because flynn is the link between russia and trump s inner circle and possibly the president himself. his cooperation is the key. outfront now, our crime and justice reporter. what more can you tell us about this agreement which when you read it, has so many crucial details. it does. this is key here. in this investigation. and this agreement that flynn had to enter into that he had to agree so basically means the government owns him now. he has to provide information on a ruling basis. he will have to, they have questions during the investigations that come up that they need answered and they will call. they will not need to go through his lawyer. they can call him directly now