to a tread where most people would not go in this situation. mike, any indication of dangle to pardon in front of michael cohen in front of that call today? no. no. we don t know that or much about the substance of the call. that s the problem, it s the appearance. it leads people to raise questions like that. why is it two subjects in an investigation are talking about it? what is it that they need to talk about? the thing about it is the lawyers can easily talk with each other. they can discussion and it can be protected by attorney/client privilege. the president s lawyers had one of these agreements with michael flynn last year and it was only after flynn agreed to cooperate with the government that they pulled out of that agreement. that was the first sign flynn was going to cooperate. now you have the president sort coloring outside of lines and creating a problem for himself. phill rucker is rod
has been a pattern of michael flynn failing to disclose his foreign contacts and business entanglements on his security clearance form which they have reviewed. either it happened or it didn t. in this case we re talking about flynn advising companies that were behind a plan to build nuclear power plants in the middle east backed by russian interests. he failed to disclose it according to democrats. normally these kinds of things are not prosecuted but in this case there are signs that robert mueller is pressing on michael flynn s disclosure issues and as you know nbc news has reported the special counsel has enough evidence to file charges in the case of flynn and his son and last week his lawyers notified the white house that they are amonger cooperating with white house lawyers, that s a sign flynn may be negotiating to cooperate with robert mueller.
groping with one saying franken suggested the two visit the bathroom together. nbc news has not been able to independently verify that report. former national security adviser michael flynn is seen as a key figure in the russia investigation. now there may be a change in his legal strategy. the new york times first to report flynn s lawyer trig gert a special sharing of the probe. the washington post reports the call took place on wednesday evening. flynn s attorney had no comment. now, information sharing is a normal tactic for defense attorneys during investigations, but must stop when doing so would pose a conflict of trt, a sign flynn could be cooperating with robert mueller s probe or at least beginning negotiations. president trump s lawyer jay sekulow said in a statement, no one should draw the conclusion this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. describing the development as no surprise, sekulow said, what was
no longer share the investigation. the new york times reports that could be a sign flynn may be about to cooperate or negotiate a deal. lawyers have not yet commented publicly much another report tonight about a one-time close aid to the president. the company is claiming that paul manafort took at least 18 trips to moscow and had contact with close allies of putin. i m patty brown. judge judy sheindlin, right there! ( applause and cheers ) judy: i think it was the show had been on the air for 10 years. i never thought the show would last for 10 years.
fees for a 2015 speech in moscow paid by the kremlin-backed television network rt. during the same trip flynn was pictured next to putin at a fancy dinner. now house lawmakers saying flynn may knowingly have falsified or concealed information on his forms, a felony. and you think could be punishable by up to five years in prison? that s why i cited the code, but that s going to be left up to others to decide. just want to know what his exposh sewer. reporter: in a statement flynn s attorney says he believed the intelligence agency extensively, both before and after the trip, but sources tell cnn that flynn did not disclose that he was paid a fee for the trip as required, and today a new question, whether flynn told the white house about these payments as he was vetted to become trump s national security adviser. the white house s director of legislative affairs mark short