and the so-called sinister rewriting of the 302 is not unusual to have notes initially and to revise them down the line, so the suggestion that some of this is untoward or irregular is off-base. nevertheless it is clear sullivan is worried about an entrapment situation. one final point, he was only a charged with lying. he could have been charged with several other offenses except he immediately began to cooperate and that affected his whole relationship with counsel. the federal judge making prosecutors think it is a trial so we will see when this information comes in but i want to ask about the headline tonight the inaugural committee is being investigated saying they did everything fully in compliance with the law, filed with the sec and the irs and have nothing to hide and didn t know about an investigation, no
in both of those administrations, there was process. the fbi wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview a senior official, he would work through the white house counsel, there would be discussions and approvals, it would be there. i thought it is early enough, let s just send a couple guys over. shannon: they did, one was peter strzok, and that wound up with his plea deal with michael flynn having pled guilty to lying. i do think it has a judge sullivan, to be fair, is a frequent critic and suspicious of the government, i think it has his antennas up, just as the congressman said. a few points we ought to make here, though. first, it would not be expected to, in this kind of interview of a department insider that you would give any kind of warning, at all. it is neither required nor customary. second, the so-called sinister rewriting of the 302, that is also not unusual to have notes,