at the time, flynn was just weeks away from starting his new role as donald trump s national security adviser. the next president of the united states right here. reporter: in an interview with cnn s fareed zakaria conducted before the wall street journal story broke and airing sunday on fareed zakaria gps, the turkish prime minister denies any deals were ever made with flynn, but hoped flynn s previous work for the turkish government would help him win an extradition. had michael flynn provided you with any assurance that it would happen? no, no, no. no one is we are not dealing with michael flynn. we are dealing with the government of the united states. but he was national security adviser. and after that, he left. reporter: at this point, it s not known if a deal was reached or whether money was exchanged for this proposed plan of forced extradition. the meeting follows
the next president of the united states, right here. reporter: in an interview with cnn s fareed zakaria conducted before the wall street journal story broke and airing sunday on fareed zakaria gps, he denies any deals were made but said that would help him win an extradition. had michael flynn provided you with any assurance it would happen? no, no, no, no one has. we are not dealing with michael flynn. we are dealing with the government of united states. but he was national security adviser. he after that he left. reporter: at this point, it s not known if a deal was reached or whether money was exchanged for this proposed plan of forced extradition. the december meeting follows revelations of related discussions months before and during the campaign. former cia director james woolsy was part of the meeting with