the russian ambassador. he said publicly he didn t know. it s a classic argument in the alternative in only the way donald trump says. i didn t tell him, but if i had, i would have liked it. in fact, he should have done it. those are the three arguments he gave at that press conference of transition, he said no, i didn t know about it, but if he did it, it s fine, and actually, he should have done it. let me ask you this, dan. you ve heard this term process crime. it s being bandied about by critics of the mueller investigation and by the president s lawyer, rudy giuliani. based on what you know, do you think it s the case that the only thing michael flynn did wrong was lying to the fbi about calling sergei kislyak? no, and it s in court documents that he was essentially lobbying for turkey without registering va lobbyist which special counsel charged paul manafort with. he got charged with that? he absolutely got charged with it.
essentially lobbying for turkey without registering va lobbyist which special counsel charged paul manafort with. he got charged with that? he absolutely got charged with it. there are a couple of unusual things about this michael flynn sentencing memo, and his sentencing in general. ordinarily cooperating witnesses are sentenced after the case is done, after the investigation is done for two reasons. one is that you want them to be on the hook as cooperators in case they need to provide more information or testify. that latter part particularly crucial. you want to make sure if you go trial that s right. and the second thing you don t want to be in a position where you run risk of revealing information about an investigation that you don t want to reveal. now, michael flynn is being sentenced now, before the investigation has concluded.