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and i have got to tell you, for the lawyers, too. because you could see the creeping fear come into their face during this hearing. and it really you know, it turned dramatically during the hearing. and this judge, he gets a recommendation from the prosecutors, gets recommendations from the defense attorneys. but he could do whatever he wants. he can sentence he can give several years in jail if he wants or let him go. and on probation. we ll see what happens over the next few months. thanks very much. the white house is closely watching the surprise developments in the flynn case. our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, is working that part of the story for us. so what s the lateliest, jim? reporter: the white house is continuing to claim that michael flynn was ambushed by the fbi, resulting in his lying to federal investigators. but that flies in the face of what flynn said in court today, still that detachment from reality on the part of the white house was on ful
him this morning is contrition. his lawyers have done a good job of playing up the 50 letters of reference, as well as the bronze star. he ll talk a little bit about the pressure he s been under, how he wants a fresh start. i don t think it will get into the stub staubstance of what mo him that way. the president s message is one of suggesting hey, maybe you want to say something at sentencing like no collusion. interesting. and that tweet where the president talks about whether flynn has supplied any information about possible collusion, would that indicate to you that the president was given some information about what flynn said to the special counsel? perhaps the president was given assurances that flynn has not provided that information. he may have heard something like that from his lawyers. the president s behavior on this reflects a great lack of
our breaking news, here s the breaking news. clear evidence tonight that michael flynn lied to the fbi. fugazi. despite the president s claims his former national security adviser was truthful. clear evidence he lied. the evidence comes from a ten-page document. that document released tonight by robert mueller. there are redactions on every single page. but what is not redacted, it tells us that flynn lied again and again and again to fbi agents. just lied. what did i say? lies, lies and more lies. here s what s really interesting about all of this. according to robert mueller, flynn has now told him the truth. so what can we learn from what flynn said then and what he says now? much more ahead on this breaking news. we ll tell you about that. and it comes on the day that james comey, the man president trump fired by his own admission over what he called this russia
to see. i think it s a testament to the institutions and their strength. take that positive message, run with it for the holidays. celebrate with your families. and thanks very much. we ll bring you all the news on this because it s happening right now. president trump as well wishing his former national security adviser michael flynn good luck as he faces the judge. the general now less than an hour away from learning whether he s going to go to prison for lying repeatedly to the fbi. let s go to the white house. abby phillip is there. what s the sense you re getting from inside? president trump this morning woke up with clearly this issue on his mind, and sending a clear message to his former national security adviser michael flynn, saying good luck. also saying he would apparently be listening for what flynn had to say this morning. he says will be interesting to see what he has to say, despite tremendous pressure being put on him, and russian coclusion in our great and obviou