back to the campaign, and flynn was the opening act for the rallies and led the lock her up chant. what is the scuttlebutt about why flynn is not getting the cohen treatment from trump? cohen was a participant in business dealings with trump and the relationship with general flynn was quite different. he came along when trump was emerging as a potential candidate and was part of what had been a very small foreign policy team in the trump campaign world and he showed some loyalty to the president throughout the process. the vulnerabilities with flynn go with his own business work with countries like turkey, which he had not fully disclosed, and his contacts with russian figures including the
means he may not be trying to put up a defense anymore as he faces what could effectively end up being a life sentence for him in prison. in the middle of this, the vice president was wheeled out today in front of a room full of reporters, although, as i said, somebody forgot to plug him in. and now, tonight, we are finally staring down the barrel of the sentencing of the president s first national security adviser, mike flynn, who prosecutors say met with them 19 times since he pled guilty to assist them with the special counsel s investigation into russian interference in the election, as well as a couple of other investigations that he is helping them with as well. but those ones, they re keeping well hidden behind big, black redaction bars in their public-facing court filings about mike flynn. so we knew heading into today s news day and tonight s show, frankly, that tonight is the deadline for mike flynn s defense lawyers to make their own case to the judge in his case for why fly
mike flynn, who prosecutors say met with them 19 times since he plead guilty to assist them with the special counsel s investigation into russian interference in the election, as well as a couple of other investigations that he is helping them with as well. but those ones they re keeping well hidden behind big black redaction bars in their public-facing court filings about mike flynn. so we knew heading into today s news day and tonight s show, frankly, that tonight is the deadline for mike flynn s defense lawyers to make their own case to the judge in his case for why flynn, yes, might be a felon, but he is a good felon, and he has been so helpful to prosecutors, he just shouldn t go to prison. just as we were getting on the air, we got notice from the official court docket in flynn s case that that document has now been filed. it s not yet obtainable. we can t yet grab it off the docket, but we are in the process of obtaining it right
state where procedure was breached, where someone didn t follow protocol, what facts are wrong, why flynn s plea deal is wrong or why manafort s indictment is wrong. but she goes to none of the specifics. look, i m not sure that mueller is going to be fired, don. if for no other reason than when director comey was fired was when the public s attention was really focused on the russia investigation. and you ve got to imagine that the white house staff is saying, if we fire mueller, this is just going to, you know, turn up the heat on this whole thing all over again. but this campaign that you see in tern media outlets and from some people in the government and from some of the trump team s lawyers to discredit or undermine or throw the mueller team off of their scent has really ratcheted up in the last couple of weeks. it s just interesting, i m sure they ll taste good, those words coming out of her mouth sounds good to the listener and the president s going to say this if i say this
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