everybody wins. that is a crazy thing far guy with flynn s stature to be involved. they re talking about getting the guy out of the country, returning him to turkey and getting paid how much? $15 million was reported by the journal, i believe. and you said, the former cia director was there but claims he wasn t there for the kidnapping part of the conversation. once the same man in lar law go talking to donald trump? he was. i want to clarify one thing. there was two meetings. one in september during the campaign that he was at, and then there was a meeting in december that was allegedly at the 21 club that involved senior turkish officials where they talked about the $15 million. it was in exchange for a cleric, but also to let the charges go against the ally of erdogan s who s charged with helping iran evade sanctions. for $15 million in the white house. when you go through that and then flynn pushing for a nuclear
that was something that flynn pled guilty to, lying to the government about his conversations with kislyak. it s kind of a mess and we re still trying to untangle it here. kushner s role is still not clear. michael schmidt, robert co costa, thank you both. we ll talk to the former chief of staff at the cia. plus, morning joe spent the weekend pouring over the flynn plea deal. we ll talk about the notable things that are not mentioned in it and what that could mean for the russia probe. we re back in just a moment. let s get the big guy in place. the ford year end sales event is here. i can guide you in. no, thanks , santa. i got this. santa: uh, it looks a little tight. perfect fit. santa needs an f-150.
comey, he knew a felony had been committed. he knew that flynn had lied to the fbi and the president, in effect, said i fired comey not just because i was worried that flynn was a good guy and i want to say loyal to him but i knew a felony had been committed and want to stop that investigation. jeremy bash, thank you. controversial tweet about michael flynn s firing over the weekend, senator richard blumenthal said obstruction of justice in the oval office was unfolding before our eyes. member of the senate judiciary committee will join the table this morning. now within striking distance of a tax reform bill that may help the rich more than the middle class, two senior gop senators may have had their own let them eat cake moments.
also the one saying this would be wrapped up quickly. i guess it is. well, if he continues to admit to everything it will be wrapped up pretty quickly. i did it. i did it. this is not too far from the final scene of every perry mason episode where the person on the stand starts breaking down crying saying i did it, i did it. except here they did it on a tweet. they keep getting twisted up because they re not the only party to these actions. they give credibility to everybody against them every time they tweet. i think comey is right on point because his story has never changed. the russians must be drooling. i want to frame how big friday is and the big picture. first president trump also laced into the federal bureau of investigation. in a string of tweets over the weekend, writing so general flynn lies to the fbi and his life is destroyed while crooked hillary clinton, wow, that now
cash payments behind it. i can t imagine what happened with general flynn that he was switched this way. as a young lieutenant he was well known, as a colonel out in the army and well respected. i don t know what happened between then and now. national security analyst jeremy bash is a former chief of staff at the cia and department of defense. so, jeremy, what are the chances at this point that flynn has nothing to say? zero. i think the only reason he got a light charge, as joe noted, is because he is fully cooperating. often times what happens with that other litany of offenses that joe laid out in his piece is that they will come into play in sentencing. mueller has biforcated the process. michael flynn is now a convicted felon. at sentencing they will come forward. and if they want to write up that sentencing, they will write a sentencing memo where they