p pardons for michael flynn. we'll see. >> coming after he criticized fbi role in the russia investigation once again cast ago shadow of doubt over the intelligence kmupt and offending people in the fbi. let's bring in our panel. and co-host of slate magazine, trump cast, and nbc news national political reporter mike as well as nbc legal analyst danny. great group here. thank you for being with us. we have trump, danny, not ruling out the possibility of pardoning flynn, which may be a little bit too late. where do we see the mueller investigation heading next? >> the mueller investigation is going to actually meet with trump's lawyers in the next week. and trump's lawyers are going to try to find out the direction of the investigation. if the practice of the doj and