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Spencer shuh was able to grab it, and we learned that one of the things that happened since maria butina pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors is that already she s not just talking to prosecutors, but already they ve got her being transported from jail to testify in person before a grand jury in what the prosecutors described as ongoing criminal investigations. remember, she was charged as basically undeclared secret agent of the russian government operating in this country to influence our politics, specifically the republican party through the nra, what might she know about, might she have evidence about that they ve got her providing evidence to the grand jury about? i don t know. but since that document was posted by accident, and then quickly unposted this weekend, there s been a little more back and forth in the case. her defense lawyers argued to the judge that the gag order should be lifted on her case, and the gag order basically says that judges excuse me, t ....
Amid all these questions now circling around the flynn case about why the trump transition didn t care and when went ahead and installed flynn as national security adviser anyway, even after they were formally and repeatedly warned about flynn being investigated as an unregistered paid foreign agent for turkey, that s the day the president of turkey says hey, trump, pull out of syria now. and the president of our country says yes, sir, i ll announce it right now, sir? i mean, the on the surface explanation from the president is not true. the other possible explanations for this, the ones being reported today in the news, are really dark. just when it comes to turkey, just one of the countries that would have want us out of syria. the other countries that would want us out of syria are the syrian government, iran, russia. russia for its part says that they are delighted by this blurted out new policy from ....
So that seems to be final stages on a long-time adviser to the president, roger stone. similarly in the butina case, the prosecutors are talking about the imminent possibility of other defendants related to this case, particularly those who may be charged as a result of the defendant s cooperation. that all happened today. and that doesn t even get into the fact that also today, something was filed in the michael cohen case, which was filed under seal, and they didn t screw it up. and in his case, the court noted that that file was placed in vault. [ laughter ] which means today we all learned that there s a vault at the federal courthouse in new york that s hearing the cohen case, and they have some cohen stuff in the vault. even though he s already been sentenced to three years in federal prison, there are more sealed documents being filed with the court in conjunction with michael cohen, including one filed today. we have no idea what it is, but they locked it up as soon as ....
Quote, while the government again has no reason to believe the defendant will attempt to withdraw her plea prior to sentencing so they re raising these possibilities. maybe her plea agreement is going to fall apart, and there will be a trial. but then here s the money. here s the whoop, heads up from the federal prosecutors who are handling the butina case to say hey, there s something else going on here. and, again, her case is being handled by the u.s. attorney in d.c., specifically by the national security division in that office. here s their closing argument to the judge. ....
Comments about the case. for maria butina, she just pled guilty. so she s not going on trial. there s not going to be a jury that has to be selected to rule on her guilt or innocence. she pled guilty. so why would you still need the gag order, what s the justification for it? that s what we just got from the prosecutors in her case tonight, and this is interesting. first of all, they say there s a chance that maria butina s plea deal might fall apart, which they would put her on trial. quote, although the government has no reason to expect the defendant will breach the plea agreement, if the event she does she will be subject to prosecution from other crimes. there is a chance however small that the government could proceed to trial on the indictment or some portion thereof. given that possibility, they continue. ....