The government was considering. again, the logan act is about private citizens conducting foreign policy negotiations that undermine the sitting government of the united states. here s prosecutors saying they were not considering those kinds of charges against flynn. the judge says, okay, fair enough. good. that s the answer i wanted. then the judge continues. were there other charges that could have been brought against mr. flynn, other than fara violations or false statements? i m not minimizing either one of those. van grack says, the government s statement of offense represents a representation of the unlawful activity that the government believes the defendant committed in terms of beyond a reasonable doubt. the judge, all right. i really don t know the answer to this question, he says. but given the fact that the then president of the united states imposed sanctions against russia for interfering with federal elections in this country, is there an opinion about the conduct of the
A criminal offense? van grack, the facts could potentially support a violation of the logan act, which i think is perhaps what the court is referring to. the judge, is that the act that no one has ever been prosecuted under? mr. van grack, that s right. which is why i want to be clear in terms of the government s consideration of potential charges against general flynn. that is not one of the charges the government was considering. again, the logan act is about private citizens conducting foreign policy negotiations that undermine the sitting government of the united states. here s prosecutors saying they were not considering those kinds of charges against flynn. the judge says, okay, fair enough. good. that s the answer i wanted. then the judge continues. were there other charges that could have been brought against mr. flynn, other than fara violations or false statements? i m not minimizing either one of those. van grack says the government s statement of offense represents a repres
Is this donald trump seeing vladimir putin, seeing the russian president make a statement about nuclear proliferation and basically trying to match it, trying to say, hey, you re going to sound tough, i m going to sound tougher. is that the theory behind this? there s certainly calculations behind the scenes right now, as trump s at mar-a-lago. i m told by several top sources that trump really is rethinking global order. and that he is not tied to a traditional republican world view, and so he s rethinking, does the u.s. need to be hostile to russia? how can he use a relationship with russia and a relationship with china and perhaps trade negotiations and foreign policy negotiations. yeah, but it s interesting, too. because we ve talked about and it s been so controversial in this country, the idea of a different relationship with russia, and trump s openness has been clear. but simultaneously, sort of getting into this back and forth with his sort of indirect back and forth with p
Anything comparable to this. the chairman of the committee, republican senator bob corker upbraided kerry for making what amounted to prepared speech during what was supposed to be testimony before the committee. republicans say they were trying to strengthen the president s hand in foreign policy negotiations. it s a little difficult to see how that works. senator rand paul says the letter was a message to the white house, calling on the president to obey the law. chris? okay. joe, thank you very much. breaking overnight, joint iraqi forces say they are are winning against isis. the head of a key paramilitary force telling cnn iraq now controls 75% of the isis stronghold of tikrit. the rest is still being held by about 150 terrorists who continue to hide among the population part of an ongoing offensive to seize control from isis. australian authorities
Of a calculated game here? is this donald trump he talks all the time about strength, about toughness. is this donald trump seeing vladimir putin, seeing the russian president make a statement about nuclear proliferation and basically trying to match it, trying to say, hey, you re going to sound tough, i m going to sound tougher. is that the theory behind this? there s certainly calculations behind the scenes right now, as trump s at mar-a-lago. i m told by several top sources that trump really is rethinking global order. and that he is not tied to a traditional republican world view, and so he s rethinking, does the u.s. need to be hostile to russia? how can he use a relationship with russia and a relationship with china and perhaps trade negotiations and foreign policy negotiations. yeah, but it s interesting, too. because we ve talked about and it s been so controversial in this country, the idea of a different relationship with russia, and trump s openness has been clear. but