the case for obstruction. joining us is senator blumenthal of connecticut, member of the judiciary committee in the senate. thanks for being here. thank you for having me. what do you mean when you say this voicemail from john dowd actualizes the pardon that was dangled to flynn? you quoted a part of what he said, which was not only that national security interests might be implicated in what flynn would be offering to robert mueller by cooperating, but also there s a quote that he needed a heads-up to protect, quote, all of our interests, not just national security, and the president, and he said, remember what our feelings are about michael flynn. those feelings are still the same after the president on repeated occasions said what a nice guy flynn was, what a good man he was. and that sort of dangling the pardon in the voice that was
joining us is senator blumenthal of connecticut, member of the judiciary committee in the senate. thanks for being here. thank you for having me. what do you mean when you say this voicemail from john dowd actualizes the pardon that was dangled to flynn? you quoted a part of what he said, which was not only that national security interests might be implicated in what flynn would be offering to robert mueller by cooperating, but also there s a quote that he needed a heads-up to protect, quote, all of our interests, not just national security, and the president, and he said, remember what our feelings are about michael flynn. those feelings are still the same after the president on repeated occasions said had a a nice guy flynn was, what a good man he was. and that sort of dangling the pardon in the voice that was projected in that tape was deadly serious, even a bit
voicemail from president trump s lawyer john dowd, dowd telling flynn s lawyer that he wanted a heads-up if flynn was going to provide information to prosecutors that would implicate the president saying that that might have national security consequences. we don t know what flynn might have been able to say about the president that would implicate him and have national security consequences, but that voicemail got a lot of people s attention this week, including senator richard blumenthal of connecticut who said this. quote, hearing the striking audio in the tapes released yesterday actualizes the pardon the president dangled in front of flynn. americans did he need to hear the evidence for obstruction. joining us is senator blumenthal of connecticut, member of the judiciary committee in the senate. thanks for being here. thank you for having me. what do you mean when you say this voicemail from john dowd actualizes the pardon that was dangled to flynn?