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It. whether you re republican or democrat, you need to stand on your feet, overcome your shame and say something. with me now nbc news national political reporter mike nextly as well as msnbc legal ammist glen kirchner, a former federal prosecutor. i don t know what you guys have had a chance to see because i m just getting this now. mike, let s start with you, have you had any chance to look through this long testimony? if so, what have you found? that s right, ali, just to set the scene this is the second time james comey appeared on capitol hill. yesterday he was interviewed for six hours after appearing just ten days earlier for over seven hours before these two committees. one thing i want to flag early because it s relevant to the news we ve been covering all day, the flynn sentencing. we ve been hairing from republicans the suggestion that somehow the fbi and comey was responsible for entrapping a former national security adviser michael flynn. and this is relevant because i ....
Enforcement is something that should not have been lost on mr. flynn. that s how he answered the questions behind closed doors. he was very fiery when he was asked a similar question can yesterday by a reporter after the interview. let s take a lessen isten to ho responded to that. in recent days with the way the investigation has been carried out, under a lot of criticism, in your view should that have been handled any differently? how do you defend it from the criticism this interview shouldn t have happened? look at what s happened in the republican party, they re up here attacking the fbi s investigation of a guy who pled guilty of lying to the fbi. he should have been warned he shouldn t lie. he should have been told you could have a lawyer. think of the state affairs we ve ended up in. that s nonsense. i m very proud of the way the fbi conducted itself, agile, flexible, thoughtful, pursue the leads where you want us to. that s the first thing that jumped out to me, ali, in ....
Glen kirchner, former federal prosecutor, thank you. mike, i will let you get back to reading through this document, nbc news national news reporter. state here because i have another story to get to the bottom of and that is the donal foundation as part of an agreement reached with the new york attorney general s office. they re currently suing the foundation over misuse of funds and what they call a, quote, shocking pattern of illegality including unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign, repeated and willf ff self-dealing and much more, end quote. any money the charity currently has must be donated to groups approved by the attorney s general office. you ll find out about why this is in a moment from tom. trump s lawyer disagrees with the attorney general s office saying there were already plans to dissolve the charity and prosecutors prevented them from doing it, thereby deprive those most in need of nearly $1.7 million. where i come from, they d say, this is ri ....