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About ongoing investigation. one quote paying attention to that seems to indicate more legal action is ahead. it reads in part while this addendum seeks to provide a comprehensive description of the benefit the government has obtained from the -- it is not clear whether they go beyond the mandate of the special counsel. legal experts say flynn may still have more to offer. >> there are exceptions to every rule. some people are amenable to continuing to be available after sentencing. but again th...

Might see the third caption, either in the middle of page 4 or in the middle of page 5. >> it says where the defendant has also provided useful information concerning and then redacted? >> yes. >> thats page 4. what do you think of that? >> i think the section of the addendum that addresses those -- that part of the investigation, which was a third part, is summarized either on page 4 or page 5, as i described, under what i think is clearly a caption thats blacked out. so i think theres somethin...

Tells you a lot more. redactionses. two documents just came out. one is the main memo. i will take you through all of it. then an addendum supposed to provide the particulars. wait until you see whats in that document. lets get after it. >> the special counsel again saying that general michael flynn gave such good cooperation, so substantial, he should serve no time in jail. how did we get here? 2017, michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi to the department of justice about his contacts w...

Associated with the campaign. you know, we talked about this criminal investigation that hes providing information on. hes also providing information about links, about people connected to the campaign that may have been communicating with russians, all of that. this is certainly the heart of the special counsels investigation. and its quite clear when you read these documents that he was central and he came in early. he came in early to them. he was willing to cooperate from the beginning. he h...

Cards close to our vest as we can. with this being at the end for mike flynn, as you wrap up these agreements that involved cooperation especially extensive cooperation, but prior to trial testimony, it does suggest, i think, that the other aspects that might have been criminal are wrapping up. others might deal with finance, but this is a sign we are nearing the end. >> as a procedural matter, certain parts can wrap up and others continue. i have to tell you, you are far more savvy than i, i di...

>> on the issue that you were trying to break down, the special counsel office of investigation is on page three and the addendum. there is no two. you get that lengthy blacked out. this may be, i hate to say this about robert muellers operation, sloppy drafting on their part because you would have expected if you are going to put a one, you would put a two. an english professor or instructor might have helped. >> muellers team is just about the best lawyers and writers around. i think that two ...

Cooperating? there has been so much specul e speculating that he didnt want to cooperate. the special counsel said none of that speculation was true. he was one of the first. with long range understanding of the campaign and the interactions with russia and other entities to come forward and cooperate. thats a key point. he also said something else and i think we have it made up for you. you may take this as frustrating, but you should not. i will explain why. the special counsel says in the add...

That could suggest -- it could be what were talking about. >> is that something that mueller wants to chase down, something so tangential to the central premises of his introduction into this? >> not necessarily because any criminal investigation when you come across evidence with some of your targets, they have committed something else, you want to chase that lead down because these things have tentacles and interrelationships. >> right, but is there an interrelationship and if you are dealing ...

Counsel has anything to say about it because he made a recommendation that the general has been so helpful and did so so early on, on a number of matters involving a number of individuals, that he thinks he should serve no time in jail. i want to bring in somebody who knows a lot more about this than i ever will. her name is mary mccord. she helped oversee the fbis investigation of russian meddling before muellers appointment. she was in the meeting with sally yates when they warned white house ...

This to tease this out. if you look at that addendum that does have the frustrating redactions, there are three investigations referenced for which flynn provided documentation. one is completely redacted. we dont know what it is. >> but it is a criminal investigation. >> a criminal investigation. the second is the special counsels investigation into collusion links between the trump campaign and the russians. that is not redacted. then a third one that is totally redacted. the way i read this, ...