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Which was lying in the course of the investigation. so it was a perjury charge. he might have faced prison time for that. >> yes, which is a violation of usc 1001, up to five years in this particular case given he has no prior offenses, the high degree of cooperation was expected that it would be between zero and six months.the special counsel is recommending no jail time here becaused on his cooperation. the other big headline based on the documents is that this addendum that outlines how mike ...

Crimes. the personnel overly are outrageous. >> sean: stay right there. joining us on the phone, number one best times sellernu "the russia hoax: the elicit scheme to clear hillary clinton and frame donald trump," fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. i know you have read it. i have read it multiple times. the more i read it, the angrier i get. this is how we treat a guy who served his country all these years and put his family through hell and sell your house because you cant afford to keep pay...

He might have faced prison time for that.wa >> yes, which is a violation of usc 1001, up to five years in this particular case given he has no prior offenses, the high degree of cooperation wasee expected that it would be between zero and six months. special counsel is recommendingu no jail time here becaused on his cooperation. the other big headline based on the documents is that this addendum that outlines how mike flynn has cooperated is heavily redacted here and theyve done that because the...

His cooperation with the investigation. catherine herridge has seen the documents and joins us to describe what they contain. catherine? >> i was still going through the documents right now. among the headlines that the special counsel says former national security adviser michael flynn provided substantial cooperation with special counselit investigators. they are recommending the low end of spectrum, no jail time, possibly probation in this case. the key document here i have is what is called ...

Russia and recommend sentencing without incarceration as appropriate unwarranted. what do you make of what we learned tonight? >> it seems to me from reading this recommendation and addendum that basically mueller is conceding he milked michael flynn for all hes worth in the sense that he has got no the information from flynn, flynn has been forthright in showing up for interviewers providing documents required, appearing before any grand jury if that happened and whatever michael flynn has give...

>> the heavily redacted portions come in the second part of the filing which is this addendum which talks about the depth and breadth of mike flynns cooperation talks about sections in the context of ongoing investigations. special counsel says the blacked out sections, i have some of them here that it is about an ongoing investigation and they dont want to tip their hand to those who may be the subject of this inquiry so i dont think it is wise to speculate on what it relates to but it was sens...

From other department of justice offices, provided documents and communications. then there is a redaction there. while this addendum seeks to provide a description of the benefit the government has thus far obtained from the defendants substantial assistance, some of that benefit may not be fully realized at this time because the investigations in which he has provided assistance are ongoing. mimi rocca, what does that tell us about where we are? i mean, thats a sentence that could have appea...

Part of the special councils office investigation. however, senior government leaders should be held to the highest standards. the defendants extensive government service should have made him particularly aware of the harm caused by providing false information to the government. as well as the rules governing work performed on behalf of a foreign government. the defendant deserves credit for accepting responsibility in a timely fashion and substantially assisting the government, shortly after th...

There are a coupling things disclosed in the heavily redacted form that we see. they met 19 times that is a huge number of meetings, and suggest that michael flynn has shared an awful lot of information with the special counsel. the other thing you pointed out, by going through the redactions in the addendum, it looks like theres not just one, but three separate investigations that michael flynn has cooperated about. the special counsel investigation, and then one thats partly redacted but says ...

Just the administration, but a critical part of the transition and the campaign as well. this is somebody that was in the inner circle as much as the white house and the president may want to downplay it now. weve gone back to the white house on this or they may want to refer to outside legal counsel. he was in the west wing. he was in confidential meetings talking about sensitive information, so were working on more reporting throughout the night here, lawrence. >> hallie, thank you very much f...