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Night before we got any of this stuff, that while we were expecting this flynn memo today, because the deadline was midnight tonight. nbc reported that at least some of this document about flynn, about his crimes, about how helpful hes been, about his cooperation, about what the special councils office thinks he should get in terms of punishment, at least some of it would be public facing, it wouldnt all be filed under seal. i think the best parts of it are filed under seal. even the parts that ...

Punishment, at least some of it would be public facing, it wouldnt all be filed under seal. i think the best parts of it are filed under seal. even the parts that arent blacked out are really interesting. united states district court for the district of columbia, and the united states government versus michael flynn. this is the addendum to the governments memorandum in aide of sentencing. this addendum describes the significance and usefulness of defendant michael t. flynns assistance to the go...

The defendant has provided substantial assistance in a criminal investigation. and then, the rest of that sen continuance is redacted along with the next 22 lines in the document. there are smaller redactions throughout the document, and then on page 4 there is the line, quote, the defendant also provided useful information concerning -- end quote, and the rest of that sentence is redacted. and then the next 25 lines are redacted. robert mueller describes the reason for the redactions this way. ...

Speed reading. so far, as i look at it, let me just show this, there are some redacted portions to it. but it also -- actually, heres one, the defendant also provided useful information concerning -- redacted. how much information do we have here, dan? >> very little. this is the addendum that youre referencing there which has been redacted. and basically all of the information about the ongoing investigation is redacted. it does include anything in public that would reveal anything that we do...

Particularly valuable. considering it was early, firsthand, long term and forthright. >> the phrase that they use right up at the top in the sentencing memorandum, not in the addendum where they spell out how he helped them, the defendants substantial assistance to the government. >> yeah. >> is that a trigger word? >> yeah. >> is that a specific term that the judge is looking for in terms of what sort of impact this should have on flynns sentence? substantial assistance? >> yes. in fact, unlike...

Special councils office, or it could be something totally separate. it looks like flynn is helping with three things. as part of his assistance with these investigations. the defendant participated in 19 interviews with the special counsels office or attorneys from other defendant of justice offices. he provided documents and communications -- redacted. while this addendum seeks to provide a comprehensive description of the benefit the government has thus far obtained from flynns substantial ass...

Language used isnt automatically aparent to other people. sometimes people talk in code or sometimes they have acronyms, sometimes the fact that someone is in the room or not in the room, has some importance to the participant that is it would not to you and me. hes giving them insight, hes giving them context, hes giving them fiber if you will. and that makes him also particularly valuable. considering it was early, firsthand, long term and forthright. >> the phrase that they use right up at th...

Its signed on behalf of the special councils office -- well, its signed. muellers name is first, brandon and zena. those are -- theyre signed on as senior assistant special councils under muellers name. now we get to second document that was just filed. this is the addendum to that. which spells out how exactly flynn helped. and im just going to give you a little spoiler alert here. by the time were on page two, it already looks like this. so nbc news had reported last night before we got any of...

Are relying. he has stuff to corroborate what he said. documents and communications. and thats also critical to prosecutors, the sooner they get that, the quicker they can build a case and rope in other people. >> you mentioned when youre describing whats interesting to you about that part of the addendum, that them describing his cooperation as firsthand. his early cooperation was particularly vulnerable -- valuable because he was one of the few people with long term and firsthand insight regar...

>> i am told that in the addendum in particular you think that there is -- theres something that jumps out for you, sort of late in the addendum in that piece that i just read. can you talk to us about that? >> sure can. its that last paragraph you cited on page five of the addendum. it talks about a couple things that are really critical, mr. flynns cooperation was early, timely. that it was firsthand, that it was long term, and that, in fact, as you noted. it caused other people also to cooper...