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I think it goes up to see who knew what mr. dallas was doing, whether mark harris and whether the consultant -- >> thank you for your time. as soon as we went to north carolina, the flynn memo came out. it has been released by the special counsels office of robert mueller. weve been waiting all day for this. michael flynn very already pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the fbi, a recommended sentence of zero to six months for that crime. im getting it here and i have dan goldman here, who h...

Councils office. they are recommending no prison time for mike flynn. now, thats, of course, not binding. the judge can depart from that, that is what the special council is recommending, we get a lot more detail in this document of why. the nature of the offense and the defendants history are set forth below. in addition, the addendum to this memo describes the defendants assistance to the government. meaning what mike flynn told us. because the addendum includes sensitive information about ong...

For the foregoing reasons as well as those obtained in the addendum. a sentence at the low end of the advisory guideline range is appropriate and warranted. given the guideline range here, what the special councils office is asking for is no jail time for mike flynn. 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...

People followed his lead. other people came forth. by the way, rachel, in that same addendum, where it notes that he was interviewed 19 times. it also says that he provided documents and communications. thats also critical. so its not just the word of michael flynn upon which they 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 ...

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. "because the addendum includes sensitive information about ongoing investigations, the government is seeking to partially sale the addendum and has filed publicly a redacted version of the document that excludes the sensitive information." leading off our discussion, ken delaney and mimi rork and john highland is with united states. national affairs...

Mentioned here, theres some other criminal investigation that flynn helped with too. that we dont know anything about, other than the fact that its a criminal investigation. and after we get the special couns counsels office investigation into links between the russian government and trump, theres some other investigation too, that we get no information about. it could be some subsidiary or related investigation from the special councils office, or it could be something totally separate. it look...

Investigation. it shares plenty but keeps a lot hidden. the filing gets into flynns lies to federal agents. the addendum, thats what explains his cooperation. about 60% of it is blacked out. and two other investigations that flynn is cooperating with. this thing says flynn convicted of lying about his interaction with the russia ambassador before donald trump took office is provided interactions between the transition team and russia officials. flynns, quote, decision to plead guilty and coopera...

Attorney, chuck, its great to have you with us tonight. thank you so much for looking at these documents as soon as theyve come out, and for helping us understand whats here. >> my pleasure, rachel. thank you for having me. >> 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 a...

For joining us. really appreciate it. back to our guests here, i want to read from the addendum robert mueller filed tonight. says the defendant has assisted with several ongoing investigations, a criminal investigation, there is a redaction. the special counsels office investigation concerning any links or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of president donald j. trump. there is a redaction after that. says, as part of his assistance with th...

A lot of unanswered questions in terms of reporting about the russia scandal, the first major figure from the trump administration to fall in conjunction with this scandal, off the bat, out of one year of cooperation with the special councils office. they are recommending no prison time for mike flynn. now, thats, of course, not binding. the judge can depart from that, that is what the special council is recommending, we get a lot more detail in this document of why. >> the nature of the offense...