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Are convinced its russian collusion. did that become any clearer for you today by what hes been charged with? >> yes and no. yes at the question is there something bigger here? the answer is yes. remember what general flynn is being misleading about is rather surprising. brian, we talked about this way back when. why was he being so elusive. there must be some other reason for it and we talked about things general flynn did with the russians and tushrks and otr things. this was a very small piec...

They could pass without his vote. but the republicans still wanted him. hes still a respected figure in the caucus and they hoped they could present a united front. corker himself said that he had talked to the president and that he talked to ivanka trump a couple of times trying to get him to come around on this bill but he decided to stick to his deficit-hawk credentials and couldnt stomach the idea that this bill would add so much money to the deficit. hes likely to be the one republican no v...

Means that he is a wholly owned subsud ya subsidiary of team muller and must answer everything and he best not forget even a tiny detail because if we come to the end of this, and he leaves something out, and they void his deal, he is looking at a whole lot of years behind bars, correct? >> correct. potentially correct. let me explain why i say potentially, brian. in order to establish that he breached his plea agreement and wasnt truthful and forthcoming and full, the prosecutors need to prover...

Trump administration. >> chuck, what does being a convicted felon mean for mike flynn and what does it mean to have this convicted felon on board if youre muller? >> let me take your second question first, brian. lots and lots of times federal prosecutors and agents work with convicted felons. they investigate them. they charge them. they plead guilty or are convicted at trial and provide what they know about others. so there is nothing unusual about having a convicted felon cooperating with inv...

Contributor. julia, this was not necessarily a surprise but still stunning to watch. talk about the impact of what we witnessed today. >> yes, brian. so i think for reporters, we actually got a lot more than what we thought we might get from this. robert mueller and his team did not have to give us a statement of offense and give all of the details that they did. they could have simply said he was playieading guilty to one charge of lying to the fbi and left it at that. these documents are clear...

Whom he gave nothing in return. will there be more people that bump up to the loyalty test? >> we know from his conversations hes someone that demands loyalty but ive just been looking back at the timeline, brian, it looks like president trump does not extend the same loyalty back at all. if you thinks about how he seems to be defending flynn saying he is doing his job. hes a good guy. he -- at the same time, administration and the president specifically were actually throwing michael flynn unde...