said he and his son-in-law thought the controversy around russia would end afternoon the firing of michael flynn. on february 14th, 2017, the day after flynn was dismissed for lying to the vice president about his contacts with the russian ambassador, christie and his wife mary pat had lunch scheduled with the president jared kushner decided to attend. according to crihris christie, said this russia thing is all over because i fired flynn. and trump responded what do you mean flynn met with the russians?
american media incorporated, the parent company of the national enquirer. she received $150,000 from the company which was owned by trump friend david pecker to keep quiet about her alleged affair with trump. two months later on, october 7th, the access hollywood tape showing mr. trump bragging about assaulting women was released. later that month on the 27th, michael cohen paid adult film star stormy daniels $130,000 to keep her affair with the presidential candidate quiet. the next day daniels signed an nda covering the affair and the payment. 11 days after that, donald trump was elected president of the united states. now according to the criminal information filed in cohen s case, he created fake invoices sending the first one out on february 14th, 2017, the same day the president asked then fbi director james comey to let the flynn matter go. on april 5th of this year, the
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matters? what was the purpose of your january 27th, 2017 dinner with mr. comey, and what was said? more questions. what was the purpose of the february 14th, 2017 motoring with mr. comey, and what was said? what did you know about the fbi s investigation to mr. flynn and russia in the days leading up to mr. comey s testimony on march 20th, 2017? they go on. what did you do in reaction to the march 20th testimony? describe your contacts with intelligence officials. what did you think and do in reaction to the news that the special counsel was speaking to mr. rogers, mr. pompeo and mr. coates? these are just some of the questions. back now with our panel, john dean, michael hayden whose new book is the assault on intelligence. jeff zeleny, anne milgram and also legal analyst carrie cordero. i think one of the most interesting things when i first saw the questions, i kind of assumed that these were actually the worded questions. it seems like all of our panels are saying they don t thin
russia and other subjects. the times got a list of questions, open-ended questions about his tweets and firings and the campaign and russians. i ll read just a few of the questions as we put them on the screen. what who is your opinion of mr. comey during the transition? what did you think about mr. comey s intelligence briefing on january 6, 2017 about russian election interference? another question. what was your reaction to mr. comey s briefing that day about other intelligence matters? what was the purpose of your january 27th, 2017 dinner with mr. comey, and what was said? more questions. what was the purpose of the february 14th, 2017 motoring with mr. comey, and what was said? what did you know about the fbi s investigation to mr. flynn and russia in the days leading up to mr. comey s testimony on march 20th, 2017? they go on. what did you do in reaction to the march 20th testimony? describe your contacts with intelligence officials. what did you think and do in reaction to th