there were a number of statements coming both from reince priebus, from sean spicer, and then as i mentioned from the vice president, saying he had talked with general flynn and general flynn had assured him there had been no discussion about sanctions. well, we knew that not to be the case and we were concerned about that on a couple of levels. we were concerned that the vice president was misleading the american people and we presumed that he didn t know that, but we were also concerned that we weren t the only ones who knew that the information that mike flynn had provided the president and others to give that to the american people wasn t true. meaning ambassador kislyak and the russians knew what was said on that conversation? that they would know as well and that created a compromised situation where the russians could use that as leverage, either subtly or directly with the incoming national security adviser. i think it was a couple of days before you went over there that
answered. in december 1st, 2017, general flynn sat before him and pled guilty and then seven days later he recuses himself. and sean, i am struck in between the 16 this is when they shared the text messages. strzok is with the intelligence gigz and dealing with more cases. and he admits with page himself that meeting with judge contrarez could put the judge in a precarious situation where he would have to recuse it. sean: they did it anyway. what does that tell you about them. sean: it is a stench in washington. they don t recuse themselves amid glaring conflicts of interest and this is a perfect example. when i used to appear in front
the question, why didn t they give it to the entire community? why was it given to him and him alone and why is the white house not saying that? are they just being transparent about it? if it weren t so serious the thought of russia meddling in our election, i would be more inclined to keep saying who s on first, as that whole comedy. this continues to be so bizarre. thank you both. ahead, it s not just the russia controversy from failed health care bill to the stalled travel ban, what americans are saying about president trump s challenges. first, general flynn sat nexto russian president vladimir putin. what story might general flynn be able to tell? took the fifth amendment and her ringleaders were given immunity. and if you re not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for, right?
i don t think we know the answer to this. if the fbi interviewed general flynn, what did general flynn tell the fbi? did he lie to the fbi about what he said to the russian ambassador? i mean, if he lied to mike pence, again, i don t think we know the answer to that, but that would seem to be critical. it is absolutely critical, because that is going to trigger the potential that flynn is then the subject of a fbi investigation. so echbveryone s talking about s ain t kwated logan act. when flynn sat down with the fbi, did he lie to them about the communications? because this is the martha stewart, right? no one remembers what she was interviewed for, john edwards, you get convicted for the lie. that is relevant, not because you shouldn t lie to investigators, but it is relevant, because that will determine the extent to which the senate committee can offer
flynn sat in on meeting after meeting after meeting. did the president decide the way snl did counsel decide the way? something is wrong here. madam leader, just this morning a friend competed, and this is a quote, scapegoat. scapegoat. he basically described himself as a scapegoat. i believe we need to hold a public hearing with flynn to get to the bottom of this. our committee held three or four hearings, emergency hearings, on hillary clinton in a matter of a week or two. we need to get security clearance documents. i want to see them. i want to see what he put in those documents. i would find out if he was honest, and we need to know how much he got paid to have dinner