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Why did it take them so long to deal with the issue of flynn and why was flynn ultimately fired? now you have to remember on flynn, flynn is cooperating. and there was a question in there which we found particularly interesting. about the pardons, what did the president know about efforts to reach out to flynn about pardons? the interesting thing is that this was, this document was created in march. and it was only in april that we wrote a story about how pardons had been made from john doud on ...

Prevagen. the name to remember. time now to lid panelest. before i get to that little mid-term thing, which is truly astounding whats happened in the last week, i want to play a clip of jeremy bash here, our national security analyst, former chief of staff both the defense department and cia. he was speculating where the e-mails came from john dow, well he got an e-mail from john dowd. >> i was speculating earlier with savannah guthrie on the "today" show that perhaps john dowd could be the so...

About flynns phone calls with then russian ambassador and if they discussed sanctions during the transition. all right. the decision to fire flynn was never fully explained by the white house if he was fired for lying, why did it take donald trump two weeks to oust him. and in more recent memory, the alleged offer of a pardon by john doud is going to be investigated. the next topic is james comey. some key questions about comey. the january 27th, 2017, dinner at the white house when comey says t...

Cooperating. and paul manafort faces serious charges. according to to a "new york times" report, in 2017, then trump attorney john doud floated the prospect of a presidential pardon for michael flynn. he denies the claim. until the investigation uncovers the entire truth surrounding russias involvement in the election. will michael flynn be remembered for military success or his role in an international political scandal? >> hes one of the most competent military officers during the entire war o...

Investigation. then he hopes it can be wrapped up. a couple of weeks. whats your reaction to this? >> i have a couple reactions. they are a little mixed. on the one hand, it seems like big news. rudy giuliani is a well known person. et he had the job that i had later. he served as mayor of the city of new york. he ran for president. its a big name. its attached to a person who a little bit like john doud is outspoken and not afraid to get into the fights with adversaries. hes a strong willed per...

>> what a big mess. >> a complete obsession. he somehow thinks that hes going to distract people by talking about hillary clinton. >> well, distraction is a perfect word to frame up what he does quite often. >> you know mueller. is mueller distracted? >> bob mueller is not distracted, and if erdogan was confronted with bob mueller, he might not be there in istanbul today. to michael schmidts point, this continues disparagement of the fbi and thus the justice system in this country is truly, trul...

Im in a dependable vehicle right now. woman 2: i want a chevy now. woman 3: i know! would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of this? >> 100%. >> so if robert mueller wanted to speak to you about that. >> id be glad to tell you him exactly what i told you. >> robert mueller will ask for an interview with you. your legal team believes its part of wrapping up his investigation. are you open to meeting with him? would you be willing to meet with him without condition or would...

Cobb. reading, out of respect for the special counsel and his process, we are not commenting on matters such as this. we are continuing to cooperate fully with the counsel to complete their inquiry expeditiously. it is interesting to tease out such as this part of the statement reads. it was just a few days ago we were talking about another white house lawyer john doud responding to another story about another cooperating witness, michael flynn, but pushed back against the reporting about how th...

Before flynn resigned did he know? after flynn resigned did he know? did he know at any time before flynn plead guilty to the charges. this is a knowable thing but the president himself and white house staed faeadfastly will no answer that question. >> two quick questions, when did the president know that mike flynn lied at the fbi? >> as i said earlier, i referred you to john -- >> im asking for a day, when did he find out? friday or prior to that? >> im not aware of the specifics but i would r...

>> ill ask on monday when the president became aware that michael flynn lied at the fbi, you referred her to john doud, john doud is not engaging. thats a knowable fact in this building. its not a legal matter for the attorney to say. can you tell us when the president became aware of that? >> the attorneys feel differently and feel this is a question that should be answered by them and ill encourage them again to respond to them but ill have to refer you to john doud again. >> its a legal quest...