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Its disgusting, so phony. >> why would there be any contacts with the campaign? >> i cant think of bigger lies. >> if its nothing, if its peanut stuff, why are they all lying about it? >> we have the default over and over again of folks around the president claiming -- not all folks, but many folks claiming something, the default setting, this isnt true. and then when it becomes clear in a court document, the president says, its not that big a deal. we dont know what it means in terms of the sco...

He should do prison time for. its that simple. >> garrett one of the crimes he pleaded guilty to was lying to congress about contacts that went well into the 2016 presidential campaign and were with people connected to the kremlin. the president was interviewed by reuters overnight and had interesting quotes. there are 16 people close to the president that we count that did have contact with russia, 16 people. the president told reuters this is peanut stuff. does it looks like peanut stuff to yo...

Here to discuss is charlie dent. frank bruni, and ryan lizza. good evening to all of you. frank, lets start with you because tonight michael flynn is asking a federal judge to keep him out of prison. mueller did say that he provided substantial assistance. how do you see this all playing out? >> i dont know. i mean he could get his request because as you said, the prosecution -- mueller has said he was enormous help. but theres no promise there. we dont know how a lot of these -- whats going to ...

Peanut stuff. and thats simply not true. i mean what the documents laid out on friday in the cohen sentencing was a very detailed, advanced conspiracy to cover up and shield these payments from transparency and scrutiny. truthfully, yes, many campaigns get hit by campaign finance violations. it is also settled with civil fines. those are bookkeeping errors. those are sort of problems that accountants have of misfiling something or misunderstanding something or miscounting something. this was som...

Definitely wrong. he says, number one, it wasnt a campaign contribution. if it were, its only civil. and even if its only civil, there was no violation based on what he did, okay? no, not okay. he doesnt understand what hes saying. he just saying a lot of things. by the way, michael cohen, if you hear a bus coming, its because the president also said this. "michael cohen is a lawyer. i assume he would know what hes doing." the president didnt seem like some absent-minded client or some patsy in ...

Deal by lying to prosecutors. last week robert muellers team claimed manafort lied about five major issues including his contact with administration officials. in a court hearing tuesday, a judge said the mueller memo was too much of a summary and doesnt provide sufficient information to make factual findings. a hearing on the disputes over the plea agreement scheduled for january 25th. president trump claims hes not concerned about being impeached. in an interview with reuters, he defends the...

Rallies and in interviews are coming home to roost. the chickens are coming home to roost. that would be a smart strategy for the democrats. facts first. a lot to get to tonight including michael flynn asking a federal judge to spare him prison time for lying to investigators. more lies. and the president dismissing his teams many contacts with russians during the campaign and transition period as peanut stuff. analysis from jack quinn and garrett graff, next. say hello to the braava jet mopping...

Favor, this idea i was being recalcitrant, wasnt helping, its not true, im no papadopoulos. he said as soon as this happened and they came to me, i started to help. mueller said the same thing. he asked for probation. mueller basically says the same thing. youre going to have to remember this lab functiwill be a functi he actually gave them. what i see as most important is not what he puts in here. what he puts in here is kind of mass. thousands of documents to the d.o.j. even before the volunta...

In denials around all of these scandals where he starts off by saying it never happened at all. then he begins to say, if it did happen, it wasnt that big of a deal. then he said, well, it definitely did happen, but its peanut stuff. and thats simply not true. i mean what the documents laid out on friday in the cohen sentencing was a very detailed, advanced conspiracy to cover up and shield these payments from transparency and scrutiny. truthfully, yes, many campaigns get hit by campaign finance...

He doubled down and said it more than once, like three times today if not more. the breaking news on president trumps first partial security adviser, im talking about michael flynn. here to discuss is charlie dent, frank bruni and ryan lizza. good evening to all of you. so frank, lets start with you because tonight michael flynn is asking a federal judge to keep him out of prison. mueller did say that he providd substantial assistance. how do you see this all playing out? >> i dont know. he coul...