a lot of discussion about this when it dime flynn s case. the possibility flynn s case was wrapping up. what that might mean for the mueller investigation overall and whether it was wrapping up but it turns out we got clarity today. they re not clearing him today. they are not done with him yet. then today on capitol hill, we got this from senator dianne feinstein. the top democrat on the judiciary committee. special counsel mueller s investigation has resulted in 23 indictments, five guilty plays and one prison sentence in only one year. confirming brian benczkowsky refuses to rescue him himself. he also pushed for the firing with attorney general jeff sessions while serving on the trump transition team. those are clear conflicts of interest. what this is about is a
earlier this week. at this point i don t have anything to tell. you all this talk from russia from here at the white house to capitol hill have consumed the president s agenda. they re desperately trying to get back to healthcare and other matters. we ll see if president trump tweets again and distlaupts this weekend. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. brian, welcome. let s talk about general michael flynn. he s already been sacked for lying to the vice president, now it appears he may have lied to the trump administration itself or worse still, the trump administration knew that he was a foreign agent, acting as a foreign agent agent and yet they still allowed him to be in charge of american national security. in october trump tweet ed would put a ban on any senior executive official acting a senior agent or lobbyist for foreign government. trump s team was made aware that there was a possibility flynn
of discussion of these sanctions made, that may have influenced putin s decision and of course that s why lots as your question indicated, many people are asking, well, if that happened did he, indeed, do that at the direction of the president? now, there s a lot of speculation embedded in what i just said and that s why it needs to be investigated and we need to get to the bottom of what was the true nature of those phone calls. and it was followed, don t forget, the next day by a tweet from the president-elect at that time congratulating putin for his decision saying he s also a very, very smart guy. exactly. there you see it, great move on delay by v. putin, i always knew he was very smart. all right, jeffrey, sean spicer insisted the president s decision to ask for flynn s resignation was based purely on a lack of trust, not on the possibility flynn could be in any sort of legal trouble for his actions. is that an accurate statement? well, it s i mean, it s
everyone facing sentencing. and the defense lawyer says of course, your honor, of course. and the judge says right. so there was confusion about this. a lot of discussion about this when it dime flynn s case. the possibility flynn s case was wrapping up. what that might mean for the mueller investigation overall and whether it was wrapping up but it turns out we got clarity today. they re not clearing him to go ahead for sentencing. they are not done with him yet. then today on capitol hill, we got this from senator dianne feinstein. the top democrat on the judiciary committee. special counsel mueller s investigation has resulted in 23 indictments is, five guilty pleas and one prison sentence in only one year. confirming brian benczkowsky puts that investigation in jeopardy, benchkowski refuses to recuse himself from the russia investigation. he also pushed for comey s