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Used to that kind of -- to working in a bureaucracy like the white house, somebody who had often been trying to do things his own way on the battlefield and had, you know, been put in a very different role once he got to the white house. >> ron, that last point you made about people who underestimate the feds and specifically the men and women, 37,000 of them from the fbi. i guess this calls for a personal answer. whats it been like for you to see them attacked, trolled, to see career civil serv...

Director of the legal defense fund. ron, how does this work? you get the guy on the phone. wed like to come over and talk to you. are you vague at that stage and are you, frankly, amazed when you walk into his office, just him, no lawyer? >> in this certain situation i am. yes, i would be purposely vague. we would like to come talk to you about some matters of mutual interest, can you put us onto your schedule? can you work that out into your schedule? is there a time thats convenient for you? a...

Taken into custody, no reason to read him his rights. this is not a custodial interrogation, not in the fbi office, so you dont really have that concern. its a great opportunity for the fbi. >> and ron, i know youre not a shrink, but perhaps you are in your personal life, but think about the collection of things that he is. former general used to getting his way. he probably didnt have any reason to think he was guilty of anything. probably believed very much in his innocence. thought he had not...

Were back and we are privy tonight to new details about exactly how a meeting inside the west wing ultimately landed mike flynn in the crosshairs of the mueller investigation and ultimately ended in pleading charges and a guilty plea. flynn never asked why the fbi wanted to come over and talk to him. he agreed to meet with two investigators exactly one year ago today. heres what happened next, quote, two fbi agents arrived at the white house to speak with flynn. a lawyer for the security counsel...

Ron, how does this work? you get the guy on the phone. wed like to come over and talk to you. are you vague at that stage and are you, frankly, amazed when you walk into his office, just him, no lawyer? >> in this certain situation i am. yes, i would be purposely vague. we would like to come talk to you about some matters of mutual interest, can you put us onto your schedule? can you work that out into your schedule? is there a time thats convenient for you? as low-key as i possibly could and se...

>> this is ron hoffman in miami standing in one of the many anti-castro recruiting places in the city. >> they were into communism and we found theres something against castro, we learned where it was a recruiting center and we just approached them and joined. we had no it was the cia. >> since 2:00 this morning, men and boys have been filing through this door behind me anxious to join the fight in cuba against fidel castros government. >> they were mainly cuban exiles. they hated castro. they t...