Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181218:17:08:00
Not new to government. he had been the head of an intelligence agency and a long time career intelligence expert with decades of service to the country. i think on one hand the judge was underscoring of gravity of the fact that we have a national security adviser being sentenced in federal court. on the legal side, the defense attorneys made a mistake where they inferred in writing to the judge that perhaps michael flynn didn't understand why he was under obligation not to lie to federal investigators when he was interviewed. they inferred that even though he had already pled guilty to this. i...