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Say all matter of things. and with that in mind, the lawyer for the president has already begun painting flynn as unreliable witness noting he only served 24 days as white house national security advisor and describing him as, quote, an obama administration official. the false statements involved said presidential attorney ty cobb in a statement mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in flynn's resignation in february of this year. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn and cobb added the conclusion of this phase of the s...

Counsel's probe. flynn pled guilty to repeatedly lying to the fbi including making false statements about his december 2016 conversations with then russian ambassador to the u.s. kislyak. flynn also sought russia's help during the transition to block a u.n. security council vote that the obama administration was abstaining on. the white house said, quote, nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. however, court documents make clear that flynn was not acting alone. according to prosecutors flynn communicated with senior members of the president's transi...

Confidante for months during the campaign. >> general flynn, how great is he? >> reporter: flynn had gone after hillary clinton over her e-mails at the republican convention. >> yes. that's right. lock her up. now that flynn has been charged, the white house staff wondering what he will say to robert mueller. some close to the president concerned. flynn could offer information that would harm mr. trump. although ty cobb saying nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. mueller's investigation a frequent target of the president. eight months ago tweeting...

United states, may really be in play here. i think it's a possibility. >> i've heard some wonder that, but most legal experts i have seen quoted have said they don't believe that the logan does apply. we'll see as it plays out. but a very good question. before i let you go, john, i want to ask you about this. this is a statement from the white house counsel ty cobb, saying today michael flynn, a former national security adviser at the white house, for 25 days during the trump administration and a former obama administration official, entered a guilty plea to a single count of making a false st...

The administration's effort to continually dismiss all these figures, i'll be anxious to hear what they say when their national security adviser pleads guilty in terms of lying to the fbi about his contacts with russians. >> senator mark warner, viet chairman of the intel committee, on the heels of mike flynn's guilty plea in the special counsel russia information. ty cobb, president trump's attorney, released a statement in part saying, michael flynn, a former national security adviser at the white house for 25 days during the trump administration and a former obama administration official, e...