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And they appear to be down playing this guilty plea by michael flynn. remember, embedded in that guilty plea was an acknowledgment they are now cooperating. michael flynn's team is now cooperating with mueller. nothing -- this is a quote from ty cobb. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. the conclusion of this phase of the special counsel's work demonstrates the special counsel is moving with all speed and has a prompt and reasonable conclusion. you see two things happening to that statement. one, an acknowledgment. he has pled guilty. but they're...

Have these conversations. the white house's reaction is -- go ahead. >> there was another subject which was the un resolution relative to israel, something jared kushner was deeply involved in that may explain why he was called in. it is inconceivable that michael flynn who has grown up in the military went and did these things without some instruction from others. from people above him. i'm sure that this is a major subject of discussion between him and the special counsel and one that must be of great concern to the white house right now. >> when ty cobb and the lawyer said nothing about the...

Conversations with sergey kislyak were, quote, authorized by the obama administration. we should point out that is something that we have not heard before in terms of a defense from this white house. and the obama administration has -- former officials with the obama administration have not responded to us when we've checked on this. but ty cobb, a white house lawyer here, jake, has put out a statement that has a few holes in it. it says today, michael flynn, a former national security adviser for for 25 days in the trump administration and a former obama administration official entered a guil...

Cob co cobb. ty cobb said, 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 statement to the fbi. the false statements involved mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. the conclusion of this phase of the special counsel's work demonstrates again that the special counse...

>> i understood him to be saying what he wanted me to do was drop any investigation connected to flynn's account of his conversations with the russians allegations. what he's talking about in the clip are what flynn just pled guilty to lying about. the president's outside counsel ty cobb today says "nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn." okay. technically right, frankly, we think he's wrong here. pretty much everything about this guilty plea implicates the president and his inner circle. look at the court documents themselves. read like a road map ...