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He failed to disclose. he responded and i'm quoting him now, i don't believe so. you know, we meet a lot of people. i don't believe so. here's the question. is meeting with a lot of people an adequate defense in this case? >> no, it is not because we're talking here about the russian ambassador. these russian conversations and meetings were a focus of intense interest, both publicly and privately and he had an obligation to be careful and complete about his disclosures and wolf, there is a broader larger pattern here, which is concealment of conversations with the russians. flynn did it on his...

Though jared kushner has offered to answer the senate intelligence committee's questions about not only this meeting but another meeting he had with russian ambassador sergey kislyak that same month. it was kislyak who had suggested kushner meet with the russian banker. the fact that kushner didn't mention either of these meetings on his white house clearance forms may be a topic but he did rectify that. there's concern the russian bank has been under u.s. sanctions since july 2014. when kushner met with gorgov he was still ceo of kushner companies and the question remains was he looking for f...

You see him highlighted there, when president trump spoke with vladimir putin on january 28th, after the warnings from the d.o.j. >> one second before we weigh in on that, can we say, remember michael flynn standing on the stage of the republican national convention last summer and saying, if i had done a fraction of what hillary clinton did, i would be in jail. and he's potentially lying on his clearance forms. potentially lie violating the logan act. if not outright violations of the law. >> how problematic that he is there? >> on the call with putin? >> i think it's -- well, it's hard to sa...

Weigh in on that, can we just say, remember michael flynn standing on the stage at the republican national convention last summer and saying, if i had done a fraction of what -- >> i'd be in jail. >> -- hillary clinton -- i'd be in jail. here we have him potentially lying on his clearance forms. potentially violating the logan act. i mean, all kinds of, at the very least, red flags, if not outright violations of the law. >> how problematic is it, though, you think, that he's there? >> he's on the call with putin? >> yeah. >> i think it's -- well, i -- it's hard to say. on one hand it's problem...

You know, jared kushner is the person closest to donald trump who it has been publicly reported has had meetings like this. >> julian epstein, how common are omissions like this in disclosure forms? >> well, they're relatively common. so long as people voluntarily come forward and clarify in a timely way, then there is no real serious issue. the real question, lawrence, is whether the omission was intentional. and it's just hard for me and a lot of people to believe that these meetings in question with jared kushner took place several weeks before he made the filing on january 18th. and this s...