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Clinton. but when he was in the military c flynn was known as a pretty straight shooter and someone who wasn't afraid to criticize how things were going within the ranks. so we were curious what he said in the interview. and we put in a public records request under the freedom for information act. we thought we'd get our hands on this soon. the long and short of it is it turned into a three year legal battle. >> it's interesting it starts with a single tip about a single interview. and then snowballs. you never know when a single tip is going to lead you to something. >> and this one we didn't...

Strange overall. >> and so do we know? because that is sort of the big mystery is we know that michael flynn and a lot of other people were not honest about their contacts with sergey kislyak, the former russian ambassador and with russians in general. they all seem to be dissembling or lying outright, but we don't know why. is there any reporting out there that explains why it is so many people related to the donald trump administration incoming were so motivated to conceal their contacts with russians? >> well, look, i think you have to understand the context in which all of these questions ...

Even have to file much of anything. they could have just said okay, we said our piece. flynn said his. we agree on no jail time. we're good. well, that is not, to put it mildly, what the special counsel did today. this is how their filing today starts. quote, in his sentencing memorandum, the defendant, michael flynn cited circumstances surrounding his fbi interview on january 24, 2017 as a fact that mitigated his defense. they are not mitigated. nothing about the way the interview was arranged or conducted caused the defendant to make false statements to the fbi. the defendant chose to make f...

The circumstances of the fbi interview of general flynn on january 24, 2017, the one where he lied that are relevant to the court's consideration of a just punishment. michael flynn then goes on to describe how basically he feels like he was kind of railroaded, that the interview was just kind of a casual chat, and because agents never warned him it is in fact a crime to lie to the fbi because who would know it's a crime to lie to the fbi? and flynn named checks andrew mccabe and peter strzok, who were eventually driven from their jobs. well, today was the deadline for the special counsel's of...

Were asked, and also, even if he didn't have a privacy release form, he could have still described that there was a 7-year-old girl who passed away without giving a specific name. so this is going to be a very serious problem for him and an issue that the next congress will look into. >> all right. well congressman joaquin castro, democrat on the house intelligence committee, appreciate your time tonight. please keep us updated on this case, thank you. >> thank you very much. and over the summer senator jeff murkily led a delegation to the border in texas to try to ecpose conditions migrant ...