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Aware of a separate investigation happening by the fbi. and sometimes immunity deals can influence prosecution outside of congress and so it gets complicated. but so far, immunity is being floated, but it's far from tshg far from happening. dara. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house, great to have you this morning, kelly. >> thank you. and for more now on michael flynn's immunity request, joining me is paul butler, law professor at georgetown university and a former federal prosecutor. good morning to you, paul. >> hey, dara. >> general therein's lawyer was told the immunity request was wil...

Happened. take whatever precaution you want or however your legal counsel advises you. >> nbc news was first to report that the senate intelligence committee is not willing toake an immunity offer to michael flynn. at least not yet. a senior congressional official said michael flynn's lawyer was told it was wildly preliminary, and that immunity was not on the table at the moment. and the ranking member of the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff said, quote, there is still much work and many more witnesses and documents to obtain before any immunity request from any witness ca...

Spicer also struggled to explain why the president referred to the three ongoing russia investigations being carried out by the senate, the house, and the fbi under his own justice department as a, quote, witch hunt. two congressional sources told nbc news the senate intelligence committee has rejected flynn's immunity request. one official saying it was wildly preliminary and immunity was not on the table at the moment. a top democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman adam schiff, said in a statement it's too early in the process to consider flynn's request, adding, quote, we s...

Going on their work. they have to do more investigation before they would know what it is that michael flynn could offer or willing to consider immunity. we are ahead of the game here. it also is a case that there is a separate investigation being done by the department of justice and the committees don't want to interfere with that. immunity seems far off. not completely off the table, but unlikely based on the people we talk to now. thomas. >> i expect a good lawyer would get assurances over unfair prosecution. kelly, thanks so much. the senate intelligence committee denied flynn's immunit...

Because prosecutors want to see that he's telling the truth and that his information is valuable and that he's going to offer somebody who's either in an equal position or a higher position than he occupied. and let's face it, he was at the top of the pyramid in the security part of the united states government. >> yeah, for the time that he was there. >> yes. >> and all along the -- and especially in the trump campaign, which is kind of the time period that is in question when it comes, obviously to these investigations. steve, let me go to you. from the intelligence perspective, what does th...