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Former national security adviser. >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. i think it's very, very unfair what's happened to general flynn, the way he was treated and the dounlts acuments and pa that were illegally -- i stress that -- illegally leaked. i do feel badly for him. he served the country. he was a general. this man has served for many years. he's a general. he's a -- in my opinion, a very good person. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very bradley. he's led a very strong life. >> this is after he f...

Years. he's a general. he's a -- in my opinion a very good person. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life and i feel very badly. >> i'm joined now on the phone by the author of that new report carol leonnig. carol, thank you for joining us. let me key in on these words, this perspective strategy of painting flynn as a liar is contingent apparently on whether, you say here, he accuses the president or his senior aides of any wrongdoing. is trump's legal team getting some indication here that that's where this is going? >> i don't think that there...

Well, e fei feel badly for gene flynn. he's led a very strong life. >> joining me now is the author of that "washington post" article carol lenic. some fascinating insight there into the legal strategy that is emerging in the event they decide to go after michael flynn. what are you learning in terms of how the president's legal team plans to cast michael flynn as a liar, given the fact that for the past several month, they've been standing by him? especially the president, he's been saying he's a great guy, he served his country honorably. now it feels like it's a pivot. >> you have to rememb...

Years. he's a general. he's a -- in my opinion, a very good person. well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life. >> so john dowd, the president's lawyer called this fake news. this is a "washington post" report that says that they're readying to call mike flynn a liar if they need to, if he says things that will not help the president, to robert mueller. how do they do that? how do they do that credibly, and can they, when we have all of that tape of the president calling flynn such a great guy? >> i'm not sure why they'd call it, "the washington post" ...

Concerning. >> and even after flynn pled guilty, trump was still supportive of him. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life and i feel very badly. >> this is a guy who was a detail man, right? do those entanglements -- can you explain them? >> i can't explain them. i say he's a different person after he left active duty. >> michael flynn, the lieutenant general who served three decades. the intelligence officer who played a key role in hunting down terrorists. now, a confessed felon. his future in legal limbo. >> this is a person who spent a lot of tim...