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President trump. if you watch the news and you probably do if you're watching this you will note that he has publicly and repeatedly done something very different from "the washington post" report of this new legal strategy. donald trump was praising mike flynn even after firing him. >> 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 documents and papers that were illegally, i stress that, illegally leaked. >> i do feel badly for him. he ...

Comment after sympathetic comment from the president himself all on tape. listen. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life. >> michael flynn, general flynn, is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. >> this man has served for many years. he's a general. he's, in my opinion, a very good person. >> hallie, i guess time will tell whether or not this is a backup plan or something that the white house and the white house attorneys attempt to put into action here on michael flynn preemptively. we'll see what flynn h...

>> i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life and i feel very badly, john. i will say this -- hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi. nothing happened to her. flynn lied, and they've destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. >> we should note, former fbi director comey testified before congress this summer that hillary clinton did not lie to the fbi, and further mud ig waters, the president tweeted this weekend he had "had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi." that implies the president knew flynn committed a felony when he told then fbi director jam...

>> he did. he was speaking about michael flynn, his ousted national security adviser, and appeared to express some sympathy for the situation flynn is in and also to try to turn the tables around on his former political rival hillary clinton. >> well, file badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life and i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they've destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. hillary clinton on the 4th of july weekend went to the fbi, not under oath. it was the most...

Lawyers advising the president may prefer that he stay silent, but that's clearly not the tactic this president is going to take when he was leaving the white house earlier today for a stop in utah. he didn't speak to reporters about michael flynn and he spoke pretty firmly about him. listen to what he said. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life, and i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi and nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. hillary clinton, on t...