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Built upon. >> joining me now, democratic senator sheldon whitehouse, rhode island, he's a member of the senate judiciary committee. first i want to get your reaction, senator, to something james comey responded to, which is the president of the united states referring to michael cohen as a rat. as a former u.s. attorney yourself, a member of the senate judiciary, what do you think about that? >> well, i think it seems a lot like a signal to other potential cooperators that he will turn on them and that there will be a price. so to the extent that he's been engaged in obstruction of justice in...

The executive branch should not be calling people who work with the government who work with prosecutors rats potentially in tainting future prosecutions by communicating to other potential cooperators that the head of the executive branch doesn't look kindly on this sort of thing and might get a better deal if they were to decline to work with prosecutors is dangerous and certainly unprofessional and unbecoming of the executive branch. second, andy is talking about the southern district of new york which isn't the mueller probe or something the president can't wave away and andy knows these g...

Should know that it should be the incoming national security adviser. i don't see any benefit to this for flynn. the judge has shown interest, and that could mean the judge is thinking about throwing the case out. i don't think that's likely. it could mean the judge on the opposite side is ticked off and think flynn truly has not accepted responsibility now and that could result in a higher sentence. >> flynn was questioned by the fbi agents and the fbi agents did not tell him lying to the fbi was illegal, and the mueller's team response was that somebody like flynn should know that. and flynn...