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Writes a letter firing him thanking comey for telling him three times that he wasn't under investigation. >> is that inappropriate? >> yeah. totally inappropriate. i mean, i'd like to know what it was that comey said to donald trump, what donald trump said to comey. i mean, to me, no one has really gotten to the bot the tom of this. to me, that raises all kinds of questions about this investigation and what the real motive was behind it. look, there are enough facts on the table that one could reasonably conclude that donald trump did this for the sole purpose of making sure that no investigat...

Benefit of advice from counsel would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution." that was robert kelner, flynn's attorney. >> exactly what a criminal defense lawyer should be doing. >> do you think there's a chance he'll be granted immunity? >> i think it's unlikely and certainly won't be done early on in an investigation and everybody understands the consequences of granting immunity early. you can't prosecute him and you may end up impairing any further criminal investigation to get to the bottom of this. so that's...

Maybe didn't tell the full truth. that would be a crime under u.s. law. the third possibility is political armageddon, and that is he's got information that could show a conspiracy with the russians to destroy the american election. i mean, that would be such an enormous piece of information that it would be hard to resist for prosecutors. so i'm betting it's an overly cautious lawyer and it's scenario one, that he's worried that maybe his client said something to the fbi that wasn't fully accurate and he wants to get immunity before he starts testifying in congress. >> and so that would squar...

The offer caught the eye of the president who tweeted, quote: mike flynn should ask for immunity and that this is a witch-hunt, excuse for big election loss of historic proportion. the language witch-hunt drew criticism from the republican house oversight committee who also suggested the president shouldn't be weighing in on this on twitter. >> no, i don't think it's a witch hunt. it's very miss serious to me though why all of a sudden general flynn is out there saying he wants immunity. a, i don't think congress should give him immiewngt. if there is an open investigation by the fbi, that sho...

>> mr. president, today with your tweet were you trying to tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that, mr. president? was that your intention, mr. president, sir? mr. president, was that your intention, mr. president? was that your intention, sir? >> now, flynn's conditional offer to testify does not appear to have any takers at the moment. law enforcement sources tell cnn there's no indication the fbi wants to talk to him again or give him any kind of immunity. for more on this here's cnn's jim acosta. >> any comment on michael flynn, mr. presid...