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Starters, mike flynn fired his lawyers today. these are the lawyers who have represented him the whole year and a half he's been cooperating with prosecutors. he's at the very tail end of his case. he's about to be sentenced, but, boom, today, his lawyers were gone, and i don't know if these things are connected, but today also by order of the judge in this case, we got a release of the audio recording of a voicemail that president trump's lawyer left for mike flynn's lawyer right before flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi and started cooperating with prosecutors. this voicemail was about ho...

Court filings offered no explanation as to why the lawyers were terminated and revealed their information client has already retained new lawyers. the move comes as a federal judge prepares to sentence flynn for pleading guilty about lying about his conversations. according to politico flynn's decision at this late stage is unusual and has triggered speculation he's considering backing out of a plea deal he struck with robert mueller's team. flynn previously argued that mueller's team used deceptive practices to trick him into pleading guilty. a federal judge yesterday ordered the release of...

Lawyer. >> hey, rob, this is john again. maybe i'm -- i'm sympathetic -- i understand your situation, but let me just see if i can't state it in starker terms. if you have -- well, it wouldn't surprise me if you've gone on to make a deal with and -- i understand that you can't join a joint defense. that's one thing. if, on the other hand, there's information that implicates the president, then we've got a national security issue or maybe a national security issue. i don't know. some issue. we've got to -- we've got to deal with not only the president but for the country. so, you know, then -- ...

Maybe i'm -- i'm sympathetic -- i understand your situation, but let me just see if i can't state it in starker terms. if you have -- well, it wouldn't surprise me if you've gone on to make a deal with and -- i understand that you can't join a joint defense. that's one thing. if, on the other hand, there's information that implicates the president, then we've got a national security issue or maybe a national security issue. i don't know. some issue. we've got to -- we've got to deal with not only the president

It was either the ultimate act of optimism by the queen or a joke for a world in which we all know donald trump is incapable of reading books. with the president in europe today, a federal judge in washington overseeing michael flynn's case ordered the release of some of the audio evidence in the obstruction of justice section of the mueller report. here is the recording of a voice mail that will donald trump's lawyer john dowd left for michael flynn's attorney on the day that michael flynn with drew from a joint defense agreement with the trump team. >> hey, rob, this is john again. maybe i'm...