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According to court documents, flynn says he contacted the russians at the urging of two top officials in the trump transition team. flynn was one of trump's early yers -- earliest allies. none other than michael flynn is named in the indictment. but the swift guilty plea means that mueller is reaching right into the heart of trump's inner circle, applying pressure that can only go in one direction, up toward trump and his family, including his son-in-law jared kushner. joining me now paul butler and former fbi double agent rosa brooks, former pentagon official and security analyst matt miller....

I want to go back to something you said about the military community. could flynn lose his pension over this? >> he could, absolutely. >> say again. >> he absolutely could. >> yeah, yeah. so it's an interesting question. i want to go around and just ask what you all think could happen in theory if donald trump were to try to pardon mike flynn, paul manafort, geor or anyone e. >> it's really too late to pardon mike flynn. if he pardons him, suddenly flynn loses the ability to take the fifth amendment. he can't incriminate himself if he's already been pardoned. mueller would be able to compel hi...

Indictments revealed about the scope of where mueller is looking. the fact that he is willing to go to associates of trump, look at financial crimes that may be tangentially related or not even related to russia and collusion, this is a very broad area of inquiry. once he starts looking at people who were actually financially entangled with the president it starts to get very concerning for people internally. >> i think it's going to be a comprehensive investigation and prosecution. >> without question. round table will give me scoops hopefully for tomorrow next. this is "hardball," where th...

In the habit of sending you a target letter or giving you a phone call, saying, hey, we're investigating you right now. usually, defense -- you know, people who are in a position where they're the subject of an investigation learned because their friends get interviewed, people they know get subpoenas. so, for example, in the president's case, the white house has received document requests for information relating to his actions. they've received document requests, if "the new york times" and "washington post" reported correctly, regarding the firing of james comey and the firing of flynn -- >...

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