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Said they knew about his contacts. it's a moment where now we're going to re-examine what people have said, in what settings, about what they knew, and why they said it. at this point in the investigation, it doesn't seem like anybody really in the administration at a high level is immune to questions, scrutiny, whether it's the vice president, whether it's jared kushner, whether it's anybody else. >> melanie, i just want to go back real quick to what you mentioned about jared kushner. knowing what we know now, is mueller's team laying the tracks when they met with jared kushner last month? >>...

What has taken place, and you predicted that something big from mueller, you said around thanksgiving. and here we are. so what does this tell us about the investigation? >> so despite what i think trump supporters will tell you, it's really remarkable what mueller has done in six months. he's gotten two indictments against senior members of the trump team, including his former campaign manager manafort, a lower level plea arrangement with a campaign adviser, and today, the national security adviser. let's say those words again, the national security adviser for donald trump has pled guilty fo...

Lie to the fbi. so he's going to be asked, were you told to lie? did somebody know what you were going to say? what were the reasons that you weren't completely honest with the fbi? that's -- those are the critical questions that investigators have to know about. >> and lying to the fbi obviously is just basic 101 in washington. now, there were previous reports saying that mueller's team was investigati investigating flynn's work for the turkish government. is that still a threat for michael flynn? >> well, what was interesting in the plea agreement is that the issue of any kind of kidnapping,...

Meetings, conversations, private deliberations at the white house when he was there and also during the transition. so those raise questions about what he knew, who he talked to, and what he might be telling mueller and his team, what he might be willing to tell them as it pertains to this larger investigation. >> melanie, let's talk about those questions. does mike flynn's guilty plea answer any russia collusion questions? >> well, what we saw in the plea yesterday was very small. it was a light charge. it suggests that he is providing some substantial evidence against someone else higher up ...

Mar-a-lago, k.t. mcfarland, who told flynn to contact the russians that second time. the president has said it wasn't him. >> did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador prior to your inauguration? >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: former fbi director james comey says just two days before that comment, the president urged him in a private meeting to let any flynn investigation go. >> i understood him to be saying that what he wanted me to do was drop any investigation connected to flynn's account of his conversations with the russians. >> reporter: flynn, a former tr...