choose your fortune, michael flynn. think that if michael flynn reaches the point where he's out of legal options, i think that will be the point where we see trump act. i think he won't if he doesn't have to because he doesn't want to expend the political capital. just like roger stone, he waited for the last minute before he played that card. i think we'll see the same with michael flynn. >> barbara, thank you again for joining us. i always appreciate your clarity on these issues. barbara mcquade is the former united states attorney for the eastern district of michigan. >>> when we come back, apparently the federal government knows where the emerging coronavirus hot spots are. so why don't they tell the rest of us? that's next. bill assumed it was a costume party. bill assumed his mayo was the best choice. assume nothing. just like the leading brand, kraft real mayo is made with high quality ingredients at a price you can feel good about. no wonder kraft is so good. >>> every 60 seconds yesterday, a person with corona

department when it sought to dismiss its own case against trump's first national security adviser, michael flynnr this summer. you will recall that flynn was charged and twice pled guilty to lying to fbi agents when he told them he did not discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador weeks prior to donald trump's inaugurations. now, in media appearances and again in house testimony this week, the attorney general has tried to paint a picture of flynn as a victim of fbi harassment in justifying barr's own decision to intervene in the case and try to put flynn's legal troubles to rest. >> in that call, there was nothing wrong with it whatever. in fact, it was laudable. and it was nothing inconsistent with the obama administration's policies and it was in u.s. interests. he was saying to the russians, you know, don't escalate, and they asked him if he remembered saying that, and he said he didn't remember that. >> now, according to barr, flynn's call with the ambassador, as you just heard him say, was both laudable and in u.s. interests. except, if it was, why did flynn lie to the fbi about it? ma

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, set up michael flynn in his interview. guess what else they did? guess what else they this between election day and inauguration day? is that two-month time, guess what else they did. 38 people, 49 times unmasked michael flynn's name. comey, clapper, brennan, biden, seven people at the treasury department unmasked michael flynn's name for goodness sake, and, of course, flynn resigns on february 13th. flynn resigns on february 13th, now the cover-up is complete. flynn's gone, everything is fine, they think until may 9th, 2017 when president trump fires jim comey. now they got a problem again. the guy who was going to keep it all quiet, he's been fired. now how do they continue the cover-up? real simple. jim comey leaks his memos with the express purpose of getting a special counsel appointed to investigation something they already know is not true, and that's exactly what happened. we get two years, 19 lawyers, 2,800 subpoenas and a $30 million cost to the taxpayer and they come back with nothing, absolutely nothing, and so

has doj moved to this miss any case postconviction other than michael flynn? have prosecutors withdrawn from any case and protest other than those? guest: yes. hello to mr. goldman, if you're watching. those questions were all asked at different points. they were not contained in the opening of it, but that line of questioning is very effective, as you would expect from an effective litigator like mr. goldman. what he string to show is that attorney general barr is not operating the like -- like the lawyer for the american people or even the united states, he is acting like the lawyer for donald trump ear and he is trying to help donald trump's friends, michael flynn and roger stone, convicted and self-confessed lawyers, people who have -- convicted and self-confessed liars, and they decided the attorney general is going to spend his time trying to figure out how to get them off. roger stone said they were trying to get him to sing like a canary. prosecutors wanted him to talk about the president, but he was going to protect the president. and he got rewarded

and michael flynn loses.more on this story we brought you last night, a newly declassified memo written by an fbi agent in august 2015 is reveals more on what we have been reporting for several years, that the fbi did secretly plant an fbi agent at a routine briefing with donald trump and general flynn to secretly spy on them for both the trump-russia probe and the new probe into general michael flynn that james comey had just opened a day before. i know she's toured up, former trump deputy national security adviser, kt mcfarland, great to see you. when you heard this, what did you say? was this fbi's quote, insurance policy, that, you know, peter strzok had texted lisa page about to stop trump from winning? was that part of the insurance policy there? >> i think it was part of it, but i think it was much bigger. here's the thing. liz, not only were they spying, but they kept notes. i mean, how dumb are these fbi agents, right? they go to a briefing, they're there under a different purpose. i mean, a defensiv

what do you should the president's pardon michael flynn as suggested?er criminal defense attorneys sidney powell is my hero. i disagree only because he will be exonerated eventually the judge will have to dismiss the case and then if not then absolutely but i would like him to be exonerated in a court of law because he served our country and was set up this has been a long and slow process in the exoneration and dismissal is truly what is warranted in this case. elizabeth: congressman armstrong come back soon. good to see you. >> thank you for all the good work. elizabeth: cap next the tea party republicans. remember the tea party? the favorites are outraged overag the new 1 trillion-dollar government bailout and more to deal with the covid pandemic coming back to the show bobby jindal. do we need the tea party now? next. looks like they picked the wrong getaway driver. they're going to be paying for this for a long time. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! s

then the next day peter, and fbi official opened a sub case against michael flynn. 17, peters and fbi agent into the white house to monitor trump and general flynn. so what is the context? in the context of text messages fbi officials really were trying to stop the president from getting elected. >> sure. that's not it they altered an e-mail before getting the fisa warrant peter use lisa page to rewrite the three oh two months after the interview at some point in time you cannot take each one of these individually and look at as a whole package. call me when on tv and bragged how they interviewed michael flynn and got away with it. w they were not investigating conduct they were investigating president trump and that is exactly what they said it was. just read their text and e-mails it was the insurance policy more of that is coming out every single day. elizabeth: we have been working this story hard and on september 2nd peter struck and lisa page exchanged text messages aim president barack obama wants to be read in on everything we are doing. what is your i i reac

it attorney's investigation on velma into the unmasking of michael flynn, ag barr said today the onlyview was to catch him an ally, untethered to any legitimate investigation, let's break it down, 19 lawyers, 40 agents, 50 interviews, 3 million box, the mueller probe foundd nothing. correct me if i'm wrong, that beforeoi robert mueller was appointed, the fbi admitted behind-the-scenes it did not have a righ trump brochure probe case, admitted it was going to drop the case into generalal michael flynn, did not have derogatory evidence against him. they used buys a taps to get information in it did not happen, it was not working. but when the president trump asked the fbi to disclose publicly what they were admitting behind-the-scenes, talking comey, clapper, lisa page, clapper's intelligence official, and peter strzok, when he said go easy on flynn, james comey had a leak to the media because he said he's obstructing our investigation, there admitted they did not have a case behind the scene, your reaction? >> therefore they did not have an investigation within a predicate which meant

another twist in the michael flynn legal drama, a u.s.eals court is set to reconsider the dismissal of his case. why? we'll talk about it. coming up at 8:30, congressman jim jordan wig weig will weigh s take aways from the fiery questioning of big tech ceos yesterday in washington. "mornings with maria" is live right now. global markets this morning look like this, european indices mostly higher, the fq100 is lower, the dax is higher by 50 points. it's almost one-half of 1%. the eurozone economy shrinking 12.1% in the second quarter, the largest contraction ever for europe. in asia markets were mostly lower following economic news out of the united states, that was the contraction in the gdp yesterday. china's economy showed growth. keep in mind, the numbers released by the communist government. joining the conversation this morning, dagen mcdowell, kelly torrance and brian brenberg. it's great to see everybody this morning. dagen: great to see you. finally, kelly, where were you? >> my power went out. maria: welcome, kelly. dagen: i'm ju

attorney general durham is investigating obama abuses into the unmasking the michael flynn. a.g. erview was to catch him in a lie, untethered to any legitimate investigation. let's break it down. 19 lawyers, 40 agents, 50 interviews. 4800 subpoenas, 30 million bucks. the mueller probe found nothing. what happened, correct me if i'm wrong, robert, when before robert mueller was appointed the fbi admitted behind the scenes it didn't have a trump-russia probe base. it admitted it was going to drop the case into general michael flynn. it didn't have derogatory evidence against him. they used powerful fisa wiretaps, more powerful than a criminal wiretap to get information t didn't happen t wasn't working out. but when the president trump asked the fbi to disclose publicly admitting behind the scenes, comey, clapper, lisa page. clapper intelligence official. peter strzok, there is no there there. when he said go easy on flynn, james comey sets up a leak to the media. he is saying he is obstructing our eggs have when they admitted they didn't have a case behind the scenes. your reaction.

higher court. >> breaking developments this morning in the back and forth legal fight over the michael flynn. >> the appeals court handle ordered judge sullivan to drop the case against flynn. the opinion written by judge naomi rowe concluded that the doiftd h department of justice has the power to dismiss its own case. >> what happened to general flynn should never happen again in our country. he was persecuted. >> the most depressing thing about this opinion is that it continues the perception that the judiciary is being politicized. if that's really the message buried here, that's unfortunate message. >> if unchallenged, the ruling is a major victory for flynn and puts an end to a keystone chapter of the trump era. >>> when we return -- >> did i hear the word inspector general? where did he come from? what's his name? no, what's his name? es me cashon everything. that's ebates. i get cash back on electronics, travel, clothes. you're talking about ebates. i can't stop talking about rakuten. pretty good deal - peter sfx [blender] ebates is now rakuten, sign up today. and ask your doctor abo

and of course, january 24, the day that they go to set up michael flynn, set up michael flynn in his interview. guess what else they did? guess what else they did between election day and inauguration people 49 times unmask his name. comey, klapper, biden, seven people at the treasury department unmask his name for goodness sakes. of course, he resigns on february 13. he resigns on february 13. now the cover-up is complete. flynn is gone, everything is fine, they think, until may 9, 2017, when president trump fires jim comey. now they have a problem again. the guy who was going to keep it all i it has been fired. now how do they continue the cover-up? real simple. jim comey leaks his memos with the express purpose of getting a special counsel appointed to investigate something they know isn't true, which is exactly what happened. two years, 500 witnesses, $30 million in costs to the taxpayer and they come back with nothing, absolutely nothing. so, all they have got left is to attack the attorney general who had the rage to state the truth from the get-go the first time that he testif

johnson: michael flynn. a.g. barr: i didn't change it. rep. johnson: you indicated that , you changed it because the original flynn sentencing recommendation was for flynn to serve 0-6 months, but under your authority, the justice department supplemented that recommendation with a pleading that stated the department of with flynn'seement lawyers that probation would be a reasonable sentence, and the doj would not be sinking prison -- seeking probe -- seeking prison time for michael flynn. is that correct? a.g. barr: i don't think that is what it said. rep. johnson: that is what it said. go back and read it. reclaiming my time. prior to you -- >> time has expired. >> you can give a speech or you can ask questions. if you do the latter, you need to let the witness answer the questions. that is the chair's obligation, the responsibility to allow that -- >> mr. buck is recognized for five minutes. rep. buck: thank you for appearing before the committee today. there is a disturbing pattern we have seen throughout history with totalitarian systems of

comey, clapper, brennan, biden, 17 people at the treasury department unmasked michael flynn's name for goodness sake. of course, flynn resigns on february 13th. flynn resigns on february 13th, now the coverup is complete. flynn is gone. everything is fine they think until may 9th, 2017, when president trump fires jim comey. now they've got a problem again. the guy who was going to keep it all quiet, he's been fired. now how do they continue the coverup? real simple. jim comey leaks his memos with the express purpose of getting a special counsel to investigate something they already know is not true. and that's exactly what happened. we get two years, 19 lawyers, 48 witnesses, 2800 subpoenas, $30 million cost to the taxpayer and they come back with nothing, absolutely nothing. so all they got left is to attack the attorney general who had the courage to state the truth right from the get-go. the first time he testifies after he's confirmed, and you guys attack him every day, every week and now you filed articles of impeachment against him. it's ridiculous. he had the courage to do what

michael flynn will figure out what we did. michael flynn was the former defense intelligence had to, is going to go into the trump trump administration as national security advisor to president trump, he will figure it out. we have to stop them. they do know that that's what they tried to do. that's what they did, because they say so in the notes were he says what's our goal, to get him to lie so we can fire him, or prosecution? they did all that. for them to accuse bill barr of anything but adhering to the rule of law and doing the right thing, particularly in the michael flynn case is just ridiculous. the american people understand what they did to that three-star general who served our country for 30 years, how wrong it was. in bill barr, thank goodness he said these charges should be dropped. let's hope the judge, judge sullivan dropped the charges here soon and they let mike flynn alone for a while, for goodness sake. >> shannon: that thing remains unresolved. we will see how that turns out. meanwhile, one of the things t

originally the judge appointed a lawyer to argue over dismissing the case against michael flynn. all unprecedented moves by the judge. quick recap, flynn pleaded guilty twice to line for the fbi about phone calls with russian ambassador in late 2016-early 2017 and was fired as national security advisor for lying but has recently become a rallying cry for those who accused the obama administration of using the justice department to go after trump officials they didn't like. >> longest-running soap opera in political history, michael flynn is not guilty of anything, the phone call he made was fine. this is yet another attempt, the justice department new from the get-go there was nothing to this so what do they do? they prosecuted flynn for years. >> a few months ago william barr said the charges should be dismissed despite his guilty plea. ordinarily that would mean a rubberstamp from the judge in the case but judge emmet sullivan said no dice and hired outside counsel to file their own briefly flynn's attorney appeals, the secret -- the circuit court of appeal dismissed the case bu

you should know, michael flynn pled guilty to lying to the fbi. >> michael flynn not only pled guiltyguilty twice. with incredible detail. then in an act of corruption, bill barr is trying to withdraw his guilty plea, i mean, is trying to allow him to withdraw the guilty plea and actually dismiss the case which is an offense against justice. right now that case is on appeal essentially because judge sullivan said no, not so fast, not so fast, sparky, slow down, i want to know what happened. that went up to d.c. circuit. they said sorry, you don't get to find out what happened. judge sullivan has now appealed that to the entire circuit. right now we're in a stalemate situation. michael flynn's case has not been dismissed. he is not sentenced to go to jail, and we're creeping up in the timelines against the election. my hunch would be since judge sullivan made this move, if six of eleven judges vote to take the case, that kicks the can down the road until the election. was you'll see is michael flynn on stage with trump and i don't think there's any reason why trump would use political

why is he still not dropping the case against michael flynn? ew the answer to that, liz. he seems bound and determined to take general flynn to a hearing and then to a sentencing but he does not have standing. he is not a party to the case. and he doesn't even have a right to file a brief with the d.c. circuit court of appeals like he did. so that is one of the reasons we have moved to have the mandamus go ahead issued bit circuit court. and lift the stay they put on it when he petitioned and there are many other reasons too. in fact there is not a single case in the country that allows him to do what he is trying to do. every single case requires the government's motion to dismiss be granted completely, with prejudice. elizabeth: okay. the justice department has asked that the case be dismissed. the judge emmet sullivan is saying no to that. what was meant by the statement in the your filing saying, quote, the district court, the judge, emmet sullivan, has hijacked and extend ad criminal prosecution for three months for his own purposes. what i

and longtime allies, including roger stone and also the former national security adviser, michael flynnrr's whole argument is, well, i haven't treated them differently. stone's an old man, the sentence was unfair. and so he says, look, i haven't actually prosecuted any of the president's enemies. that can't be the bar. that can't be where we are right now, that he hasn't actually prosecuted obama, biden, clinton. but that seems to be his best argument. >> eli, attorney general barr said that he is not a fact totem for the president, his words. but what you heard him talking about, he says, he is a parrot for the president and you think he does parrot president trump's propaganda. >> yeah, alisyn, honestly, throughout the day yesterday, i kept finding myself thinking, this is the attorney general of the united states? for real? i mean, he didn't sound like any of the ags i served under republican or democrat, he sounded more like the white house spokesperson or campaign manager. his big theme, as laura said is, i'm 100% independent. i don't do politics. who's he kidding? are we to believ

originally the judge appointed a lawyer to argue over dismissing a case against general michael flynn. all unprecedented news by the judge. quick recap. flynn pleaded guilty twice for lying to the fbi about phone calls with the russian ambassador during the transition in late 2016, early 2017. he's also fired as national security advisor from lying. but has recently become the rallying cry for those who accuse the obama administration of using the justice department to go after trump officials, they didn't like. >> want the longest-running soap operas and political history. my plan is not guilty of anything, the phone call he made was fine. this is yet another attempt and the justice department knew from the get-go. there was nothing to this. so what did they do, they prosecuted flynn for years. >> but a few months ago attorney general barr says the charges against flynn should be dismissed despite his guilty plea, mainly that would mean a rubber-stamp from the judge in the case, but judge emmet sullivan said no dice. he hired outside counsel to file their own briefs. flynn's attorney

fbi to disclose publicly what they were admitting to privately, that there was no case against michael flynnflynn, they were going to drop the flynn case. trump said, quote: go easy on flynn to james comey. after the fbi even said behind the scenes they had no case. that's what happened. director james comey instead arranged all of that to be leaked to the media to get mueller appointed special counsel. let's welcome the hill media reporter, joe concha. your thoughts. >> my thoughts is that, well, james comey has9 another book coming out in january 2021. it was just announced this week. he did a media tour first book two years ark made millions of dollars off of it. in other words, there is no accountability for james comey. and remember, let's be clear about this. many news organizations were pitched that dossier way back when in 2016, and almost all rejected it except for buzzfeed who published the whole thing without any disclaimers. cnn followed suit, then from there it gets into the public doe main, we have nice a warrants, and then james comey admits may of 2017, senate intelligence co

smacked michael flynn. >> i did change it.. >> well you said, you indicated that, you changed it because the original flynn sentencing recommendation was for flynn to serve zero to six months. but under your authority the justice department supplemented that recommendation with a pleading that stated the department of justice agreement with flynn's lawyers that probation would be a reasonable sentence. and that the d.o.j. would not be seeking prison time for michael flynn is that correct? so i don't think that's what it said. so that's what it sets or go back and read it.. >> i think both pleadings. so reclaiming my time. >> gentlemen's time has expired. smacked madam chair you get the speech you can ask questions if you do the latter you need to let the ask the question priest mcbeth the chairs responsibility and obligation to make that happen. >> 's correct appearing before the committee today, there is ais disturbing pattern we have seen throughout history with totalitarian systems of government. the leaders first seek to population than the encouraging goon squads to suppress opposin

but then william barr and his department of justice decided to withdraw the charges against michael flynn the william barr defended the action in both of those cases he said look friends of the president should not get special treatment what i did was restore the rule of law to the department of justice yes friends of donald trump should not get special treatment but they should not be punished as well so the questioning continues to be frosty that was on the republican side tend to support william barr those on the democratic side have a lot of questions to ask him one very important point was asked by jerry nadler he said to william barr have you been involved in discussions with donald trump about using federal officers so he can use these in reelection adverse william barr said i don't talk about my conversations with the president i was there as alan fischer reporting live from washington alan many thanks. lebanon is reimposing lockdown measures after assad in corona virus infections and deaths it will begin on thursday and last for 5 days into the. day businesses will then resume fo

shannon: michael flynn's attorney was on with hannity.'s get reaction on the back end. >> judge sullivan's petition should not -- there was no standing to file it. taken on the role of the advocate. jillian: what do you make of that? >> district court judge taking that petition, very does favorable for the entire circuit court, exceptionally important issues, it does, it is legitimate. this is unfortunately going to come down to politics. the 11 judge panel, 7 democrats, four republicans. in the event the circuit court believes the circuit court does not intervene down from district court, they have an election coming up. the us attorney's office, could be a different decision. >> that is an interesting thing. thank you. >> 17 after the hour. justice for affordable soldier. >> serving our country, she reacts to a new bill designed to protect women in the military. >> protect our protectors, to be heard and honored. look like we♪ ♪won't wait♪ ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ ♪we can do it ♪all strength, no sweat did you know liberty mut

crimes under the obama administration and its surveillance of the trump campaign, russia probe and michael flynn probe. we're taking a harder look at president obama. we'll show you how, quote, by the book obama, was clearly uncomfortable and gave it away in his final press conference in 2016 where president obama tried to hide from the media his influence on those fbi probes. plus former nypd commissioner bernie kerik, america's biggest problem, democrat flawed leadership. if the covid-19 virus not killed enough people, they are trying to blame this virus for pulling trigger, stunning outbreak of shootings that killed more than a 100 and children as well from coast to coast. democrats in a breathtaking display of callousness, trying to blame it all on covid-19. trying to claim that a virus is pulling the trigger, as people are shot in broad daylight. including seven children are now dead. former nypd commissioners bill bratton, ray kelly, slamming the democrats. ray kelly calling for democrat leaders like bill de blasio to be removed. also this story, trump 2016 campaign manager corey lewandosk

michael flynn. >> i didn't change it. >> well, you indicated -- yeah, you changed it because the original flynn sentencing recommendation was for flynn to serve 0-6 months. under your authority, the justice department supplemented that recommendation with a pleading that stated the department of justice's agreement with flynn's lawyers that probation would be a reasonable sentence, and that the doj would not be sinking prison time for michael flynn. is that correct? >> i don't think that's what it says. >> that's what it said, sir. go back and read it. >> i think both pleading said that -- >> reclaiming my time, prior -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> you can give a speech or you can ask questions. if you do the latter, we need to let the witness answer the questions. that is the chair's obligation, responsibility to allow that to happen. >> you are recognized for 5 minutes. >> general barr, thank you for appearing before the committee today. general barr, there is a disturbing pattern we've seen it with the totalitarian systems of government. they encourage goon squads to suppre

>> michael flynn. >> i didn't change it. >> well, you said -- well, you indicated that -- you changed it because the original flynn sentencing recommendation was for flynn to serve zero to six months. but under your authority, the justice department supplemented that recommendation with a pleading that stated the department of justice's agreement with flynn's lawyers that probation would be a reasonable sentence, and that the doj would not be seeking prison time for michael flynn. isn't that correct? >> i don't think that's what it said. >> that's what it said, sir. go back and read it. >> i think both -- i think both pleadings -- >> reclaiming my time. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> madam chair? you can give a speech or you can ask questions. if you do the later, you need to let the witness answer the questions. that's the chair's obligation and responsibility to allow that to happen. >> mr. buck is recognized for five minutes. >> attorney general barr, thank you for appearing before the committee today. general barr, there is a disturbing pattern we've seen throughout histo

obama also addressed the justice department dropping charges against michael flynn even though flynnled guilty twice to lying to the f.b.i. >> there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who's been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. that's the kind of stuff where you-- you begin to get worried that basic-- not just institutional norms, but our basic understanding of rule of law, is-- is at risk. so i am hoping that all of you feel the same sense of urgency that i do. >> stephen: (waking up) how long was i out? do i have a beard? that's how slowly obama talks when he feels a sense of urgency-- which explains the failure of the barack obama brand smoke alarm. >> beep... uh... beep. look. uh... fire. >> stephen: not all this administration's bad ideas have to do with the pandemic, some of it has to do with old bad ideas. even though it adds half a billion to the cost, trump is pushing to have his border wall painted black. if it's black, trump can blame it for his problems. "i want to see the long-form wall certificate. i heard it was built in kenya." trump has

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and he didn't say michael flynn is a problem. if he didn't warn michael flynn and say, there's all these russian operatives that you may be looking at, that was never given. >> melissa: so this is what congressman jim jordan had to say about this very issue last night. >> the fbi went to then candidate trump and said russia might try to target you and your campaign. they told them russia might try to spy on you, and that was 17 days and to the, investigating the president for no reason. >> melissa: katie, if you look at the evidence maybe they truly believe that trump was a russian agent and the reason they didn't tell him wise because they didn't want to let him know that they were on to him. how do you counter that argument? that certainly the argument that we've heard from the other side. >> sure. but this continued. if you move forward to december 2016 fbi agent fbi aged we have no information about him doing anything wrong and we need to close the case. then peter strzok comes back and says people at the higher level of the

name, and michael flynn has had to live with this for three and a half years and still not out though everyone in this country knows he's innocent. that's how bad this is when you use the government to target people, and that's why john durham's investigation is so darn important. elizabeth: you wonder if michael flynn could file an emotional abuse case against what's going on. final word. >> no, you're exactly right. i've said many times we should all remember, if they can do it to a president, to a three-star general, imagine what they can do it to you and i, liz, or the people that i represent in ohio. that's what's scary. elizabeth: yeah, that is scary. congressman jim jordan, come back soon, sir. >> thanks, liz. take care. elizabeth: up next, fox news contributor gianno caldwell on president trump now threatening, we've got news on this, president trump threatening to remove the tax-exempt status of universities for, quote, indoctrinating students. the president says that's what leading to the riots and protests that have gotten out of control nationwide. nancy pelosi also

they were not trying to warn the trump campaign, they were trying to ensnare michael flynn. ments released today, they are labeling that meeting as part of the crossfire razor investigation which was the flynn investigation. they should have been there to protect the president from any russia interference. instead they were there to frame the president and try to put pressure on michael flynn. that is what we've been talking about for years now. even more evidence that it is the case. >> congratulations to john radcliffe or declassified the content and pushing this information into the public arena. we are, everyone is anticipating that there will be charges against those that conspired to overthrow this president. this is outrageous. this is a historic level. it boggles the mind to think that academia, our scholars are not involved in this at all. not a word of protest from those professional academic historians who should be all over this it is church mice. >> this was the obama biden administration. joe biden himself trying to manufacture some basis to go after general fly

but michael flynn is not going to prison. michael flynn is supposed to report next week. and michael cohen, the one who did roll on the president, he is released from prison, is now back in there. and jeffrey berman who oversaw the investigation into trump ink and michael cohen, that guy got fired by the president. like, you know, there is not -- it is not too hard to connect the dots here. >> no, it's not very hard to connect the dots. and you could assume that at some point in november that manafort is pardoned as well, and you can assume that flynn will be on the campaign trail. there is nothing but outrage and corruption going on at the department of justice, and it's -- it's so enraging and depressing and at the same time i feel like, you know, if you and steve schmidt are right and the republican party is reduced to an ash heap in november, we can start fresh, and that's what we're going to have to do. >> yeah. right. but the politics of this are utterly insane, right? everything you said about manafort, you only do this now because you think you can get away with it

i think people will recognize it is the same tactic used against michael flynn where the fbi pretended to be doing something like business as normal but used its trick or trap donald trump, later michael flynn by overhearing something, by not reading them their rights. it is a disturbing exercise of the power by fbi headquarters, not the real agents in the field. it shows how far the justice department was willing to do to get their man, donald trump at the expense of rules designed to protect the civil liberties of all americans. shannon: a quick final word to you. >> at this point, particular intention is an allegation and it raises an eyebrow. on my side of the arm it raises an eyebrow because of the timing of this, the president not doing well in the polls and an election in november and in addition the inspector general, horowitz, touched upon this meeting and we didn't see a specific red flag come to light, another reason i'm a little perplexed. shannon: we all await the durham report. a few months. thank you both. the brand-new cdc guidelines on reopening schools, what could it

several people at the treasury department unmask michael flynn's name. is this an issue that general durham is looking into? >> i asked another u.s. attorney to look into the issue of unmasking, because of the high number of unmaskings, and some that do not readily appear to have been in the line of normal business. >> wait a minute, i want to be clear. so, there's another investigation on that issue specifically going on at justice department right now? >> yes. >> wow it, that's great. so durham is looking on how it started. can you give us the other u.s. attorney's name, is that something you're comfortable doing? >> john basch of texas. >> he is looking specifically at the fact -- >> at unmasking. >> probably other unmaskings that took place at the final days of the obama-biden administration. is that accurate? >> actually come a much longer period of time. >> even before that? >> yes. >> thank you, i appreciate that. that is information the committee did not know. our peaceful protests violent, mr. attorney general? >> no. >> do peaceful protests des

michael flynn is pleaded guilty twice to lying to the fbi about his pressure contacts. the u.k. will now test the risk of a confrontation with china. the british government is suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong in response to china's tough new security laws. in beijing, the foreign ministry accused the u.k. meddling in china's internal affairs. in new jersey, and, reportedly dressed as a fedex driver shot and killed a son of a federal judge and wounded her husband. jed asked her solace was at the house, but was not injured. law enforcement says it doesn't know of any specific threats against her. last week, jeff solace was assigned to a lawsuit against deutsche bank against jeffrey epstein. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: chevron has agreed to buy noble energy for $5 billion, the biggest energy transaction since the virus triggered an extreme slump in shale. we spoke with mike worth. a deal that builds on chevr

johnson: michael flynn. a.g. barr: i didn't change it. indicated, n: you yeah, you changed it because the riginal flynn sentencing recommendation was for flynn to serve zero to six months, but authority, the justice department supplemented hat recommendation with a pleading that stated the justice's of agreement with flynn's lawyers that probation would be a and that thentence .o.j. would not be seeking prison time for michael flynn, is that correct? that's r: i don't think what it says. rep. johnson: that's what it is easy, go back and read it. my time, prior to -- time has tleman's expired. >> madam chair, you can give a questions.nswer if you do the latter, you can questions.wer >> mr. buck is recognized for five minutes. rep. buck: attorney general barr, thank you for appearing today. the committee there is a disturbing pattern leaders istory, the first seek to disarm the population and then they goon squads to oppress they institute policies that root out and crush treatment and reform. unfortunately, the american left as been infecte

recall that donald trump as one of the first he had was say he didn't say to james comey go easy on michael flynn. it is documented that he gave false statements to law enforcement individuals. it's different. stone, the evidence is much heavier. there are more charges against stone than there were against flynn, but it is still a case that flynn multiple times admitting having given false statement to multiple investigators. i will say, though, i will be surprised to see him on the campaign trail because all it will do is constantly remind people oh, that's right, you had this national security adviser who had to eleave because he lied to the vice president and admitted having lied to investigators. it's going to be a difficult campaign so, we'll see. >> dr. gupta, let me bring you in, because the president also today in addition to roger stone talked about wearing a mask. he claimed, and i'm quoting him here, i've never been against masks, although, again, we should point out this is the first time he has allowed himself to be videotaped actually wearing a mask. i don't know. what did you think

name 49 times, they were out to get michelson because they knew once in michael flynn will figure out was we did. michelson was former defense intelligence head, he will go to the trump administration, figure it out. we have to stop him and you know that is what they tried to do. what they did because they say so in the notes where he says what is our goal? to get him to lie so we can fire him or prosecuting. they did all that. for them to accuse william live anything but adhering to apply and doing the right thing particularly in the michelson case is ridiculous. the american people understand what they did to that 3-star general who served our country for 30 years, how wrong it wasn't william barr thank goodness said these charges should be dropped, let's of the judge drops charges and let michelson alone for a while. shannon: that thing remains unresolved and we are following it. we will see how that turns out. one of the things they will ask that is the feds getting involved in cities are having a lot of violence. congressman jerry nadler was asked who is behind the protests a

michael flynn's sentencing didn't happen. there was a number of iterations to sentence flynn. requested to withdraw his plea. then the justice department got involved and told the judge that they were going to dismiss the charges. that's when judge sullivan said, no, i'm going to appoint a former judge to argue why they shouldn't dismiss the charges and wanted to have that hearing. flynn's team asked an appeals court to stop that and rule against judge sullivan and strip him of the ability to do that. the panel of judges said okay and agreed with flynn. now what's happening is the full court is willing to hear this. that reset it s the table on th question of whether or not judge sullivan gets to eventually have this hearing. one option that could come back after the full appeals court hears this on august 11th is that they say, okay, fine, you can go ahead with your hearing with this former judge and hear arguments for and against whether or not judge sullivan has to dismiss the case, but here are some parameters in which you need to do that. they could restrain him a little

he goes back to the white houseu and remember he is the one interviewing michael flynn and collecting the information, all the while, just as congressman jordan's says they are spying on then.an president of the united states. you know, this is something so explosive and so big. if john durham doesn't do his job, it doesn't mean that these three are involved, sean. what you have to think about is the scope of this, both peter strzok and kevin kleinsmith and all the others directed by people above them. that is andrew mccabe, that is james comey, and that is those folks at the white house, including the president barack obama who knew everything that was going on in january 5th. >> sean: they need to be asked. barack needs to answer, what did he know when when did he know it? same with joe. my question to you, gregg jarrett. two best-selling books, amazing work that you did. on the legal side of this, what we now have in the public domain is enough to get indictments fos all of these people as far as i'm concerned. you tell me as a lawyer if i'm wrong and why is it taking so long? at t