sarah huckabee sanders went off on the fbi. i want to play the rant, frankly, and, frank, get you to respond to it on the other side. here it is. >> we know for a fact the fbi engaged in an outrageous amount of political bias. the fact that anybody could deny that there was political bias within the fbi under, particularly, james comey's leadership is irrational. >> talking about rats and people crab rating witnesses with the fbi -- >> or people who are dishonest and lie, seems like that term. >> do you think it's preserves confidence in the rule of law for the american people? >> certainly, and that's why he's appointed new people to help do exactly that, whether it's director wray, new attorney general, somebody that can come in and be very transparent throughout this process. >> frank, i know we're so used to this new normal, the sitting administration attacking its own federal government. but i cannot -- it still is shocking to me that a person standing behind that podium went after the fbi as rough as she did as did. as a f

the only thing it says. what happens is, former fbi director, james comey, happens to be on the phone with her and says the fbirviewing michael flynn. and for whatever reason, just notes she was not happy. >> and a reminder to our viewers, sally yates is the person who went to the white house and said michael flynn is lying to the vice president and now that could be a potential liability. the russians could have some leverage over this white house, as a result. evan, as we get this information, these documents from robert mueller's team, we do understand there's a mystery grand jury also convening in washington. >> right. there is a mystery that is before the grand jury. this is a mysterious case. we don't know what it's about. for the last couple of months they have been having these meetings with the judge. it's gone up to appeal. somebody is being asked to provide information we believe to the special counsel. and they are fighting back, and so this is being fought out mind the scenes. they have not disclosed anything about whatever this fight is about. we don't know the substance. we don't know who it is

and the fbi is the fbi.you shed some light on what on earth the president of the united states is talking about? >> january 24th, 2017, after the interview with michael flynn, the fbi agents who interviewed him indicated in their report that they did not sense from flynn's demeanor or his responses that he was deceptive or trying to lie to them. ultimately, they determined the special counsel's office determined that flynn was lying. and the critical difference, or the critical distinction between those two assessments is that the special counsel's office obtained a transcript of the conversation that michael flynn had with the russian ambassador sergey kislyak. and they knew the substance of what flynn had told kislyak, and they were then able to compare that with what flynn told the agents. and they were -- the substance of those two conversations and reports were very different. so the president is conflating what the fbi's perception of his demeanor was, as opposed to what the actual substance of what he

, lyingout the about the fbi, and attacking the rule of law and schedule. how does that make sense? republicans used to understand that the actions, words of a president matters, and where are those republicans today? at some point someone has to stand up and in the face of the tweets,fox news, mean stand up for the values of this country and not slink away into retirement, but speak the truth. i find it frustrating to be here entry questions about things that are far less important than the values this country is built upon. now the take your questions. as ant will it have impact if michael: cooperates -- en --hael coh mr. comey: it undermines the rule of law. this is the president of the united states calling a witness who has cooperated with his own justice department a rat. say that again to yourself at home and remind yourself where we have ended up. this is not about republicans and democrats. this is about what does it mean to be an american. what are the things we care about above our policy disputes, which are important? the values that represent t

i'm proud of the way the fbi conducted itself. agile, flexible, thoughtful, pursue the leaves where you would want us to. or your: maybe for you attorney, my understanding is when you shared your mambo -- your memos, that there was a follow-up for a classified containment operation by the bureau. was there a classified information when you share those memos? mr. comey: [indiscernible] reporter: whether it is classified information -- mr. comey: whether you think it is or not, i will not talk about it. reporter: we have seen tweets from trump about the investigation. we are seeing movement out of mr. mueller's investigation. is this a sign of the white house [indiscernible] know.mey: i don't no do you. because it has been done professionally. i do not know whether it is done. only the investigators know that. we will see. reporter: there is a report related to the senate intelligence investigation. did that come as a surprise, the russian threat train the election? mr. comey: i can't comment. reporter: please said you wanted the hea

lie to the fbi. and i also asked him about the questions that have come out in the recent court proceedings that james comey did not inform his superior, sally yates at the time, that the fbi went in and interviewed michael flynn. he said, well, the reason why i didn't do that was because had i done that, sally yates is an obama holdover, would have been strongly criticized by the president for green lighting an fbi interview of the president's national security adviser, michael flynn. he said, look, i'm probably right about that. and one other point, wolf. i asked him also if he has confidence in the acting attorney general, matt whitaker, and he said no comment, and he walked away. wolf? >> interesting. manu, thank you very much. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. first of all, any reaction to comey's rather stinging appraisal of the president? >> not yet, wolf. but we should point out, the president has not been bashful about going after jim comey in the past. so i woul

and it certainly couldn't be disclosed to the fbi. the reason i raise that possibility and the reason i think this is important, as we head into the sentencing portion of mike flynn's life is that it wasn't just mike flynn who lied about those sanctions discussions. it's troubling and interesting and intriguing enough that flynn was lying about those discussions with russia, but it wasn't just him. as flynn is about to be sentenced, i think maybe this is the most important part. this time last year, "the new york times" reported on e-mails that were circulated among senior trump transition staff at the time flynn was making those contacts with the russian government. these e-mails showed that in fact multiple senior officials knew at the time that flynn was talking to the russian government about sanctions. e-mails about his conversations with russia, about his sanctions conversations with russia were reportedly circulating among flynn and his top deputy in the national security council, k.t. mcfarland. also looped into the conversatio

the fired fbi director saying mr. ump has lied constantly about the bureau and has attacked the rule of law in his attempts to undermine the russia investigation. comey, clearly fuming, after a second closed-door hearing demanded by house republicans before democrats take control. once a registered republican, comey says gop lawmakers are being cowed into silence by the president, calling their failure to speak out an everlasting shame. >>> i'll get reaction from senate democratic macy hrono. first, let's go to our senior congressional correspondent manu r raju. james comey's frustration with the president and republicans poiled over today. >> reporter: they did. blistering attacks directed towards the president and republicans after the president has launched attack after attack on the fbi, on the mueller investigations, republicans for the most part have not stood up to this president. james comey after sitting down with republicans and democrats as part of a republican-led investigation in the house for the second t

knew it was a crime to lie to the fbi. so that makes it easy for us. to look at the report and say the agent even told him during the interview but it's not a legal requirement. it's not an element of the offense. it's there if someone doesn't have the background of a general flynn you can say they were told. someone obviously with his background serving in the military as a public servant absolutely knows and should know that it's against the law to lie to the fbi. >> anybody watching cable news certainly knows it's against the law to lie to the feds. julia knows this story backwards, forwards, backwards again. the black lines of redaction. which ones peeked your interest more than others? >> got it right here. we talked a lot about how he lied and how he probably -- how he knew that there was a lie. i took a lot of this, brian, to see what he actually told the truth about. right here it said that flynn volunteered after the election he had a closed door meeting with kislyak. they have more connections between these two pe

how does the fbi file a false statement charge when the fbi thought it was in lie. u are probably asking yourself, why would flynn even plead guilty to lying when he wasn't lying. the answer? flynn based on his record of 33 years as a decorated military man is an honorable man who may have realized when he saw the transcript that what he said was not consistent with the transcript. er. >> maybe he pled guilty because he ran out of money to defend himself. even having to sell his house to survive. or maybe to save his son, also in the cross-hairs of these people. for those of you who think the fbi was just trying to get to the truth, you are wrong. if they wanted information, if they wanted the truth, they could have shown flynn his transcript of his conversation to refresh his recollection to get at the truth. but, no, they didn't want the truth. they wanted to take down a bit player to get to the big player. tuesday the parties will appear again before judge emmett sullivan, a judge unafraid of the swamp. a judge with a track record of calling out prosecutorial misc

flynn himself said he was not ambushed by the fbi. now, a reporter then followed up explicitly giving sanders the opportunity to change her answer later today. let me play that exchange. >> flynn said that he knew that it was illegal to lie to the fbi and he was ready to accept responsibility. this was all before agreeing to a delay in the sentencing. given that, are you in a position now or would you like to revisit your comments earlier today that the fbi ambushed flynn here. >> no. we still firmly believe we don't have any reason to want to walk that back. >> okay, so, let's be clear here. she's saying she does not care that flynn lied, which, again, i just have to keep saying it, right, he admitted that he did. something that president trump himself, by the way, has publicly admitted general michael flynn did. the president of the united states has admitted it. so they're going back on that too. here's donald trump. >> hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, nothing happened to her. flynn lied, and they destroyed his life. i th

he is the last one still at the fbi. this reporting tonight in "the wall street journal," apparently, he is now gone, too. or at least he's on his way out. and i know these guys sometimes just age out. "the wall street journal" reports tonight, there's nothing unusual about this departure, that priestap hit his departure mark and decided to leave. but it is striking that as of tonight, that all of the senior officials that were involved in investigating the russia scandal from the beginning, they are now all gone. and the specific official who was running the investigation inside the bureau on a day-to-day, hands-on basis, before it was handed over to robert mueller that was bill priestap, the official at the fbi. and he is about to leave the bureau himself. you know, maybe this is totally normal. maybe this is coincidental and this is your typical turnover. it is remarkable that it's been 2 1/2 years since the fbi started investigating russia interference in our next election. that is not wrapped up, which is clear by th

repercussions of lying to the fbil present. >> the thing here that's important is that the judge is basically telling michael flynn, do you want to withdraw your guilty plea? are you now saying you aren't guilty of this? so they're going through this entire exercise now of questioning him about whether or not he really is guilty. and because he's -- the judge clearly is taking an issue with what flynn's lawyers have been arguing, that he was somehow tricked into lying, so the judge plainly asked flynn's lawyer, was your client entrapped, do you feel there was entrapment? >> he said no, there was no entrapment. there's an issue now, the judge is concerned perhaps michael flynn feels he somehow was entrapped, somehow was forced to lie by the fbi. and the judge just going through that now, making sure that michael flynn is willing to accept responsibility for the crimes he committed here. and so that's exactly what's going on. >> seems like the judge was almost in a sense giving him the opportunity to withdraw his gael g

the fbi said he didn't lie and they overrode the fbi.wanted to scare everybody into making up stories that are not true by catching them in the smallest of misstatements, sad. fast forward to today, laura jarrett, there are these filings out that show exactly how all of this went down, and at least it indirectly rebukes what the president said. >> i think directly rebukes it. >> it is as much about rebuking him as rebuking michael flynn's lawyers for saying the fbi caught him off guard? >> i don't know it was their intent, but it was the output of it. almost they do almost point by point destroys the tweet. he didn't get a great deal because they were embarrassed. he got a great deal because he's been cooperating from day one. i think the filings show how the fbi actually went out of their way to say, let's do this quietly, let's try to resolve it discreetly and let's get this done, much to the chagrin of the justice department, didn't inform them, went about it, got him in there to interview him on that day, two fbi agents come back and

but since the fbi started that investigation in the summer of 2016, the fbi has lost or turfed out itsmey, its deputy director andrew mccabe, the head of counter espionage, peter strzok, the fbi general counsel james baker, the fbi chief of staff, the head of national security division, chief council to the deputy director lisa page, now the assistant director of the counter intelligence division who was personally running the investigation before mueller. as of tonight, they are, all of them, gone. and that is intriguing tonight in terms of why bill priestap is leaving and why now. it is also a good reminder of the night wee get t get the sen document on michael flynn. there was an op-ed in usa today, just this morning even before we got the flynn sentencing documents, it's a good reminder the whole russia scandal was being run by the deputy director of counter intelligence at the fbi because it all started as a counter intelligence investigation. and the counter intelligence division at the fbi is charged with stopping other countries from running foreign intelligence operations in o

' refusal to defend the fbi. him about the tweet when the president called michael cohen a rat. he said this was alarming to him, someone going after a person who was cooperating with the department of justice. and also there have been developments of late in court proceedings, raising questions about the fub's handling of the michael flynn investigation. flynn attorneys have said that perhaps he was not treated properly when the fbi interviewed michael flynn and then he lied to the fbi about his interactions with russian ambassador. i said is there anything improper with the way you handled that? he defended that very aggressively, saying how could you even question how that was carried out and question about why he didn't inform sally yates and the acting attorney general about the flynn interview when it happened till the day it happened. he said the reason he didn't do that, he didn't want the president to accuse an obama holdover for green lighting an investigation -- interview of the national security advis

he had a very sort of familiar relationship with the fbi. it says the agents described flynn as being jockular and friendly and showing them around the west ring. the bottom line, someone like flynn with military and intelligence experience should have known that he couldn't make statements that were misleading to the fbi. flynn's lawyers argued that they didn't treat other situations in the same matter. they point to george papadopoulos and that he was warned about the serious nature of the investigation. critics of the special counsel and director comey point to hillary clinton. she's a sophisticated target in an investigation -- >> shepard: seriously? >> yes. that's what they point to. >> shepard: let them point, this is what the the prosecutor is pointing to. hillary clinton. seriously? the point with that was, that investigation is over and we're on to a new one. this one is very much underway. and i have a brand new document i'd like to road. >> good. >> shepard: part one, defendant's false statements prior to january 24, 2017: the defe

by the fbi of an interview. admit that flynn told the truth. so the question that judge emmett sullivan should have on tuesday is, mr. mueller, why are you prosecuting, why did you charge a guy who your own agents interviewed and determined told the truth? and then i think if i were the judge, i would turn to general flynn and say, general flynn, why did you plead guilty to something you didn't do? were you coerced? was your son threatened by these special counsel operators over here at the other table? lou: how about why did the fbi director acknowledge, as he acknowledges, send over two agents thwarting what is policy, procedure -- >> right. lou: -- and the legal demand for representation for a formal interview? it wasn't just a little trek across town to the white house. >> well, you called comey cute. i'd call him cunning and corrupt. and also a liar. you know, this is -- lou: well, cute is texas for -- >> yeah. i mean, this document here shows that he deceived the acting attorney general and didn't tell her

did you lie to the fbi? and asking his attorney, do you think that your client was set up, and the attorneys saying no i think is a very notable thing. you see the judge blowing the hole in this conspiracy theory that his attorneys danced around and we saw the president of the united states and others on the right do more than dance around but openly endorse. >> judge sullivan is going through that plea agreement there in the courtroom. so again, a sentence imminent. >> i think matt miller makes several important points, the first of which is we were seeing the outlines of a new defense of flynn that actually overlaps with the now infamous sunday morning show giuliani defense that crimes are not crimes. this guilty plea is not really a guilty plea because the fbi was unfair and he should have had better treatment. what the judge is saying as matt explained is, no, you're pleading guilty under oath. by the way of making past false statements, so you really need to be clear and honest today, mr. flynn, before w

lying to the fbi. and we really do not know as members of the public what's behind those black redacting bars. but, who knows? maybe what's behind those black bars is what contributed to this judge going off like a volcano today about the seriousness and the terribleness of mike flynn's behavior. i'm going to cut to the chase here, because this is the part you have heard about today, if you have heard about any of this. the judge, speaking to michael flynn, the defendant, at this point. the judge, quote, i'm going to be very frank with you. this crime is very serious. it involves false statements to the federal bureau of investigation agents on the premises of the white house, in the west wing, by a high-ranking security officer with up to that point an unblemished career of service to his country. that is a very serious offense. you know, i'm going to take into consideration the 33 years of service and sacrifice and take into consideration the substantial assistance of several ongoing investigations,

to answer questions about the russia roletigation and the fbi's in the 2016 presidential election. it was a second time this month mr. comey appeared on capitol hill, where he remained behind closed doors for several hours. when departing the interview, he stopped to answer a few questions from reporters. sit to capitol hill 10 days after his irst and he spoke to reporters after the >> i am going to say a few words. great. a couple of questions. me.ust wait for i'll say a few words and then i'll take your questions. >> great. >> are you set? >> great. so another day of hillary linton's emails and the steel dossier. this while the president of the united states is lying about the f.b.i., attacking the f.b.i., attacking the rule of law in this country. how does that make any sense at all? republicans used to understand that the actions of a president matter. president matter, ment matters. of law where are those republicans today? at some point someone has to ofnd up, in the face of fear fox news, fear of their base, ear of mean tweets, stand up for the values of this country and not

the trump white house once again sidi siding with the fbi and department of justice. flynn, of course, a key player in the special counsel's russia investigation, and he will, we are told, continue to cooperate with robert mueller. cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. jessica, i have to say, it sure sounded as though judge sullivan was going to send flynn to the clink for at least some period of time. >> it did, jake. the judge stressed that prison time was not off the table, even though that's what flynn's lawyers and mueller's team essentially agreed to in their sentencing memos. this was really a hearing that went off the rails for flynn's team with that rough rhetoric coming from the judge who will ultimately sentence flynn sometime next year. michael flynn's sentencing is on hold after a dramatic two-hour rebuke from the judge. federal judge emmett sullivan scolding president trump's former national security adviser, telling flynn, i am not hiding my disgust, my disdain for your criminal offense. >> the next president of the united states, right here! >> at one p

he is warning his crime, lying to the fbi, is a very serious evens. the judge, emmet sullivan made no promises that he would not get jail time even though the prosecutors recommend he not get jail time. pam, inside the courtroom, a lot of drama and the judge asking michael flynn, do you want to withdraw your plea and they noted he could still be a cooperating witness. >> the judge giving him several outs, citing the circumstances surrounding the interview where the lawyers warped he was not warned about the repercussions and that counsel was not recommended for the interview and now the sentencing seems to be taking off on a different tone with the judge expressing the seriousness of the offense with michael flynn lying on the fbi. shimon is breaking down the new details. >> the judge is not mipsi inwin words, saying the aggravating circumstances are serious. not only did you lie to the fbi, but you lied to senior officials in the incoming administration. he then said all along, you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the n

>> was it at all shady how the fbi handled flynn? >> no. en him a deal that most people would never even be able to dream up. of all the charges brought against him, he has one count of lying to fbi officials, even though the former acting attorney general, sally yates, ran through the white house, you've got a compromised national security adviser, compromised by russia and perhaps other nations? at one point in time urged a foreign agent. could have pled guilty to. which tells you although he's only pled guilty to one thing and will cooperate in this particular instance, he has not had double jeopardy. he will remain under the thumb of mueller and the special counsel probe until they are done with him, not the other way around. >> everybody stick around. because there is more breaking news emerging right now. as time runs out to avoid a partial government shutdown, the white house is now backing away from president trump's demand for $5 billion to fund a border wall. let's go to our congressional correspondent, phil mattingly, following th

he clearly, where the fbi asks him about that, he denies it. d he encourage kislyak not to escalate the situation and to keep the russian response reciprocal or not the fbi agent says a tit for tat. flynn says not really. you read the statement of offense at the fbi that's actually not the case. flynn told him not to escalate the situation. here you have a good picture, what was going on how michael flynn was responding. and we will hear more. >> thank you very much. >> as we're starting to go through this here. april ryan. and also with me, john dean, the former nixon white house counsel. this is 10 pages, there's a lot of it that is not redacted. we weren't expecting to get this. we weren't expecting to get it. what's the significance of what we're learning. >> the judge wanted to see this because flynn's lawyers essentially tried to make it seem like the fbi was maybe pulling a fast one on flynn. it was all just a big mistake. not at all, we gave him every opportunity to tell the truth. fbi interviews aren't typically tape recorded or videoed

>> guy: well, christopher steele's pay later on the process by the fbi. i assume he would say "i didn't know it was the dmc or the democrats." thinking back to the interview that bret baier did with him, when he claims that he still come at this later date, was not sure that it was the democrats are the hillary clinton campaign that paid for that dossier. that it was republicans that paid for, which was a debunk the talking point. for somebody who seems to understand a lot of details and is confident in his lack of guilt in this situation or at least not holding any response building, there are some very big blind spots. it seems like he has. that being said, that was a lot we just took it from catherine herridge. the wind up to this whole conversation. the idea that anyone, like the fbi or the justice department, and trapped michael flynn because they didn't tell him noo lie to federal investigators that he should have the tell that -- to anyone, little the former director of the dia. he knows you shouldn't lie to the fbi. >> capri: let me just jump in on

they are up here attacking the fbi's investigation of a guy who played guilty to lying to the fbi. should have been told you can have a lawyer. think of the state of affairs we have ended up in. that is nonsense. i'm proud of the way the fbi conducted itself -- agile and flexible, thoughtful, pursue the lease where you want us to. >> maybe for you or your attorney -- i understand is that when you shared your members with their legal team, there was a follow-up for the classified containment operation by the bureau. of there spill classified information? >> i am not going to talk about something like that. whether you think it is or not i'm not going to talk about it when we are the other. >> more of these jews from president trump about how the investigation, mr. mueller -- more of these tweets from president trump about the investigation from esther mueller's investigation, is that a sign that it is wrapping up? >> i don't know. on the investigators know that, and we will see. >> there was the report related to the senate intelligence investigation. did that, surprising the findin

now, remember, the fbi attempted to bolster its fisa application. member they used what we call circular reporting, yahoo news. by the way, they knew the source was christopher steele. really just one source but they like to create the impression for the court that there is multiple sources. no, that's circular reporting. to say recap the fbi under president obama, they got a warrant to spy on trump campaign associate carter page at the height of the 2016 election. in order to achieve this feat they had presented the fisa court judge with evidence that we know the fbi knew was sketchy and was not verified and they themselves had doubt about it ever being true. they knew the evidence was bought and paid for by hillary clinton that was withheld from the fisa court judges. the evidence was bolstered with the circular media reporting that the fbi knew christopher steele was behind. but, as we now know, that's not how so-called evidence was presented to the fisa court tonight, the smoking gun evidence that the leadership under fbi committed a complete and

he was railroaded by the fbi. e judge ordered this document to be out tonight because the judge tomorrow is going to say, you might not get jail time, but if you want to go in front of the american people and say you were an innocent victim of the fbi, try that again. that's not going to work. >> that sounds right to me. because i just don't think he's going to get jail time, given all this. >> jeffrey, jim, phil, thank you all very much. next back to james comey. we'll be joined by one of the other top officials who was there with him as russia attacked this country. james clapper's take when 360 continues. voice-command navigation with waze wifi wireless charging 104 cubic feet of cargo room and seating for 8. now that's a sleigh. ford expedition. built for the holidays. and for a limited time, get zero percent financing plus twelve hundred and fifty dollars ford credit bonus cash on ford expedition. ford credit bonus cash coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure

the democrat claiming there are no political biases at the fbi. right? yeah. ressman nadler, did you see the hundreds of text messages between former lovers -- i hate that word -- boyfriend, girlfriend. peter strzok and lisa page? the ones that clearly display their hatred for president trump? how are you out there saying there was never any bias. the ones where they vowed to make sure the president, now president would never make it to the oval office? there is a whole lot of bias there. i'm setting the record straight for you on why these probes must continue. don't go anywhere. [ telephone rings ] [ client ] - hey maya. hey! you still thinking about opening your own shop? every day. i think there are some ways to help keep you on track. and closer to home. edward jones grew to a trillion dollars in assets under care, by thinking about your goals as much as you do. >> the entire purpose of this investigation is smaller. there is no evidence whatsoever by the fbi or any of this other nonsense they are talking about. trish: come on, really? incoming house judic

well, the fbi agents, they didn't give him the miranda warning.ll them the truth and everything would have been fine, but instead he is a convicted felon. >> and the president, you know, it is pretty extraordinary. he calls michael cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, a rat, but he has only praise for michael flynn who basically did the same thing, lie under oath, lie before -- to the fbi and is about to go to jail. >> he was the our national security adviser. i mean you have the good fellows on the one hand, and then you heard sarah sanders come out today and say that the president's comments were, quote, perfectly acceptable to say. i have to wonder, is there still a dangling of a pardon out there for flynn. is that why he's playing nice with him right now? but there is no -- donald trump has flipped and flopped back and forth on these things over and over again. >> sabrina, i just want to read that first sentence in trump's tweet today. good luck today in court to general michael flynn. >> well, the president continued to defend michael flynn ev

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he is in no way represents the career people at the fbi or cia. and trumps attack is not on the fact that apparently he is incapable to have white house where they all work toward the same and but they are all fighting with each other over what he will do which is a differentt problem than whether or not the fbi has in fact undertaken some illegal or unconstitutional. >> but with the fbi, james comey charges hillary clinton publicly of gross negligence in the handling of her e-mail. now iswa there anything illegal with that? no. no. the fbi is a law enforcement organization not policy enforcement nobody appointed thebi fbi the national schoolmarm to lecture people who are grossly negligent the fbi job is to identify violations of the law and not to lecture o people on good citizenship. >> how that is an example of the deep state we discuss here? >> it is an example of what i just referred to and i told you i don't like the term deep state so i cannot describe to you what the deep state can do properly or not but it is an example of bureaucratic hol

flynn was tricked, duped by the fbi agents that came to the white house? >> well, i don't believe that that is the case. i think there's been some acknowledgment that the white house counsel was not informed in advance. but mike flynn, given his extensive military career, as well as being national security adviser, knows that when you talk to the fbi, you are talking to government law enforcement officials. and you must tell the truth. and so under, you know, whatever circumstances you're going to meet with somebody, particularly in the white house, if the fbi comes over and pays you a visit, you should just in the normal course of your day tell the truth. but especially to fbi officers, agents. >> particularly, i wonder what you think about the fact that he is telling untruths, he's lying about conversations with kislyak that as an intelligence professional he has to know that the u.s. government is surveilling. >> well, you would think that he would know the facts that he is being asked about and therefore under -- for what reason would he not tell truth

he's definitely pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. but then it became clear as the hearing went on that judge sullivan was also very concerned and bothered by the conduct that mike flynn was not charged with but has admitted, which is secretly lobbying for the government of turkey and lying about it while he was donald trump's campaign security adviser. judge sullivan said at one point, you sold your country out. then he said, look, i can't assure you that you won't be sentenced to incarceration if we move forward today. that's why i think this idea of waiting until the cooperation is done is somewhat of a fig leaf. i think mike flynn's lawyers saw the writing on the wall. they saw this was a bad day for him to accept a sentence from judge sullivan and that maybe three months from now or six months from now or whenever they rec reconvene will be a better time, when judge sullivan is in a better mood. the last thing i'll say is judge sullivan mentioned something that's unrelated to this case but goes to his mind set. he said at one poin

but his post firing behavior has done even more damage to the fbi. this week we are hearing he said to the tonight he that he knew that the white house was in disarray and basically said he was going to exploit that new administration coming in and manipulate the situation and send agents over there to interview general flynn in amidst that chaos knowing that was a better chance of getting someone caught in a lie which apparently he may have done. for an fbi director standing up there and say i wanted to take advantage after new administration coming in, and every administration is chaotic in the beginning. they have to get their feet under them. it's not unusual or a bad thing. it's part of a transition of power. but to exploit that is unconscionable. trish: it gets worse. in that same closed door testimony, we have the transcript and i read every single line. he went so far as to say when he was asked about whether it mattered that -- who paid for that dossier, he said who cares? he didn't care whether it was republicans. that's a direct yoat quote

the first is how the fbi handled the clinton e-mail investigation.ond, the roots of the russian investigation, whether or not the fbi appropriately launched a counterintelligence investigation into the poitentil ties between russia and the trump campaign. and the third bucket of what we have learned since then about the mueller investigation and opportunity to hear from mr. comey on that. we'll have a little more time here to look through and certainly come back to you as we get more information from that. >> let me ask you some questions about it because there's a lot here. trey gowdy f. anyone has forgotten, he will be leaving congress but he headed the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails so he's well trained in this. you're a former federal prosecutor. he and the republicans seemed very, very hung up on this whole idea michael flynn has walked back and his defense attorneys have walked back the very thing that got judge sullivan hot under the collar today, this idea that somehow the fbi tricked or trapped michael flynn into saying things

because you don't know enough to be afraid of the fbi. i am terrified by the fbi.if i witnessed a crime and they said they just want me to tell them what i saw and i would have to say talk to my lawyer. >> like come here, just want to talk and then it is as you said, you end up in jail. >> yes. that's the mistake people make. we need to be very conscientious and cautious before ever talking to them. because i read your stuff over and over again and i remember when it hits you are the resistance like we finally got trump russia and a lot of the media they play on people's ignorance like if you are a lawyer they processing crimes. if they wouldn't have gotten you on obstruction of justice, if you had anything about russia they would have flipped you and work their way up the food chain. so where, after you pled guilty you said you talk to robert mueller's office four times? you have the three interviews with the fbi in the fbi's lawyers and then you had four interviews with him? what were those like, run us to those. >> it still an ongoing investigation so i can't ge

michael flynn will be sentenced today for lying to the fbi. >>> deal or no deal? no one knows. even republicans in the dark about what the president will accept. four days to a shutdown. >>> stocks at the lowest levels in more than a year. what the numbers signal for the economy in the year ahead. >>> and the message in the me too era. les moonves won't see a dollar of the $120 million severance. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> this is the worst year for stocks in a decade. >> we waiting for santa. >>> we could find out today what compelled michael flynn to lie to the fbi. the former national security adviser is set to be sentenced today with the contacts with the russian ambassador during the presidential transition. following the judge's order in the 11th hour, special counsel robert mueller has released a memo giving details of the fbi interview where flynn lied. >> flynn allies, including the president, latched on to the fact that flynn was interviewed by peter strzok who was lat

the fbi didn't think he lied. now you can't get him on an actual crime so the old perjury trap always becomes the fallback in the mueller camp of democratic donors.k this is how america is going to treat a military hero? this is a sad and pathetic moment for not only the special counsel, but for the country. we'll check in with catherine herridge. she has been reviewing as we have the full report. we will also react to this travesty of justice. also tonight, we continue to monitor the dangerous situation at our southern border. now while the left active is actively promoting illegal immigration with promises of citizenship, on this program we have always told you the cold, hard truth. as we speak, there are thousands of migrants stuck south of the border in tijuana, mexico, camping out, squalid conditionsdi and now a daily stream of migrants are sneaking into the united states and another border rushh has happened. now coming up, we're going to do something you will never see on any other network. we're going to br