Micky Flynn - The Fledgling Years
And the important thing to remember with this is, Cohen lied to Congress about all of these negotiations he was doing during the campaign and into the transition, where, simultaneously, you have then candidate and then president-elect Trump saying nice things about Russia, while his main lieutenant is trying to negotiate a potentially multibillion-dollar deal to build what was going to be the biggest building in all of Russia. So, Mueller — I'm not a prosecutor, so I don't know exactly what this means.
But they did say, we will abide by what the judge's recommendations are. And, as you mentioned, we have this second Mueller filing tonight having to do with Paul Manafort. You're going to take a look at that, and we're going to try to come back to you at the end of the program to find out what's in there. As we reported earlier: In a court filing late this evening, special counsel Robert Mueller's team detailed how former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied repeatedly to prosecutors, after Manafort had agreed to a plea deal, and to be truthful with prosecutors.
The important thing, before we get into the filing, is to remember that getting Paul Manafort to agree to a plea deal and to cooperate was really a big deal for Mueller's team.
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Remember, he was the campaign manager at a very crucial part of the Trump administration, the very fledgling Trump administration at the end of the campaign as well. He was there at this infamous Trump Tower meeting where Don Jr. So he might have a lot of information central to Mueller's investigation. Mueller's team earlier this year was able to get him — guilty pleas against him about bank fraud, money laundering, lying about his work as a Ukrainian lobbyist.
And as part of that conviction, they got him to agree to be — a plea.
And so, today, they said, you agreed to be truthful with us, and you were not. And they laid out fully.
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They said that Manafort had lied about the following items. He lied about interactions with a suspected Russian operative. This was about to coordinate a story apparently to make him look better. He lied about the nature of one particular wire transfer. He lied about a separate other Department of Justice investigation.
But, because of redactions, we don't know what that is. And he lied about contacts with Trump administration officials.
This last part about the contacts with the Trump administration is particularly tough, because it's not illegal, but you're not supposed to be telling the Trump administration what prosecutors are asking you about. Watch Dec 16 Marshall Islands: A third of the nation has left for the U.
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The issue reignited following disclosures that Flynn, a retired general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, made five phone calls with Russian envoy Sergey Kislyak on December That was the day outgoing president Barack Obama launched retaliatory sanctions against Russia for election meddling. When the calls came to light, Flynn denied to Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials that he had discussed the sanctions with Kislyak, and Pence repeated the denial in a television interview January On January 26, acting attorney general Sally Yates informed the White House legal counsel that intelligence intercepts show that Flynn lied about the nature of the call, the White House acknowledged Tuesday.
Spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump was told about the intercepts immediately. But Pence was kept out of the loop for two weeks. Thanks very much Alan, appreciate the comments.
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