Tag: Michael Flynn

Former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was DC District Court Tuesday morning, where his lawyers appealed to set a trial date. NBC’s Ken Dilanian reports. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth…

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will make his first court appearance next week since he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI last December. Flynn has been cooperating with the Mueller probe. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC…

U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan wants an explanation as to why the former national security adviser has not been sentenced six months after his guilty plea for lying to federal investigators; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports. FOX News…

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers composed a secret 20-page letter to special counsel Robert Mueller to assert that he cannot be forced to testify while arguing that he could not have committed obstruction because he has absolute authority over all federal investigations. The existence of the letter, which was first reported and posted by The New York Times on Saturday, was a bold assertion of presidential power and another front on which Trump’s lawyers have argued that the president can’t be subpoenaed in the special counsel’s ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. So bad for our Country.” Mueller has requested an interview with the president to determine whether he had criminal intent to obstruct the investigation into his associates’ possible links to Russia’s election interference. If Trump does not consent to an interview, Mueller will have to decide whether to forge forward with a historic grand jury subpoena. His team raised the possibility in March of subpoenaing the president but it is not clear if it is still under active consideration. Giuliani has told The Associated Press that the president’s legal team believes the special counsel does not have the authority to do so. President Bill Clinton was charged with obstruction in 1998 by the House of Representatives as part of his impeachment trial. And one of the articles of impeachment prepared against Richard Nixon in 1974 was for obstruction. Topics of Mueller’s obstruction investigation include the firings of both Comey and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, as well Trump’s reaction to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Russia investigation. Giuliani said last week that the special counsel probe may be an “entirely illegitimate investigation” and need to be curtailed because, in his estimation, it was based on inappropriately obtained information from an informant and former FBI director James Comey’s memos.

Image The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently provided President Trump’s lawyers a list of questions he wants answered in an interview. What was the purpose of your Feb. 14, 2017, meeting with Mr. Comey, and what was said? Mr. Comey was fired soon after. There, The Times revealed, Mr. Trump suggested he had fired Mr. Comey because of the pressure from the Russia investigation. Mr. Trump has criticized Mr. Sessions’s recusal from the Russia investigation. The Times has reported that Mr. Trump told his White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, to stop Mr. Though Mr. Trump’s own advisers informed Mr. Mueller about that effort, Mr. Trump denied it: “Fake news,” he said. What discussions did you have during the campaign regarding any meeting with Mr. Putin? This is a key question. This question, along with the next two, show that Mr. Mueller is still investigating possible campaign cooperation with Russia.

The Republican senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday he was glad John Bolton will be Donald Trump’s national security adviser going into talks with North Korea, because of his “very healthy skepticism”. 'Dialogue of the deaf'? Iran deal talks persist as Trump looks poised to kill it Read more Bolton is a Bush-era United Nations ambassador and noted hawk who has advocated military strikes as the best way to stop North Korea developing a nuclear weapon that can reach the US mainland. In February, he wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he set out “the legal case for striking North Korea first”. News of Bolton’s appointment was greeted by widespread alarm. A US-North Korean summit is slated for May. Hopes have been raised that Kim Jong-un may discuss measures to reduce the threat of war, possibly in exchange for security guarantees and an easing of sanctions that have severely affected the already struggling North Korean economy. Earlier, on a visit to Beijing, the Democratic Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren said success from talks with Pyongyang would involve getting a commitment to discuss verifiable steps to reduce its nuclear threat. Trump last month fired secretary of state Rex Tillerson – whom he had previously derided for saying talks with North Korea might be possible. Like Bolton, Pompeo is a hawk regarding North Korea.

Blasting the Russia probe and his own FBI - both again and on the same day - Pres. Trump says he's not ready to talk about pardoning Michael Flynn yet. Our panel reacts. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC…

Robert Mueller is one step closer to Trump's inner circle after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in the Russia probe. So who in Trump’s world has the most to worry about with Michael Flynn’s testimony? Lawrence O’Donnell discusses with David Frum,…

Robert Mueller's investigation is now just one person away from the president after Michael Flynn's guilty plea, Lawrence O'Donnell says. Because Flynn has already told his story to the special counsel to get a deal, even pardoning Flynn can't save…

Rachel Maddow looks at the warnings Donald Trump received about Mike Flynn and the inexplicable way Trump held Flynn in favor even after he left office. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis…