WEBVTT 00:01.302 --> 00:02.201 THAT IS "ALL IN" FOR THIS EVENING. 00:02.236 --> 00:02.969 EVENING. "THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW" STARTS 00:03.003 --> 00:04.270 "THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW" STARTS RIGHT NOW, GOOD EVENING, RACHEL. 00:04.271 --> 00:04.904 RIGHT NOW, GOOD EVENING, RACHEL. >> GOOD EVENING, CHRIS. 00:04.939 --> 00:06.439 >> GOOD EVENING, CHRIS. THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. 00:06.441 --> 00:07.173 THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. MUCH APPRECIATED. 00:07.174 --> 00:09.075 MUCH APPRECIATED. THANKS TO YOU AT HOME FOR 00:09.076 --> 00:10.076 THANKS TO YOU AT HOME FOR JOINING US THIS HOUR. 00:10.077 --> 00:11.578 JOINING US THIS HOUR. SAMANTHA POWER IS HERE TONIGHT 00:11.579 --> 00:13.380 SAMANTHA POWER IS HERE TONIGHT IN STUDIO FOR THE INTERVIEW. 00:13.381 --> 00:14.548 IN STUDIO FOR THE INTERVIEW. SAMANTHA POWER WAS PRESIDENT 00:14.549 --> 00:15.782 SAMANTHA POWER WAS PRESIDENT OBAMA’S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED 00:15.784 --> 00:17.384 OBAMA’S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 00:17.418 --> 00:18.051 NATIONS. BEFORE THAT, SHE SPENT FOUR 00:18.085 --> 00:19.886 BEFORE THAT, SHE SPENT FOUR YEARS IN OBAMA’S NATIONAL 00:19.887 --> 00:20.487 YEARS IN OBAMA’S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 00:20.521 --> 00:22.122 SECURITY COUNCIL. SHE’S A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING 00:22.156 --> 00:22.489 SHE’S A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR. 00:22.490 --> 00:23.490 AUTHOR. SHE HAS A NEW BOOK OUT. 00:23.491 --> 00:25.592 SHE HAS A NEW BOOK OUT. WE’RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE 00:25.593 --> 00:27.994 WE’RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE SAN MANTHA POWER HERE FOR THE 00:27.995 --> 00:28.361 SAN MANTHA POWER HERE FOR THE INTERVIEW. 00:28.362 --> 00:29.095 INTERVIEW. I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 00:29.097 --> 00:30.063 I’VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVER SINCE I GOT THE GALLEY 00:30.065 --> 00:30.564 THAT EVER SINCE I GOT THE GALLEY OF HER BOOK. 00:30.565 --> 00:31.098 OF HER BOOK. VERY EXCITED. 00:31.132 --> 00:32.199 VERY EXCITED. WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW WHEN I GOT 00:32.200 --> 00:34.435 WHAT I DIDN’T KNOW WHEN I GOT THE GALLEY OF SAMANTHA POWERS’ 00:34.469 --> 00:37.070 THE GALLEY OF SAMANTHA POWERS’ BOOK AND WHEN WE PERSUADED HER 00:37.072 --> 00:39.006 BOOK AND WHEN WE PERSUADED HER TO KM ONCOME ON THE SHOW, BOY, W 00:39.040 --> 00:40.707 TO KM ONCOME ON THE SHOW, BOY, W THIS BE A GOOD DAY TO HAVE 00:40.709 --> 00:41.875 THIS BE A GOOD DAY TO HAVE SAMANTHA POWER ON THE SHOW 00:41.909 --> 00:43.010 SAMANTHA POWER ON THE SHOW BECAUSE TODAY TURNS OUT TO BE 00:43.043 --> 00:44.144 BECAUSE TODAY TURNS OUT TO BE THE FEAST OF THE TRUMP NATIONAL 00:44.178 --> 00:48.581 THE FEAST OF THE TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS ON YOUR 00:48.583 --> 00:49.216 SECURITY ADVISERS ON YOUR SECULAR ADVENT CALENDAR OF 00:49.250 --> 00:49.816 SECULAR ADVENT CALENDAR OF PRESIDENTIAL SCANDALS. 00:49.818 --> 00:51.351 PRESIDENTIAL SCANDALS. THIS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE A FORMER 00:51.386 --> 00:54.421 THIS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE A FORMER HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL SECURITY 00:54.456 --> 00:56.690 HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIAL TO GIVE YOU SOME 00:56.724 --> 00:57.123 OFFICIAL TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE. 00:57.125 --> 00:58.025 PERSPECTIVE. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ONLY BEEN IN 00:58.059 --> 00:59.326 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE, LIKE, 2 1/2 YEARS. 00:59.327 --> 01:00.561 OFFICE, LIKE, 2 1/2 YEARS. HE’S NOW LOOKING FOR HIS FOURTH 01:00.595 --> 01:02.596 HE’S NOW LOOKING FOR HIS FOURTH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER WHO I 01:02.597 --> 01:05.332 NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER WHO I THINK IF HE FINDS THAT PERSON 01:05.333 --> 01:05.999 THINK IF HE FINDS THAT PERSON WILL ACTUALLY BE THE FIFTH 01:06.000 --> 01:06.700 WILL ACTUALLY BE THE FIFTH PERSON TO WHOM HE HAS OFFERED 01:06.701 --> 01:07.701 PERSON TO WHOM HE HAS OFFERED THE JOB. 01:07.702 --> 01:09.236 THE JOB. BUT TODAY WAS, LIKE, A BANNER 01:09.270 --> 01:11.138 BUT TODAY WAS, LIKE, A BANNER DAY FOR ALL OF THEM ALL AT ONCE. 01:11.139 --> 01:13.374 DAY FOR ALL OF THEM ALL AT ONCE. START WITH THE FIRST ONE. 01:13.408 --> 01:14.341 START WITH THE FIRST ONE. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST NATIONAL 01:14.342 --> 01:16.443 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MIKE FLYNN, HE 01:16.444 --> 01:17.311 SECURITY ADVISER MIKE FLYNN, HE SPENT TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT 01:17.312 --> 01:19.113 SPENT TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT WHERE HE LEARNED OF HIS NEW 01:19.114 --> 01:19.947 WHERE HE LEARNED OF HIS NEW PROBABLE SENTENCING DATE. 01:19.982 --> 01:21.348 PROBABLE SENTENCING DATE. THE DATE ON WHICH HE WILL FIND 01:21.349 --> 01:23.083 THE DATE ON WHICH HE WILL FIND OUT IF HE’S GOING TO JAIL AFTER 01:23.118 --> 01:24.818 OUT IF HE’S GOING TO JAIL AFTER HE PLED GUILTY TO A FELONY FOR 01:24.820 --> 01:26.553 HE PLED GUILTY TO A FELONY FOR LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS 01:26.555 --> 01:27.655 LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ABOUT HIS SECRET CONTACTS WITH 01:27.689 --> 01:29.123 ABOUT HIS SECRET CONTACTS WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. 01:29.157 --> 01:32.259 THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. NOW, TODAY WAS SORT OF A GOOD 01:32.293 --> 01:34.995 NOW, TODAY WAS SORT OF A GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS DAY FOR MIKE 01:35.030 --> 01:35.429 NEWS/BAD NEWS DAY FOR MIKE FLYNN. 01:35.430 --> 01:38.466 FLYNN. STARTING WITH THE BAD NEWS, IT 01:38.500 --> 01:39.334 STARTING WITH THE BAD NEWS, IT JUST -- MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME, 01:39.367 --> 01:40.033 JUST -- MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME, IT DOES SEEM TO ME KIND OF 01:40.035 --> 01:45.172 IT DOES SEEM TO ME KIND OF OMINOUS THAT THE LIKELY 01:45.173 --> 01:47.374 OMINOUS THAT THE LIKELY SENTENCING DATE HE GOT TODAY IN 01:47.376 --> 01:47.975 SENTENCING DATE HE GOT TODAY IN COURT IS DECEMBER 18th. 01:47.977 --> 01:49.877 COURT IS DECEMBER 18th. IF THAT, IF FACT, HAPPENS, IF 01:49.911 --> 01:50.911 IF THAT, IF FACT, HAPPENS, IF THAT’S THE DAY MIKE FLYNN IS 01:50.946 --> 01:52.146 THAT’S THE DAY MIKE FLYNN IS FINALLY GOING TO BE SENTENCED, 01:52.147 --> 01:53.147 FINALLY GOING TO BE SENTENCED, THAT WILL MEAN THAT MIKE FLYNN 01:53.148 --> 01:54.582 THAT WILL MEAN THAT MIKE FLYNN WILL BE BACK IN COURT EXACTLY 01:54.616 --> 01:55.349 WILL BE BACK IN COURT EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER, ONE YEAR TO THE 01:55.384 --> 02:00.588 ONE YEAR LATER, ONE YEAR TO THE DAY, SINCE THE LAST TIME HE ALSO 02:00.589 --> 02:03.190 DAY, SINCE THE LAST TIME HE ALSO ALMOST GOT SENTENCED FOR HIS 02:03.225 --> 02:03.824 ALMOST GOT SENTENCED FOR HIS FELONY CONVICTION. 02:03.859 --> 02:04.892 FELONY CONVICTION. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WE ALL 02:04.893 --> 02:05.760 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WE ALL THOUGHT THAT MIKE FLYNN WAS 02:05.761 --> 02:07.195 THOUGHT THAT MIKE FLYNN WAS GOING TO GET SENTENCED FOR HIS 02:07.196 --> 02:08.596 GOING TO GET SENTENCED FOR HIS CRIMES LAST YEAR RIGHT BEFORE 02:08.631 --> 02:11.799 CRIMES LAST YEAR RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER 18th. 02:11.800 --> 02:13.200 CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER 18th. BUT THE WHOLE THING FELL APART, 02:13.202 --> 02:15.170 BUT THE WHOLE THING FELL APART, WENT SPECTACULARLY WRONG IN THE 02:15.204 --> 02:17.271 WENT SPECTACULARLY WRONG IN THE COURTROOM FOR HIM TO THE POINT 02:17.273 --> 02:18.372 COURTROOM FOR HIM TO THE POINT WHERE THE JUDGE BASICALLY 02:18.373 --> 02:19.907 WHERE THE JUDGE BASICALLY INVOKED THE MERCY RULE TO GIVE 02:19.908 --> 02:21.275 INVOKED THE MERCY RULE TO GIVE MIKE FLYNN A CHANCE TO GO OUT IN 02:21.276 --> 02:23.077 MIKE FLYNN A CHANCE TO GO OUT IN THE WORLD TO GO DO SOME GOOD 02:23.078 --> 02:24.312 THE WORLD TO GO DO SOME GOOD WORKS OR SOMETHING TO TRY TO 02:24.313 --> 02:26.014 WORKS OR SOMETHING TO TRY TO REDEEM HIMSELF IN SOME WAY THAT 02:26.048 --> 02:27.282 REDEEM HIMSELF IN SOME WAY THAT MIGHT INFLUENCE THE JUDGE’S 02:27.316 --> 02:29.717 MIGHT INFLUENCE THE JUDGE’S PERCEPTION BECAUSE THE JUDGE WAS 02:29.752 --> 02:31.285 PERCEPTION BECAUSE THE JUDGE WAS BASICALLY SIGNALING AT MIKE 02:31.320 --> 02:32.520 BASICALLY SIGNALING AT MIKE FLYNN’S FIRST SENTENCING, 02:32.555 --> 02:33.254 FLYNN’S FIRST SENTENCING, DECEMBER 18th LAST YEAR, THAT 02:33.289 --> 02:35.223 DECEMBER 18th LAST YEAR, THAT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS 02:35.258 --> 02:36.724 WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS THROW THE BOOK AT MIKE FLYNN. 02:36.726 --> 02:37.892 THROW THE BOOK AT MIKE FLYNN. HE GAVE MIKE FLYNN A CHANCE TO 02:37.927 --> 02:39.527 HE GAVE MIKE FLYNN A CHANCE TO GO OUT, GO DO SOME MORE 02:39.562 --> 02:40.862 GO OUT, GO DO SOME MORE COOPERATING WITH PROSECUTORS, 02:40.896 --> 02:42.697 COOPERATING WITH PROSECUTORS, SEE IF YOU CAN CHANGE MY MIND. 02:42.698 --> 02:44.899 SEE IF YOU CAN CHANGE MY MIND. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE 02:44.900 --> 02:48.036 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE TRANSCRIPT OF MIKE FLYNN’S FIRST 02:48.070 --> 02:48.770 TRANSCRIPT OF MIKE FLYNN’S FIRST ATTEMPT AT SENTENCING THAT DAY. 02:48.804 --> 02:51.806 ATTEMPT AT SENTENCING THAT DAY. IT STILL GLOWS RED HOT, RIGHT, 02:51.807 --> 02:53.441 IT STILL GLOWS RED HOT, RIGHT, THE JUDGE TO MIKE FLYNN, "I’M 02:53.475 --> 02:54.842 THE JUDGE TO MIKE FLYNN, "I’M GOING TO BE VERY FRANK WITH YOU, 02:54.844 --> 02:56.511 GOING TO BE VERY FRANK WITH YOU, THIS CRIME IS VERY SERIOUS. 02:56.545 --> 02:58.146 THIS CRIME IS VERY SERIOUS. AS I STATED, IT INVOLVED FALSE 02:58.147 --> 03:00.415 AS I STATED, IT INVOLVED FALSE STATEMENTS TO FBI AGENTS ON THE 03:00.416 --> 03:01.616 STATEMENTS TO FBI AGENTS ON THE PREMISES OF THE WHITE HOUSE. 03:01.617 --> 03:02.350 PREMISES OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IN THE WHITE HOUSE. 03:02.351 --> 03:03.418 IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IN THE WEST WING. 03:03.419 --> 03:04.753 IN THE WEST WING. BY A HIGH-RANKING SECURITY 03:04.787 --> 03:05.087 BY A HIGH-RANKING SECURITY OFFICER. 03:05.121 --> 03:07.455 OFFICER. THAT’S A VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE. 03:07.457 --> 03:09.457 THAT’S A VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE. YOU LIED TO THE FBI ABOUT THREE 03:09.458 --> 03:10.659 YOU LIED TO THE FBI ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND YOU MADE 03:10.693 --> 03:11.727 DIFFERENT TOPICS AND YOU MADE THOSE FALSE STATEMENTS WHILE YOU 03:11.761 --> 03:12.761 THOSE FALSE STATEMENTS WHILE YOU WERE SERVING AS NATIONAL 03:12.762 --> 03:14.229 WERE SERVING AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. 03:14.230 --> 03:17.566 SECURITY ADVISER. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 03:17.567 --> 03:18.333 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 03:18.334 --> 03:19.067 STATES STATES’ MOST SENIOR NATIONAL 03:19.101 --> 03:19.568 STATES’ MOST SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY AIDE. 03:19.569 --> 03:20.436 SECURITY AIDE. I CAN’T MINIMIZE THAT. 03:20.469 --> 03:22.270 I CAN’T MINIMIZE THAT. TWO MONTHS LATER YOU, AGAIN, 03:22.271 --> 03:23.071 TWO MONTHS LATER YOU, AGAIN, MADE FALSE STATEMENTS IN 03:23.072 --> 03:23.738 MADE FALSE STATEMENTS IN MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS. 03:23.739 --> 03:25.473 MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS. ALL ALONG, YOU WERE AN 03:25.474 --> 03:26.741 ALL ALONG, YOU WERE AN UNREGISTERED AGENT OF A FOREIGN 03:26.742 --> 03:28.343 UNREGISTERED AGENT OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHILE SERVING AS THE 03:28.344 --> 03:29.244 COUNTRY WHILE SERVING AS THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TO THE 03:29.245 --> 03:31.346 NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 03:31.347 --> 03:32.480 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. I MEAN, ARGUABLY," AND THE JUDGE 03:32.482 --> 03:33.882 I MEAN, ARGUABLY," AND THE JUDGE TURNS TO POINT AT THE AMERICAN 03:33.883 --> 03:36.485 TURNS TO POINT AT THE AMERICAN FLAG IN THE COURTROOM, "ARGUABLY 03:36.486 --> 03:37.252 FLAG IN THE COURTROOM, "ARGUABLY THAT UNDERMINES EVERYTHING THIS 03:37.253 --> 03:40.655 THAT UNDERMINES EVERYTHING THIS FLAG OVER HERE STANDS FOR. 03:40.656 --> 03:42.290 FLAG OVER HERE STANDS FOR. ARGUABLY," THE JUDGE SAYS, "YOU 03:42.324 --> 03:43.591 ARGUABLY," THE JUDGE SAYS, "YOU SOLD YOUR COUNTRY OUT. 03:43.593 --> 03:44.326 SOLD YOUR COUNTRY OUT. THE JUDGE THEN TURNED TO THE 03:44.360 --> 03:49.397 THE JUDGE THEN TURNED TO THE PROSECUTOR IN THE FLYNN CASE, 03:49.399 --> 03:52.267 PROSECUTOR IN THE FLYNN CASE, THAT PROSECUTOR JUST FILED A 03:52.269 --> 03:53.001 THAT PROSECUTOR JUST FILED A BRIEF WITH THAT JUDGE SUGGESTING 03:53.035 --> 03:54.035 BRIEF WITH THAT JUDGE SUGGESTING FLYNN HAD BEEN AN AWESOME 03:54.070 --> 03:55.003 FLYNN HAD BEEN AN AWESOME COOPERATOR, HE’D BEEN SUPER 03:55.004 --> 03:55.604 COOPERATOR, HE’D BEEN SUPER HELPFUL TO THEM. 03:55.638 --> 03:57.139 HELPFUL TO THEM. THE PROSECUTORS DID NOT WANT 03:57.173 --> 03:58.707 THE PROSECUTORS DID NOT WANT FLYNN TO GET ANY JAIL TIME AT 03:58.708 --> 03:58.974 FLYNN TO GET ANY JAIL TIME AT ALL. 03:58.975 --> 03:59.808 ALL. IN THAT MOMENT, WHAT WAS 03:59.843 --> 04:00.742 IN THAT MOMENT, WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FLYNN’S 04:00.777 --> 04:02.311 SUPPOSED TO BE FLYNN’S SENTENCING HEARING, THE JUDGE 04:02.312 --> 04:03.812 SENTENCING HEARING, THE JUDGE TURNED TO THAT PROSECUTOR, WHO, 04:03.847 --> 04:09.251 TURNED TO THAT PROSECUTOR, WHO, AGAIN, WANTED NOTHING BUT LEAN 04:09.285 --> 04:10.418 AGAIN, WANTED NOTHING BUT LEAN YANCE FOR 04:10.420 --> 04:11.520 YANCE FOR IANCE FOR MIKE FLYNN. 04:11.554 --> 04:12.621 IANCE FOR MIKE FLYNN. "GIVEN THE FACT OF THE 04:12.622 --> 04:13.388 "GIVEN THE FACT OF THE THEN-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 04:13.423 --> 04:15.324 THEN-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IMPOSED SANCTIONS AGAINST 04:15.325 --> 04:18.027 STATES IMPOSED SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA FOR INTERFEREING WITH 04:18.028 --> 04:18.627 RUSSIA FOR INTERFEREING WITH FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN THIS 04:18.662 --> 04:19.361 FEDERAL ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY, IS THERE AN OPINION 04:19.396 --> 04:20.095 COUNTRY, IS THERE AN OPINION ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF THE 04:20.097 --> 04:21.496 ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF THE DEFENDANT IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING 04:21.498 --> 04:23.932 DEFENDANT IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THAT THAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF 04:23.967 --> 04:26.635 THAT THAT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF TREASONOUS ACTIVITY ON THIS 04:26.636 --> 04:27.202 TREASONOUS ACTIVITY ON THIS PART? 04:27.237 --> 04:28.737 PART? HYPOTHETICALLY, THE JUDGE SAYS, 04:28.772 --> 04:29.504 HYPOTHETICALLY, THE JUDGE SAYS, HYPOTHETICALLY, COULD HE HAVE 04:29.539 --> 04:31.106 HYPOTHETICALLY, COULD HE HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH TREASON?" 04:31.107 --> 04:32.941 BEEN CHARGED WITH TREASON?" I MEAN, THE PROSECUTORS AT THAT 04:32.943 --> 04:34.143 I MEAN, THE PROSECUTORS AT THAT POINT IN MIKE FLYNN’S CASE WERE 04:34.178 --> 04:35.111 POINT IN MIKE FLYNN’S CASE WERE ASKING FOR HIM TO BE SET FREE 04:35.145 --> 04:35.844 ASKING FOR HIM TO BE SET FREE WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A STERN 04:35.879 --> 04:39.848 WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A STERN TALKING TO. 04:39.850 --> 04:41.350 TALKING TO. THE JUDGE, LOOKING AT THE 04:41.352 --> 04:42.618 THE JUDGE, LOOKING AT THE EVIDENCE AGAINST FLYNN, F 04:42.652 --> 04:45.054 EVIDENCE AGAINST FLYNN, F LITERALLY SAYING BACK TO THEM, 04:45.088 --> 04:45.788 LITERALLY SAYING BACK TO THEM, ARE YOU SURE WE SHOULDN’T BE 04:45.822 --> 04:47.022 ARE YOU SURE WE SHOULDN’T BE LOOKING AT THE DEATH PENALTY FOR 04:47.023 --> 04:47.256 LOOKING AT THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HIM? 04:47.290 --> 04:48.257 HIM? HE’S ASKING ABOUT TREASON. 04:48.258 --> 04:49.892 HE’S ASKING ABOUT TREASON. THAT’S HOW IT WENT FOR TRUMP’S 04:49.926 --> 04:51.460 THAT’S HOW IT WENT FOR TRUMP’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER 04:51.494 --> 04:52.828 FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS 04:52.863 --> 04:53.362 AT WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS SENTENCING DATE. 04:53.397 --> 04:54.930 SENTENCING DATE. DECEMBER 18th LAST YEAR. 04:54.965 --> 04:56.532 DECEMBER 18th LAST YEAR. NOW, AS OF TODAY, HE’S JUST 04:56.533 --> 04:59.535 NOW, AS OF TODAY, HE’S JUST LEARNED HE’S LIKELY GOING TO BE 04:59.536 --> 05:00.269 LEARNED HE’S LIKELY GOING TO BE BACK IN COURT FOR HIS SECOND TRY 05:00.270 --> 05:02.872 BACK IN COURT FOR HIS SECOND TRY AT GETTING SENTENCED AND IT’S 05:02.906 --> 05:04.473 AT GETTING SENTENCED AND IT’S ONCE AGAIN SCHEDULED FOR 05:04.475 --> 05:06.642 ONCE AGAIN SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18th IN THE SAME 05:06.677 --> 05:07.476 DECEMBER 18th IN THE SAME COURTHOUSE, IN THE SAME 05:07.478 --> 05:08.344 COURTHOUSE, IN THE SAME COURTROOM, WITH THE SAME JUDGE. 05:08.345 --> 05:15.551 COURTROOM, WITH THE SAME JUDGE. I MEAN, JUST NUMEROLOGICALLY 05:15.552 --> 05:18.387 I MEAN, JUST NUMEROLOGICALLY SPEAKING, THAT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE 05:18.422 --> 05:18.954 SPEAKING, THAT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE A GIFT FROM THE GODS. 05:18.989 --> 05:21.858 A GIFT FROM THE GODS. I WOULD FILE THAT UNDER BAD 05:21.859 --> 05:22.158 I WOULD FILE THAT UNDER BAD NEWS. 05:22.159 --> 05:22.792 NEWS. YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT 05:22.826 --> 05:24.961 YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT FLYNN’S LEGAL CASE HAS TAKEN A 05:24.995 --> 05:26.262 FLYNN’S LEGAL CASE HAS TAKEN A CRAZY STRAW SERIES OF TURNS 05:26.263 --> 05:26.996 CRAZY STRAW SERIES OF TURNS SINCE THEN. 05:27.030 --> 05:28.965 SINCE THEN. HE’S FIRED HIS OLD LAWYERS AND 05:28.999 --> 05:30.199 HE’S FIRED HIS OLD LAWYERS AND HIRED A NEW LAWYER WHO’S A FOX 05:30.200 --> 05:31.601 HIRED A NEW LAWYER WHO’S A FOX NEWS COMMENTATOR WHO LITERALLY 05:31.635 --> 05:32.268 NEWS COMMENTATOR WHO LITERALLY SELLS ANTI-ROBERT MUELLER 05:32.302 --> 05:34.504 SELLS ANTI-ROBERT MUELLER T-SHIRTS ON HER WEBSITE. 05:34.538 --> 05:35.905 T-SHIRTS ON HER WEBSITE. CREEPS ON A MISSION. 05:35.906 --> 05:38.708 CREEPS ON A MISSION. SHE BASICALLY SAYS THE FBI IS A 05:38.709 --> 05:44.614 SHE BASICALLY SAYS THE FBI IS A CRIME SYNDICATE, ITSELF. 05:44.615 --> 05:45.348 CRIME SYNDICATE, ITSELF. AND WITH THAT LAWYERING POWERING 05:45.382 --> 05:46.015 AND WITH THAT LAWYERING POWERING HIS CASE NOW, FLYNN’S 05:46.016 --> 05:47.316 HIS CASE NOW, FLYNN’S REPRESENTATION IN COURT HAS 05:47.318 --> 05:51.120 REPRESENTATION IN COURT HAS TAKEN ODD TURN, INSTEAD OF FLYNN 05:51.122 --> 05:52.188 TAKEN ODD TURN, INSTEAD OF FLYNN AND HIS LAWYERS TRYING TO 05:52.189 --> 05:53.122 AND HIS LAWYERS TRYING TO CONVINCE THAT SAME JUDGE WHO 05:53.123 --> 05:54.924 CONVINCE THAT SAME JUDGE WHO RAISED THE PROSPECT OF TREASON 05:54.925 --> 05:57.427 RAISED THE PROSPECT OF TREASON LOOKING AT FLYNN LESS THAN A 05:57.461 --> 05:58.161 LOOKING AT FLYNN LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING 05:58.195 --> 05:59.028 YEAR AGO, INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO CONVINCE THAT JUDGE THAT 05:59.029 --> 06:01.331 TO CONVINCE THAT JUDGE THAT FLYNN, IN FACT, HAS BEEN A GOOD 06:01.365 --> 06:02.165 FLYNN, IN FACT, HAS BEEN A GOOD COOPERATOR, PROSECUTORS WERE 06:02.199 --> 06:03.199 COOPERATOR, PROSECUTORS WERE RIGHT WHEN THEY SUGGESTED NO 06:03.200 --> 06:04.834 RIGHT WHEN THEY SUGGESTED NO JAIL TIME FOR HIM, INSTEAD OF 06:04.868 --> 06:07.503 JAIL TIME FOR HIM, INSTEAD OF THAT STRATEGY, FLYNN’S CASE HAS 06:07.538 --> 06:09.539 THAT STRATEGY, FLYNN’S CASE HAS TAKEN THIS BIG SERIES OF TURNS 06:09.573 --> 06:14.411 TAKEN THIS BIG SERIES OF TURNS AND NOW IN COURT INCLUDING TODAY 06:14.445 --> 06:16.713 AND NOW IN COURT INCLUDING TODAY FLYNN AND HIS LAWYERS ARE 06:16.714 --> 06:17.447 FLYNN AND HIS LAWYERS ARE ARGUING IT’S ALL A DEEP STATE 06:17.448 --> 06:18.448 ARGUING IT’S ALL A DEEP STATE CONSPIRACY THAT MUST BE EXPOSED 06:18.449 --> 06:20.016 CONSPIRACY THAT MUST BE EXPOSED AND THE PROSECUTORS AND FBI 06:20.017 --> 06:20.917 AND THE PROSECUTORS AND FBI AGENTS WHO WORKED ON THE 06:20.918 --> 06:22.552 AGENTS WHO WORKED ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIM AND THE 06:22.586 --> 06:23.753 INVESTIGATION INTO HIM AND THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, IT’S THOSE 06:23.754 --> 06:24.721 RUSSIA INVESTIGATION, IT’S THOSE PROSECUTORS AND THOSE FBI AGENTS 06:24.755 --> 06:27.357 PROSECUTORS AND THOSE FBI AGENTS WHO ARE THE REAL CRIMINALS AND 06:27.358 --> 06:28.425 WHO ARE THE REAL CRIMINALS AND THEY’RE THE ONES WHO SHOULD ALL 06:28.426 --> 06:30.460 THEY’RE THE ONES WHO SHOULD ALL BE ARRESTED. 06:30.461 --> 06:32.228 BE ARRESTED. AND I KNOW THIS IS A PLOT LINE 06:32.230 --> 06:33.630 AND I KNOW THIS IS A PLOT LINE THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE AT 06:33.631 --> 06:36.533 THAT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE AT NIGHT AND IN THE EARLY MORNING 06:36.534 --> 06:38.368 NIGHT AND IN THE EARLY MORNING ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL, BUT IN 06:38.369 --> 06:41.238 ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL, BUT IN COURT, I MEAN, IN ACTUAL COURT, 06:41.239 --> 06:42.973 COURT, I MEAN, IN ACTUAL COURT, LIKE TODAY WITH MIKE FLYNN IN A 06:42.974 --> 06:44.775 LIKE TODAY WITH MIKE FLYNN IN A SUIT SITTING THERE IN FRONT OF A 06:44.776 --> 06:47.577 SUIT SITTING THERE IN FRONT OF A REAL JUDGE, IT DOESN’T COME OUT 06:47.579 --> 06:48.778 REAL JUDGE, IT DOESN’T COME OUT SOUNDING LIKE IT DOES ON TV. 06:48.780 --> 06:50.947 SOUNDING LIKE IT DOES ON TV. WE JUST GOT IN THE TRANSCRIPT 06:50.949 --> 06:51.881 WE JUST GOT IN THE TRANSCRIPT FROM TODAY’S FLYNN HEARING 06:51.883 --> 06:52.382 FROM TODAY’S FLYNN HEARING TODAY. 06:52.417 --> 06:53.250 TODAY. FLYNN’S DEFENSE COUNSEL SAYS TO 06:53.284 --> 06:56.787 FLYNN’S DEFENSE COUNSEL SAYS TO THE JUDGE, "I THINK THE POINT IS 06:56.788 --> 06:59.189 THE JUDGE, "I THINK THE POINT IS GOING TO BE THAT THERE IS 06:59.224 --> 07:01.124 GOING TO BE THAT THERE IS EGREGIOUS GOVERNMENT MISCONDUCT. 07:01.159 --> 07:01.959 EGREGIOUS GOVERNMENT MISCONDUCT. THERE’S ONE THING AFTER THE 07:01.960 --> 07:03.193 THERE’S ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER THAT WE COULD DOCUMENT 07:03.195 --> 07:04.695 OTHER THAT WE COULD DOCUMENT THAT EXONERATES MR. FLYNN IN ANY 07:04.696 --> 07:06.196 THAT EXONERATES MR. FLYNN IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS." 07:06.231 --> 07:08.699 NUMBER OF WAYS." THE JUDGE SAYS, "WHEN YOU SAY 07:08.700 --> 07:10.034 THE JUDGE SAYS, "WHEN YOU SAY EXONERATES HIM, BUT YOU’RE 07:10.068 --> 07:11.468 EXONERATES HIM, BUT YOU’RE SUGGESTING THAT A BASIS EXISTS 07:11.469 --> 07:14.805 SUGGESTING THAT A BASIS EXISTS TO FILE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS 07:14.839 --> 07:16.240 TO FILE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA? 07:16.274 --> 07:18.709 GUILTY PLEA? IS THAT WHERE THIS IS HEADED 07:18.743 --> 07:19.376 IS THAT WHERE THIS IS HEADED TOWARD?" 07:19.411 --> 07:21.478 TOWARD?" REMEMBER, FLYNN HAS PLED GUILTY. 07:21.480 --> 07:22.412 REMEMBER, FLYNN HAS PLED GUILTY. HE HAS ADMITTED GUILT. 07:22.414 --> 07:24.682 HE HAS ADMITTED GUILT. THE JUDGE IS SAYING, WHOA, WHOA, 07:24.683 --> 07:25.783 THE JUDGE IS SAYING, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, HE’S EXONERATED. 07:25.784 --> 07:27.318 WHOA, HE’S EXONERATED. YOU NO LONGER THINK HE’S GUILTY? 07:27.319 --> 07:29.019 YOU NO LONGER THINK HE’S GUILTY? FLYNN’S LAWYER SAYS, "I CAN’T 07:29.021 --> 07:30.220 FLYNN’S LAWYER SAYS, "I CAN’T SAY RIGHT NOW EXACTLY WHERE IT’S 07:30.255 --> 07:32.489 SAY RIGHT NOW EXACTLY WHERE IT’S HEADED BUT I DON’T THINK IT’S 07:32.524 --> 07:33.290 HEADED BUT I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW 07:33.291 --> 07:34.224 GOING TO BE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW HIS GUILTY PLEA." 07:34.225 --> 07:36.727 HIS GUILTY PLEA." THE JUDGE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT. 07:36.728 --> 07:38.495 THE JUDGE SAYS, "ALL RIGHT. BUT EXONERATES, THOUGH, 07:38.496 --> 07:40.530 BUT EXONERATES, THOUGH, THAT’S --" FLYNN LAWYERS 07:40.532 --> 07:41.131 THAT’S --" FLYNN LAWYERS INTERJECTS. 07:41.166 --> 07:43.233 INTERJECTS. "YES, YOUR HONOR, EXONERATE." 07:43.235 --> 07:44.769 "YES, YOUR HONOR, EXONERATE." THE JUDGE SAYS, "TO SHOW WHAT? 07:44.803 --> 07:46.337 THE JUDGE SAYS, "TO SHOW WHAT? THAT HE’S INNOCENT OF THIS 07:46.338 --> 07:46.637 THAT HE’S INNOCENT OF THIS CHARGE?" 07:46.672 --> 07:47.738 CHARGE?" FLYNN’S LAWYER, "TO SHOW THAT 07:47.739 --> 07:49.373 FLYNN’S LAWYER, "TO SHOW THAT THE ENTIRE PROSECUTION SHOULD BE 07:49.407 --> 07:51.542 THE ENTIRE PROSECUTION SHOULD BE DISMISSED FOR EGREGIOUS 07:51.576 --> 07:52.810 DISMISSED FOR EGREGIOUS GOVERNMENT MISCONDUCT." 07:52.844 --> 07:55.346 GOVERNMENT MISCONDUCT." WHICH THE JUDGE SAYS, "AH, I 07:55.347 --> 07:56.414 WHICH THE JUDGE SAYS, "AH, I FOLLOW YOU. 07:56.415 --> 07:57.314 FOLLOW YOU. ALL RIGHT." 07:57.316 --> 08:00.651 ALL RIGHT." A FEW MINUTES LATER THE JUDGE IS 08:00.685 --> 08:01.385 A FEW MINUTES LATER THE JUDGE IS TRYING TO KIND OF WRAP UP THIS 08:01.420 --> 08:02.153 TRYING TO KIND OF WRAP UP THIS PART OF THE COURT HEARING TODAY 08:02.187 --> 08:03.454 PART OF THE COURT HEARING TODAY WHERE FLYNN IS MAKING THESE 08:03.455 --> 08:04.288 WHERE FLYNN IS MAKING THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE 08:04.323 --> 08:05.856 ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE PROSECUTORS INCLUDING THAT 08:05.891 --> 08:08.292 PROSECUTORS INCLUDING THAT THEY’RE HIDING SECRET CLASSIFIED 08:08.327 --> 08:09.627 THEY’RE HIDING SECRET CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, THAT THEY KNOW 08:09.628 --> 08:11.262 INFORMATION, THAT THEY KNOW EXISTS BUT THEY CAN’T SAY WHY 08:11.296 --> 08:12.463 EXISTS BUT THEY CAN’T SAY WHY AND THE GOVERNMENT ISN’T HANDING 08:12.464 --> 08:13.564 AND THE GOVERNMENT ISN’T HANDING IT OVER EVEN THOUGH IT 08:13.565 --> 08:14.799 IT OVER EVEN THOUGH IT DEFINITELY EXISTS BUT THEY CAN’T 08:14.833 --> 08:16.067 DEFINITELY EXISTS BUT THEY CAN’T SAY WHY AND THEY KEEP SAYING 08:16.068 --> 08:18.569 SAY WHY AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TONS OF 08:18.604 --> 08:19.336 THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS TONS OF EXCULPATORY INFORMATION THAT 08:19.371 --> 08:21.572 EXCULPATORY INFORMATION THAT SHOWS FLYNN IS INNOCENT AND THE 08:21.607 --> 08:22.339 SHOWS FLYNN IS INNOCENT AND THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTING CRIMES 08:22.374 --> 08:23.574 GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTING CRIMES BY NOT HANDING OVER THAT 08:23.609 --> 08:23.974 BY NOT HANDING OVER THAT INFORMATION. 08:23.976 --> 08:25.410 INFORMATION. THEY’RE WILLFULLY HIDING IT. 08:25.444 --> 08:28.479 THEY’RE WILLFULLY HIDING IT. AND THE JUDGE IS KIND OF TRYING 08:28.480 --> 08:29.580 AND THE JUDGE IS KIND OF TRYING TO WRAP UP THIS ARGUMENT SO THE 08:29.614 --> 08:31.148 TO WRAP UP THIS ARGUMENT SO THE JUDGE SAYS TODAY, "I WANT BOTH 08:31.183 --> 08:33.051 JUDGE SAYS TODAY, "I WANT BOTH SIDES TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS. 08:33.052 --> 08:34.752 SIDES TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS. I MEAN, I’M GOING TO -- I’M 08:34.754 --> 08:35.553 I MEAN, I’M GOING TO -- I’M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION. 08:35.554 --> 08:36.687 MAKING AN ASSUMPTION. I THINK AN INFORMED ASSUMPTION 08:36.689 --> 08:37.388 I THINK AN INFORMED ASSUMPTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO 08:37.423 --> 08:41.058 THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO SAY THERE’S NO CLASSIFIED 08:41.093 --> 08:42.894 SAY THERE’S NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN’T 08:42.895 --> 08:44.696 INFORMATION THAT WE HAVEN’T HANDED OVER AND WE’VE COMPLIED 08:44.697 --> 08:47.265 HANDED OVER AND WE’VE COMPLIED WITH OUR BRADY OBLIGATIONS," 08:47.266 --> 08:50.368 WITH OUR BRADY OBLIGATIONS," MEANING WE’VE HANDED OVER ALL 08:50.369 --> 08:51.002 MEANING WE’VE HANDED OVER ALL EXCULPATORY INFORMATION. 08:51.036 --> 08:52.837 EXCULPATORY INFORMATION. THE JUDGE SAYS "THAT’S AN 08:52.871 --> 08:54.205 THE JUDGE SAYS "THAT’S AN ASSUMPTION, AND --" FLYNN’S 08:54.239 --> 08:55.606 ASSUMPTION, AND --" FLYNN’S LAWYER INTERRUPTS THE JUDGE AND 08:55.608 --> 08:58.143 LAWYER INTERRUPTS THE JUDGE AND SAYS, "OH, YES, THAT’S HA THEY 08:58.177 --> 08:58.576 SAYS, "OH, YES, THAT’S HA THEY ALWAYS SAY. 08:58.577 --> 09:05.416 ALWAYS SAY. SO, AGAIN, IT SOUNDS AWESOME ON 09:05.451 --> 09:06.217 SO, AGAIN, IT SOUNDS AWESOME ON TV, BUT IN COURT, IT SOUNDS A 09:06.218 --> 09:08.553 TV, BUT IN COURT, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THAT’S HOW 09:08.587 --> 09:09.320 LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THAT’S HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR PRESIDENT 09:09.321 --> 09:10.288 THINGS ARE GOING FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY 09:10.289 --> 09:10.622 TRUMP’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. 09:10.623 --> 09:11.689 ADVISER. THAT WAS HIM IN COURT TODAY 09:11.691 --> 09:13.624 THAT WAS HIM IN COURT TODAY PLAYING RUSSIA HOAX BINGO IN THE 09:13.626 --> 09:16.294 PLAYING RUSSIA HOAX BINGO IN THE COURTROOM HEARING THAT WAS -- IN 09:16.295 --> 09:17.095 COURTROOM HEARING THAT WAS -- IN THE COURT HEARING ON HIS CASE AT 09:17.096 --> 09:17.495 THE COURT HEARING ON HIS CASE AT THIS POINT. 09:17.496 --> 09:19.497 THIS POINT. IT DOES, THOUGH, SEEM LIKE WITH 09:19.498 --> 09:20.432 IT DOES, THOUGH, SEEM LIKE WITH FLYNN, WE’RE PRETTY CLEARLY 09:20.466 --> 09:25.771 FLYNN, WE’RE PRETTY CLEARLY TEEING UP TWO THINGS THAT THE 09:25.805 --> 09:26.438 TEEING UP TWO THINGS THAT THE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. 09:26.439 --> 09:27.138 ARE GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. FOR THE ONE HAND THE WHOLE 09:27.140 --> 09:27.805 FOR THE ONE HAND THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATION THAT FLYNN 09:27.807 --> 09:29.641 RECOMMENDATION THAT FLYNN DOESN’T GO TO JAIL, THAT MAY 09:29.642 --> 09:30.041 DOESN’T GO TO JAIL, THAT MAY CHANGE. 09:30.042 --> 09:30.808 CHANGE. PROSECUTORS WERE ASKED BY THE 09:30.810 --> 09:31.443 PROSECUTORS WERE ASKED BY THE JUDGE TODAY IF THEY STILL 09:31.444 --> 09:35.847 JUDGE TODAY IF THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT MIKE FLYNN SHOULD 09:35.882 --> 09:38.516 BELIEVE THAT MIKE FLYNN SHOULD GET NO JAIL TIME, IF THEY STILL 09:38.551 --> 09:40.719 GET NO JAIL TIME, IF THEY STILL BELIEF HE’S BEEN AN EXCELLENT 09:40.720 --> 09:42.954 BELIEF HE’S BEEN AN EXCELLENT COOPERATOR AND SHOULD GET 09:42.989 --> 09:43.455 COOPERATOR AND SHOULD GET MAXIMUM LENIENCE. 09:43.456 --> 09:47.826 MAXIMUM LENIENCE. THE JUDGE SAYS, "I HAVE TO ASK 09:47.860 --> 09:49.761 THE JUDGE SAYS, "I HAVE TO ASK YOU" -- TALKING TO THE 09:49.762 --> 09:50.662 YOU" -- TALKING TO THE PROSECUTORS -- "DOES THE 09:50.663 --> 09:53.431 PROSECUTORS -- "DOES THE GOVERNMENT STAND BY ITS SENTENCE 09:53.433 --> 09:54.232 GOVERNMENT STAND BY ITS SENTENCE SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION OR IS 09:54.234 --> 09:54.966 SENTENCING RECOMMENDATION OR IS THAT SOMETHING THE COURT SHOULD 09:55.000 --> 09:56.468 THAT SOMETHING THE COURT SHOULD WAIT TO RECEIVE IN WRITING?" 09:56.469 --> 09:57.536 WAIT TO RECEIVE IN WRITING?" PROSECUTOR RESPONDS, "IN TERMS 09:57.570 --> 09:58.870 PROSECUTOR RESPONDS, "IN TERMS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S POSITION AT 09:58.871 --> 10:00.272 OF THE GOVERNMENT’S POSITION AT SENTENCING, THAT IS SOMETHING 10:00.306 --> 10:03.675 SENTENCING, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO 10:03.676 --> 10:04.009 THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO REFILE. 10:04.043 --> 10:04.743 REFILE. WE’LL REFILE THE APPROPRIATE 10:04.744 --> 10:07.045 WE’LL REFILE THE APPROPRIATE PAPER WORK AT THAT TIME." 10:07.046 --> 10:08.747 PAPER WORK AT THAT TIME." SO WHEN FLYNN DOES GET 10:08.748 --> 10:09.681 SO WHEN FLYNN DOES GET SENTENCED, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT’S 10:09.682 --> 10:11.049 SENTENCED, WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE DECEMBER 18th, IT 10:11.050 --> 10:12.083 GOING TO BE DECEMBER 18th, IT LOOKS LIKE HE’S NO LONGER GOING 10:12.085 --> 10:13.552 LOOKS LIKE HE’S NO LONGER GOING TO BENEFIT FROM PROSECUTORS 10:13.553 --> 10:14.786 TO BENEFIT FROM PROSECUTORS SAYING, HEY, LET HIM GO, HE’S 10:14.821 --> 10:15.787 SAYING, HEY, LET HIM GO, HE’S BEEN AWESOME. 10:15.788 --> 10:17.188 BEEN AWESOME. LOOKS LIKE FLYNN’S LEGAL 10:17.190 --> 10:18.290 LOOKS LIKE FLYNN’S LEGAL STRATEGY MAY HAVE TURNED THEIR 10:18.291 --> 10:20.159 STRATEGY MAY HAVE TURNED THEIR HEADS ON THAT MATTER A LITTLE 10:20.193 --> 10:20.459 HEADS ON THAT MATTER A LITTLE BIT. 10:20.460 --> 10:22.194 BIT. IT ALSO SEEMS CLEARER THAN EVER 10:22.228 --> 10:23.729 IT ALSO SEEMS CLEARER THAN EVER THAT FLYNN’S CASE IS NOT REALLY 10:23.763 --> 10:24.963 THAT FLYNN’S CASE IS NOT REALLY DESIGNED ANYMORE TO TRY TO GET 10:24.964 --> 10:26.465 DESIGNED ANYMORE TO TRY TO GET HIM A REDUCED SENTENCE FROM THIS 10:26.466 --> 10:28.500 HIM A REDUCED SENTENCE FROM THIS JUDGE, TO TRY TO KEEP THE JUDGE 10:28.535 --> 10:30.736 JUDGE, TO TRY TO KEEP THE JUDGE FROM SENTENCING HIM TO JAIL. 10:30.770 --> 10:32.104 FROM SENTENCING HIM TO JAIL. READING THROUGH THE WAY THAT 10:32.105 --> 10:33.706 READING THROUGH THE WAY THAT FLYNN AND HIS LAWYERS ARE NOW 10:33.740 --> 10:35.808 FLYNN AND HIS LAWYERS ARE NOW APPROACHING THIS, IT SEEMS TO ME 10:35.809 --> 10:37.376 APPROACHING THIS, IT SEEMS TO ME JUST AS A LAYMAN WATCHING THIS 10:37.410 --> 10:38.977 JUST AS A LAYMAN WATCHING THIS AS DRAMA THAT THEY DON’T MIND 10:38.979 --> 10:40.412 AS DRAMA THAT THEY DON’T MIND NOW WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO 10:40.414 --> 10:42.314 NOW WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING TO SENTENCE MIKE FLYNN TO. 10:42.348 --> 10:43.382 SENTENCE MIKE FLYNN TO. THEY’RE IN THERE TO THROW AS 10:43.416 --> 10:44.816 THEY’RE IN THERE TO THROW AS MANY BOMBS AS POSSIBLE, TO GET 10:44.818 --> 10:46.085 MANY BOMBS AS POSSIBLE, TO GET AS MUCH CRAZY SOUNDING STUFF ON 10:46.086 --> 10:47.219 AS MUCH CRAZY SOUNDING STUFF ON THE RECORD, TO MAKE SURE THAT 10:47.254 --> 10:48.420 THE RECORD, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THAT 10:48.421 --> 10:49.922 WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THAT COURTROOM LINES UP AS MUCH AS 10:49.923 --> 10:51.123 COURTROOM LINES UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH WHAT HAPPENS ON 10:51.124 --> 10:53.292 POSSIBLE WITH WHAT HAPPENS ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL BECAUSE IT 10:53.326 --> 10:54.226 THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL BECAUSE IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT WHAT THEY’RE 10:54.227 --> 10:56.629 SEEMS CLEAR THAT WHAT THEY’RE GOING FOR IS NOT LENIENCE FROM 10:56.663 --> 10:59.765 GOING FOR IS NOT LENIENCE FROM THE JUDGE BUT A PARDON FROM THE 10:59.800 --> 11:00.132 THE JUDGE BUT A PARDON FROM THE PRESIDENT. 11:00.167 --> 11:00.432 PRESIDENT. RIGHT? 11:00.434 --> 11:01.467 RIGHT? THIS DEEP STATE CONSPIRACY 11:01.501 --> 11:02.501 THIS DEEP STATE CONSPIRACY THEORY, LOCK UP ALL THE FBI, 11:02.502 --> 11:04.003 THEORY, LOCK UP ALL THE FBI, LOCK UP THE PROSECUTOR STUFF, IS 11:04.004 --> 11:05.805 LOCK UP THE PROSECUTOR STUFF, IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MOVE A 11:05.806 --> 11:07.440 PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MOVE A NORMAL JUDGE, BUT IT WILL 11:07.441 --> 11:08.641 NORMAL JUDGE, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY MOVE FOX NEWS’ 11:08.676 --> 11:10.443 DEFINITELY MOVE FOX NEWS’ EVENING AND EARLY MORNING 11:10.444 --> 11:12.945 EVENING AND EARLY MORNING PROGRAMMING WHICH PRESUMABLY IS 11:12.947 --> 11:13.379 PROGRAMMING WHICH PRESUMABLY IS DE 11:13.413 --> 11:14.313 DE DESIGNED TO MOVE THE ONE PERSON 11:14.314 --> 11:15.447 DESIGNED TO MOVE THE ONE PERSON WHO CAN GIVE MIKE FLYNN A GET 11:15.449 --> 11:18.317 WHO CAN GIVE MIKE FLYNN A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CAR NO MATTER 11:18.319 --> 11:19.652 OUT OF JAIL FREE CAR NO MATTER WHAT HE DID, NO MATTER WHAT HE 11:19.653 --> 11:20.653 WHAT HE DID, NO MATTER WHAT HE ALREADY ADMITTED DOING.