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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Flynn Asks for Immunity, Trump Tweets About Surveillance: A Closer Look | Craig Finn & Syd Butler

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

Politics, Seth Myers, Seth Meyers, News, News Commentary, Authors, Books, Political Comedy, A Closer Look, Comedy, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's offer to testify in exchange for immunity. Then, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady chats with his friend Syd Butler of The 8G Band. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Rate the Late Night Podcast on iTunes: itunes.com/LateNightSeth Subscribe to Late Night on YouTube: youtube.com/LateNightSeth Follow Late Night on Twitter: twitter.com/LateNightSeth Like Late Night on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LateNightSeth Find Late Night on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/LateNightSeth Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:31.3

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0:42.4

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of late night with Seth Meyers

0:48.3

Today you'll hear a closer look at all the questions surrounding the Trump administrations relationship with Russia

0:53.5

Then the H. E. B. Ann Sid Butler chats with Craig Finn of the whole study, but first here's Seth

1:01.3

Investigation into the Trump campaigns alleged ties to Russia escalated last week when Trump's former national security advisor

1:08.0

Offered to testify in exchange for immunity and that of course set off a flurry of angry Trump tweets over the weekend for more on this

1:15.4

It's time for a closer look

1:18.4

This is very important as of right now

1:23.9

There's still no conclusive evidence connecting the dots that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to help him win the election

1:29.8

But there are so many dots

1:33.2

We are covered in dots the Trump presidency is basically a six-year-old with chickenpox

1:38.5

And the rest of us are so

1:40.5

itchy now

1:42.7

One of those doubts is General Michael Flynn you might remember Flynn is the guy who set a record for short as tenure as national security advisor

1:49.1

After turned out he had lied about his conversations with the Russian ambassador

1:52.6

He was also the guy who encouraged locker-up chance at the Republican National Convention

1:57.1

Well these days Flynn is apparently trying to make sure he doesn't get locked up

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