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The Flynn Plea

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4.5979 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to be a "cooperating witness" in an FBI investigation, especially one looking into potential collusion between a campaign and the Russian government? Michael Flynn is finding that out. Clark Neily comments.

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This is the Cato Daily Podcast

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for Saturday, December 2, 2017.

0:43.5

I'm Caleb Brown.

0:44.6

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn

0:46.8

is pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI

0:49.0

in relation to his part of the Trump administration

0:51.4

transition. What does that mean for other members of the Trump administration transition.

0:52.8

What does that mean for other members of the administration and the president himself?

0:56.6

And what does it mean to be a cooperating witness in an FBI investigation?

1:01.5

Clark Neely is Vice President for Criminal Justice at the Cato Institute.

1:05.1

We spoke yesterday.

1:06.1

Michael Flynn was a former national security advisor for Donald Trump

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