michael flynn. the justice department decided to drop the criminal case against the former trump national security adviser. the stunning reversal of one of the so-called signature cases of robert mueller's special counsel team dealing yet another blow to the deep state, the radical dems and their attempts to overthrow president trump. the decision to abandon the case comes at the recommendation of u.s. attorney for the eastern district of missouri jeff jensen who was appointmented in february -- appointed in february, chosen by attorney general william barr to scrutinize the actions of the fbi and the justice department in actions against general flynn. in the motion to dismiss, the department of justice said they were not persuaded that a january 2017 interview of flynn by two fbi agents, quote, was conducted with a legitimate investigative basis and, therefore, does not believe mr. flynn's statements were material, even if untrue. moreover, we do not believe the government can prove if either the relevant false statements or their materiality beyond a reasonable doubt. that mot

judicial branch, and from the justice department today as well. we got a big ruling from the supreme court today. that may finally put to rest the great new jersey bridge-gate scandal of 2013, which aged me approximately 17 years. seems also quite by current, quaint by current standards the way a staffer and political appointee and governor chris christie's administration died it was time for some plastic problems in fort lee new jersey in order to get back at that mayor for not endorsing chris christie in the bid for governor, and the christie staffer kelly who wrote the infamous email and baroni, another trustee, were convicted of charges of fraud and conspiracy by cooking up this plot by jamming, by changing lanes of the george washington bridge, the busiest passenger car bridge. bridget kelly was facing a year and a half in prison and bill baroni facing two and a half years but in an unanimous decision, the supreme court rejected the entire premise and threw the entire case out and saying yes there was evidence of deception and corruption and abuse of power but the fraud statute does n

our --e coverage c-span.org/coronavirus. the washington times. he covers the justice department. guest: thanks for having me back. host: in the senate this week, the senate will look at pfizer. -- fisa. can you explain what the senate is about to take up? guest: it is the foreign intelligence surveillance act and it gives the fbi a broadway just powers -- a broad range of powers to spy on foreign nationals they believe might be a threat to the u.s. but it has come under fire because a lot of allies have been arguing that the fisa process has been abused to fulfill some political agendas by the obama administration to target members of the trump campaign. for example, carter page, michael flynn. they have joined in with some civil libertarian groups on the left to try and push for stronger reforms and definitely tighter restrictions on how this can be used to spy on americans. host: walk us through what the senate will take up and what changes could happen if it passes. guest: the senate is expected to take this up today. .ometimes things run longer it is likely we will see debate and g

some breaking news just coming in. this is a fox news alert. the justice department is going to drop the flynn prosecution, we are getting reports now is dropping that case. this comes after the investigation that was done at the instigation of the attorney general bill barr and then the u.s. attorney down in missouri, he took a look at it. we have seen some of these documents that have come out so far. right before the show started, we found out that the lead prosecutor was withdrawing from the case but now what we find is that the justice department is dropping that case altogether. this news just breaking now. can i put you on the spot and ask you for your thoughts? >> we had a pretty amazing revelation that they had determined that he -- they knew he talked of the russian ambassador, they knew that nothing was wrong there, they then attempted to get him to either create a perjury trap or to admit that he had talked to the russian ambassador in which case thinking about trying to indict him on a law that was passed in the 1700s which is only being used twice and in the so-called l

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the national acting director of national intelligence and he went to the department of justice last week and then we found out that he actually declassified these names. the department of justice said wait a minute, we are not going to release these names, this is the director of national intelligence and part of his office, his business to do that. he even gave it to mcdavid to senator ron johnson and chuck grassley and they sent it out basically to the world. what i can tell you, covering the justice department, they are doing a separate investigation, a john durham investigation. he's that district attorney in connecticut and he's checking out the origins of the russia probe. part of his investigation is this unmasking. so you can bet that this is certainly not going to be going away anytime soon. also from doj, we've been talking about general flynn today and some of this unmasking, also from doj. the judge emmett sullivan is now asking for more information because the department of justice as we've been telling our viewers dip decided to drop the case against general flynn last

equivocal evidence of rampant political corruption within both the fbi and the department of justice. these documents reveal the fbi actively tried to entrap, and succeeded in end trapping, former national security adviser general michael flynn as participant of their larger plot to -- part of their larger plot to overthrow the president of the united states. top bower row potential -- bureau officials discussed their motivations, and they openly questioned whether their goal was to get him to lie is so we can prosecute him or get him fired. those are their words. president trump today said this about the fbi's disgraceful, criminal acts: >> he's in the process of being exonerated. if you look at those notes from yesterday, that was total common if ration. these were dirty, filthy cops at the top of the fbi. you know the names better than i do, and they were dishonest people. now we have to see what's going to happen. but general flynn was treated like nobody should -- and i'm not talking about generals, i'm saying like nobody in this country should be treated. lou: the interview of

. >> sandra: fox news alert now, a judge could be signing off today on the justice department's motion to dismiss the case against former national security advisor michael flynn as president trump ramps up criticism of his predecessor implying that former president obama is linked directly to the investigation. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: in a league call with former staffers, former president obama slammed the doj's decision to drop the case saying the rule of law is now at risk. flynn had pleaded guilty to providing a false statement to the fbi regarding his contacts with the russian ambassador. but he raise sharp questions about the agency's tactics. flynn's attorney now claims documents prove top officials try to set her client. >> the whole thing was orchestrated and set up within the fbi and the oval office meetings. >> so you think this goes all the way to the top to president obama? >> ed: as we await that possible signoff by a federal judge, good morning. >> flynn's attorney making those claims they are after former president obama is blasting the bar's decis

from the justice department today as well. we got a big ruling from the supreme court today that may finally put to rest the great new jersey bridgegate scandal of 2013, which aged me approximately 17 years. it seems almost quaint by current standards the way a staffer and a political appointee in governor chris christie's administration decided it was time for some traffic problems in the little town of fort lee, new jersey, in order to get back at that mayor for not endorsing chris christie in his bid for re-election as new jersey's governor. the christie staffer, bridget kelly, who wrote that infamous email and bill baroni, another christie appointee, they had been convicted on charges of fraud and conspiracy for cooking up this plot to jam the streets of fort lee, new jersey, by closing lanes connecting the town to the george washington bridge, the busiest passenger car bridge in america. bridget kelly had been facing a year and a half in prison. bill baroni was facing two years in prison. but in a unanimous opinion today, the supreme court rejected the entire premise of the

to celebrate as the justice department announced it wants to drop the criminal case against michael flynn, a major figure in the russia investigation. we've got a lot to get to let's start with peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight, for president trump the coronavirus is hitting close to home one of the president's personal valets, a member of the u.s. navy, who nbc news learned works in the west wing serving the president his meals among other duties has tested positive for the virus. >> i've had very little contact, personal contact with this gentleman. know who he is good person. but i've had very little contact. mike had very little contact with him >> reporter: president trump saying he and vice president pence were tested yesterday and the results negative is it spooky >> it's a little strange, but it's one of those things >> reporter: a person close to the white house said he was lava level mad at his staff when he learned the valet tested positive saying he does not belief they are doing everything that they can to protect him. calling it an operational failure, and everyone

such measured, laboredded actions. it is his department of justice, however, that seemingly continues to play cover for the deep state. refusing to prosecute former fbi director james comey for leaking memos with classified information, refusing to charge former fbi deputy director and then-acting director andy mccabe for lying to investigators, and it was barr who praised former deputy attorney general rod rosenstein despite rosenstein helping to launch the mueller witch hunt which was fraudulent from the very beginning. and he also played a role in the sweetheart plea deal for former senate aide james wolf. wolf did serve just two months in prison, leaking the carter page fisa warrants to the left-wing media. president trump, who has said he believes everyone involved in the efforts to overthrow his presidency should be going to jail. he had this reaction to his attorney general's comments just moments ago. >> i think obama and biden knew about it. they were participants. but, so i'm a little surprised by that statement. but if it was me, i guarantee they'd be going after me. in his

, earlier this month general michael flynn, the justice department asked the court to drop the charges of lying to the fbi, general michael flynn, that process goes on. president obama, your former boss, described that decision, it was reported, as a very questionable one, one that brought into the question the whole rule of law here in the united states. let me start by asking just a very simple question. you were with president obama very closely all that time. when did president obama first know about the fbi investigation of general flynn? >> that i do not know. but i think the point president obama was trying to make very clearly is that this is the first time that we're aware of where someone has lied to the fbi, admitted that they lied, pled guilty and then had the justice department drop the charges. and that's just an astonishing result. we rely on the justice system to work as planned. you cannot lie to the fbi, and certainly not when you admit your guilt. so it's a very troubling precedent that's been set by this attorney general. gerry: do you know why michael flynn's conversa

and justice department officials who conspired to set up and to frame former national security adviser general michael flynn. sources familiar with the investigation tell fox news that u.s. attorney john durham has reviewed the recently released documents from the flynn case and that durham now believes the corrupt actions laid out in those documents are sufficient to bring charges against members of the fbi and the department of justice who carried out criminal acts against general flynn. durham is said to be speak regularly with attorney general bill barr and is building what some sources call a a serious case against those fbi and doj officials. durham is expected to wrap up his investigation by tend of this summer. by the end of this summer. president trump has been briefed on the case, we're told, and had this to say about the radical dems' and the deep state's actions: >> ultimately, they were looking to destroy the presidency. they were looking to destroy a duly-elected president who beat the hell out of a horrible candidate called crooked hillary. lou: and also newed today, for

. says flynn lied about contacts with russia and the justice department was drawing caution criticism from democrats about high praise from trump also coming up. europe steps towards dawn mallets you france and germany begin a gradual easing off corona buyers restriction frictions the goal to get business back on track without spreading the growing of fires shops and schools and restaurants reopen later this month. and europe remember we take a virtual tour of lynn 75 years gone from the defeat of nazi germany in the 2nd world war. i'm new phenomenon welcome the u.s. justice department has asked a judge to drop its criminal case against president all trumps former national security adviser michael flynt in 2017 flynn created guilty to lying to f.b.i. officials during an independent investigation into russia's interference in the 26000 presidential election the move from the justice department comes as flynn was attempting to withdraw that plane. correspondent stephanie months is following the story for us in washington stefan could you 1st quickly walk us through the flynn case. so as

russia and the justice department is drawing criticism from democrats but high praise from trump also coming up. europe steps towards normality france and germany begin their gradual easing off virus restrictions the goal to get business back on track without spreading the clone of our top schools and restaurants close real. class down several baltic states create their own trouble trouble citizens all this rain and as tony i can take advantage of their country's rich quick response to the pandemic . and europe remembers take a virtual tour of berlin 75 years on from the defeat of nazi germany in the 2nd world. i mean for the most unwelcome the u.s. justice department has asked a judge should drop its criminal case case against president donald trump's former national security adviser michael flynn 2017 flynn pleaded guilty to lying to f.b.i. officials during an independent investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election the move from the justice department comes as ben was attempting to withdraw of a plea. early i asked washington correspondent stephan

priority in the u.s. justice department. attorney general barr addressed the prospect there might be federal charges brought against the officers in this case. he said today he would wait for the state to act first. the state has now charged one of the four officers involved in this arrest. what do you think our expectations should be in terms of potential federal criminal charges and the involvement of the justice department as the former head of the civil rights division, what do you think it's fair for us to expect right now? >> look, i think that for any of us that have been doing civil rights work for the last three and a half years and for years before that, people are right to be skeptical about what this justice department will be able to deliver on. the president, jeff sessions, bill barr have been uniformly focused on dismantling the police reform efforts that the justice department had been engaged in. we weren't a perfect justice department in the obama era but there was a real sense of the role that the justice department plays in these kinds of situations. i think it's

for you in just a moment. >>> first, the justice department has dropped charges against former national security adviser michael flynn, who so t sought for months to withdraw his guilty plea for lying to the fbi as part of special counsel robert mueller's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 investigation. in the court filing, the doj argued that after reviewing the case, including comments from agents disclosed last week, flynn's fbi interview that led to the prosecution, quote, was untethered to and unjustified by the fbi's counterintelligence investigation into mr. flynn, and conducted without any legitimate investigative basis. >> wow. >> the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, timothy shay added, continued prosecution of this case would not serve the intere interests. he was the only one to sign it. prosecutor brandon vangrack withdrew from the case before the justice department argued it could not prove the charges. oh, my gosh. >> willie, they're saying they can't prove charges that flynn has admitted to twice in open court. he pled guilty twice. don

department of justice here in this country has opened an investigation into a firm run by two republican operatives on suspicions it may have exploited the coronavirus pandemic for profit. blue flame medical failed to fulfill an order for masks and ventilators after it approved a $12.5 million contract with the company for the ppe. california had separately hired the firm to provide 100 million masks. that contract was abruptly canceled and the state scrambled to get its $457 million deposit back. the money was returned. blue flame acknowledges the orders had been delayed but says it acted in good faith. "the washington post" tom hamburger first reported on this story and joins me now. tom is one of the veteran and great investigative journalists there is in our arena these days. tom, i know it's not unusual that during a crisis you'll see groups of lobbyists get together and suddenly think, oh, there's a fema contract to be had here and there's -- you see this, some of it is on the up and up and some of it isn't. where does this one fall? >> well, chuck, we don't know where e

there was a report that came out in 2012 by the justice department, by the special prosecutor that was highly critical of the prosecutors and the f.b.i.'s conduct. in particular, mr. president, they withheld all kinds of brady evidence. just six months after senator stevens' conviction, it was revealed that federal prosecutors had concealed numerous pieces of evidence that very likely could have resulted in his acquittal. among the more egregious examples -- and there were manya witness whose testimony would have supported senator stevens, the government flew the witness home to alaska. that's pretty pathetic. the prosecution also concealed that its star witness who was testifying against senator stevens had an illegal sexual relationship with an underage woman whom he had asked to lie about the relationship. and to this day, to this very day there are still questions about whether the federal government offered that star witness in exchange for his testimony, leniency on not prosecuting him for violating the man act. still questions to this day. the special prosecutor that the dis

national security advisor mike flynn despite the fact justice department prosecutors already secured a guilty plea from mr. flynn multiple times. retired judge john gleason wrote the handling of the case reeks of improper political influence. two days after he wrote that in the washington post, the judge overseeing the mike flynn case made an extraordinary decision of his own to appoint john gleas gleason, the prosecutor from the trial, to appoint that retired judge to essentially argue against the justice department's decision to drop the case against flynn. of course, the politics around this could not be more valulgar and transparent. said both president obama and joe biden are guilty of a deep state criminal plot to do something to mike flynn and to do something to president trump. the president is making clear that he wants them locked up just like he wanted hillary clinton locked up pofour years ago. he wants to imprison his immediate predecessor as president. he wants to imprison the person he ran against for president in 2016 and wants to imprison the person he's goin

on scice and not vary who was makinhis decision? g and robert: plus, the justice department drops charges against former security advisor michael flynn reviving questions about power and russia. announr: this is "washingt corporate funding is provided by -- >> life suspect a straight lin and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected with financia planning and advice for today and tomorrow. [laughter] ♪ >> kaiser permanente. additional funding isrovided by thee of arnold ams, and koo and patuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cuural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasng and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once, agaom washington, moderator robert costa. robert: goodvening. i hope you're staying safe. to get up to speed on this important week, let's just tur to the latesbo reporting what's happening with the trump presidency and in the nation. first, as to lose olorunnipa writes,he trump administration has now sidelined

to stay with fox news and this breaking news, the justice department deciding to drop the case against michael flynn. lots more to come today. i'll see you on the five a little bit later on. in the meantime, here's bill hemmer. >> bill: dana, thank you. good afternoon, i'm bill hemmer. we will talk to the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley, donna brazile, and timothy cardinal dolan on this the national day of prayer. at first however, we begin with the breaking news and there's a lot of it in the past hour alone. here we go, the justice department dropping their criminal case against former national security advisor michael flynn, a stunning reversal in one of the key cases brought by bob mueller's investigation awaiting word from the president on this at this hour, at this moment he is meeting with the texas governor greg abbott in the oval office. we will bring you headlines from that as we get it in the playback will occur this hour so stay tuned. first, special report anchor bret baier to get some reaction on this. good afternoon to you. at the moment, reading s

. this week he surfaced again in the news when he wrote an op-ed weighing in on the justice department's bizarre and absolutely unprecedented decision this past week to simply drop the prosecution of trump national security adviser mike flynn despite the fact that justice department prosecutors already secured a guilty plea from mr. flynn multiple times. retired judge john gleeson wrote about that this week, that the department's handling of the flynn case, quote, reeks of improper political influence. two days after he wrote that in "the washington post," the judge overseeing the mike flynn case made an extraordinary decision of his own to appoint john gleeson, the prosecutor from the john gotti trial, to appoint john gleeson, that retired judge, to essentially argue against the justice department's decision to drop the case against flynn. and of course the politics around this could not be more vulgar and transparent, right? president trump now says on a daily basis that both president obama and joe biden are guilty of a deep-state criminal plot to do something to mike flynn and to do somethin

surfaced again when he wrote an op-ed weighing in on the justice department's bizarre and absolutely unprecedented decision, this past week, to simply drop the prosecution of trump national security advisor mike flynn. despite the fact that justice department prosecutors already secured a guilty plea from mr. flynn, multiple times. retired judge jon gleeson wrote about that this week the department's handling of the flynn case, quote, wreaks of improper political influence. well, two days after he wrote that in t"the washington post," the judge overseeing the mike flynn case made an extraordinary decision of his own. to appoint jon gleeson, the prosecutor from the john gotti trial, to appoint john gleeson, that retired judge, to essentially argue against the justice department's decision to drop the case against flynn. and, of course, the politics around this could not be more vulgar and transparent, right? president trump, now, says on a daily basis, that -- that, both, president obama and joe biden are guilty of a deep-state criminal plot to do something to mike flynn an

cover the latest scandal in the justice department, which has not been so scandalized since two republican attorneys general in a row were found guilty of crimes during the nixon administration. attorney general william barr could have taught them a thing or two like how to get away with corruption in plain sight without technically breaking any laws. today the attorney general asked a judge to drop the case against donald trump's former national security adviser michael flynn even though michael flynn pleaded guilty in the case and repeatedly told the judge that he was knowingly pleading guilty because he was indeed guilty of the crime. we'll cover the attorney general's attempt to erase all of michael flynn's declarations of guilt later in this hour. but as we begin tonight, we are very lucky to be joined by dr. ali khan. as i said to rachel, he is the former head of a division of the centers for disease control. he is profiled in the current edition of "the new yorker" in a piece entitled "why weren't we ready for the coronavirus?" dr. khan will be our first guest tonight. an

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and the justice department's decision to drop the case against former national security advisor michael flynn. sec. mcenany: good afternoon. today marks the 75th anniversary of v-e day, a triumphant milestone in our nations history and world history. 75 years ago today our brave , american forces defeated fascism in europe and through the selfless devotion of thousands of patriots, they saved the world. over 180,000 americans gave their lives in the european theater during world war ii. and i want to take just a moment to honor their service and their sacrifice. thank you to all of our veterans. you are truly, truly our heroes. now, as i move to my next subject, i want to begin by saying this. look, our rank and file men and women at the f.b.i. are heroes in their own right. they protect this country from domestic crime, and we thank them for their service. they work hard and once again, we owe them a debt of gratitude. but that is separate and apart from what i am about to address right now. the f.b.i. exists to investigate crimes, but in the case of lieutenant general michael

signature case that was part of the russia investigation. the justice department is asking to drop its case against president trump's first national security adviser michael flynn. remember he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi in january of 2017 about his conversations with then russian ambassador to the u.s. kislyak. flynn was one of the first and highest ranking trump aides to cooperate and be convicted in the mueller investigation. in february of 2017, trump fired flynn for lying to the vice president about those very conversations. he was subsequently charged with lying to bureau agents. earlier this year, flynn retracted his plea even though he'd admitted to his own guilt on two different occasions. the doj is now asking the judge in the case to dismiss this case. attorney general barr spoke to cbs news about the decision. >> our duty, we think, is to dismiss the case. a crime cannot be established here. they did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against flynn at that stage. i want to make sure that we restore confidence in the system. there's only one standard

all this comes within days of the justice department trying to drop the prosecution of trump's adviser mike flynn even though he already plead guilty, also to bob mueller's prosecutors. in fact, we're hearing publicly from many nonpartisan justice department veterans saying this is wrong and that trump's allies are clearly getting a pass from the attorney general who also intervened infamously to help trump adviser roger stone, overruling the doj's own career prosecutors, and that led those career prosecutor, some of them with basically ties and veterans of the mueller probe to withdraw completely in protest. publicly saying what we almost never hear, that is justice department is out of control. now one of them speaking out saying barr is running an operation infected by politics that will do lasting damage to the institution. barr has faced so much heat about all of this that he was actually scheduled to try to answer some of it under oath. he was pressed into doing that for planned high stakes testimony facing congress. now if you follow these stories, do you remember that t

justice department gives up. says that it's dropping its case against the president's first national security advisor. we've got you covered from all angles including independent prosecutor robert ray. we also have senator here to weigh on this and what's going on on the virus found in his state of texas. in with the president today, that president did make those remarks. i am neil cavuto and this is "your world." went over a live activity today. they. the justice department dropping a case against michael flynn, the question now is, what now? john roberts at the white house. >> this has been developing over the last couple of weeks ever since the reinvestigation of the flynn investigation found that there was a lot of evidence that had not been entered into the record in the report that sidney powell suggested it was very strong evidence that the fbi went out to set up michael fly flynn. other hard evidence to suggest that something was afoot came in more recently released documents in which the , whoa, whoa, whoa. don't pull this investigation just yet. we have more to investigate.

friends of the court to give a briefing in the justice department's request to submit the underlying cases against flynn. the justice department wants to get rid of the case where flynn led guilty and the judge is saying they will get all the decisions that i early entered a guilty plea so i fight between the judge itself, the justice department and the court of appeals involved to see what's going to happen here in the next week and half or so. eric: is it your sense that he's doing this as a legitimate legal matter, questioning everything and dotting every i so he would not be overruled or is there something else going on? >> obviously judge sullivan's were concerned about what general flynn played guilty to, he made that clear when he was determining and assessing the sentence for general flynn. at the same time, it is important to do the right thing to make sure all the teaser cross in the ayes are dotted in this case, in a case like this which is very unusual where the defendant has played guilty in the justice department says they want to withdraw the underlying information whi

. but many of them were not locally based, i'll say that. >> brennan: but when the justice department, when the attorney-general spoke, he said something about radical left. do you have any indication of organized groups who are plotting in your city? >> mayor: no, i don't. i don't. >> brennan: okay. the president has issued a series of tweets in the past few days, as i'm sure you know, and he has said that liberal governors and mayors much get much tougher or the federal government will step in and do what has to be done, and that includes using the unlimited power of our military and many arrests. have you heard from the white house? do you know what they're asking you to do? >> mayor: no, i don't know. and this is so reminiscent of charlottesville, and president trump just made it worse. there are times you should just stop, and this is one of those times. he is making it worse. this is not about using military force. this is about where we are in america. we are beyond a tipping point in this country. and his rhetoric only in flames that. and he should just sometimes stop talking. >> br

but no, it was not a crime committed by michael flynn. today the department of justice filed paperwork to end its prosecution of flynn and would end all criminal charges against him. e we will have more on why this happened and what it means but first, tonight, another breaking story. the house intelligence committee just released 57 transcripts from its investigation into russia collusion. america's newsroom cohost ed henry has gone through these documents and goes through with the latest. >> we are getting even more information today. foxnews.com added that adam schiff was in "panic mode. they are from the probe of e.healleged russian collusion. but breaking tonight, adam schiff may be even more panicked because i am hearing from two sources familiar with this. as early as tomorrow, you could reveal even more documents shedding light on the russia probe, and how they knew for a long time there was no collusion even though they kept saying they had direct evidence otherwise. two sets of documents. schiff late today releasing transcripts, and they conducted over 50 of them to

, why the justice department is now dropping the criminal case against president trump's former national security adviser, michael flynn. what we have learned. >>> and later the search for those so-called murder hornets recently found in the u.s. for the first time. how scientists are hoping to find all of them. people at higher risk, must take extra precautions. you are at higher risk if you are over 65, or if you have any serious underlying medical conditions, like heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, or if your immune system is compromised for any reason. if you're at higher risk, wash your hands frequently with soap and water for twenty seconds. avoid touching your face. disinfect frequently touched objects. and wash up after being in public spaces. and when it comes to social situations...less is better. stay six feet or two arm lengths away from other people. better still, stay home if you can. if you're sick, please stay home and away from others. and if you think you've been exposed to the virus, call your health care provider before going to their office. in c

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-- read the pleadings that the justice department just filed dismissing the case against flynn. here's what happened. the fbi investigated flynn for collusion. the agents wrote: we don't have any evidence, let's close the investigation. comey and his assistant, mccabe, found out about that and said don't close it. we want to send an fbi agent, two of them, to talk to flynn. let's see if we can get him to lie. if we can't get him on anything else, we'll get him on a perjury charge. the fbi agents that interviewed him in their notes said he wasn't lying, he didn't lie. what happens next? he gets prosecuted by the mueller team. it's not right. elizabeth: yeah. yeah, and peter strzok, turns out, may have altered and edited that original 302 form. jim jordan wants to see -- >> strzok was involved -- elizabeth: when it all -- yeah. >> strzok was involved, page was involved, mccabe was involved. but the godfather was comey. all roads lead to comey in terms of general flynn. elizabeth: yeah. by the way, let's show to the viewers if we haven't already adam schiff's history of erroneous statemen