INTERVIEW — JOE DIGENOVA – legal analyst and former US Attorney to the District of Columbia
FLYNN / FBI / RUSSIA INVESTIGATION
>> Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I. and Will Cooperate With Russia Inquiry
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian ambassador last December, becoming the first senior White House official to cut a cooperation deal in the special counsel’s wide-ranging inquiry into election interference.
>> Trump compares Flynn to Hillary, asks ‘rigged system’ or ‘double standard?’
President Donald Trump again took up the cause of former national security adviser Mike Flynn Saturday night, complaining that Flynn’s “life is destroyed” while Hillary Clinton escaped legal reckoning.
>> Trump lawyer: Tweet revealing Trump knew Flynn lied to the FBI was “my mistake” President Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday that it was “my mistake” that the president sent out a tweet about firing former national security adviser Michael Flynn, prompting speculation that it showed evidence of obstruction of justice. “I’m out of the tweeting business. I did not mean to break news,” attorney John Dowd told Axios.
>> Comey And Holder Blast Trump Over FBI Criticism Ousted FBI Director James Comey fired back at President Trump for tweeting that the bureau’s reputation was in “tatters” on Sunday, saying the FBI would always be independent. “I want the American people to know this truth: The FBI is honest. The FBI is strong. And the FBI is, and always will be, independent.” Me (June 8, 2017),” Comey tweeted. Former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Eric Holder blasted President Donald Trump Sunday for criticizing the way the FBI handled the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Holder said he would not forget Trump’s comments and praised the FBI in his tweet. “Nope. Not letting this go. The FBI’s reputation is not in ‘tatters,’” Holder tweeted. “It’s composed of the same dedicated men and women who have always worked there and who do a great, apolitical job.”
>> Top FBI agent who helped lead Clinton email investigation is FIRED from the Mueller probe after being caught sending anti-Trump text messages
FBI agent Peter Strzok was removed from working within special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe after he was caught sending compromising texts, a new report revealed Saturday.
The deputy head of counterintelligence, who also took lead in the Hillary Clinton email investigation, sent ‘anti-Trump’ messages to a colleague, three related parties told The New York Times in a statement.
>> Senate investigation is building a case against President Trump for obstruction of justice, Sen. Dianne Feinstein says. Senate Judiciary Committee investigating Trump for obstruction of justice Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday she believes an obstruction of justice case is beginning to form against President Trump in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
