1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: Well, now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: exploring legal issues in the news. And Today Bloomberg Law 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: host j In Grosso and Greg Sture discussed new revelations 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: about former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's connections with Turkish authorities. 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: They speak with Andrew Kent, a professor at Fordham University 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: Law School. Andrew Kent, what do you see as the 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: biggest legal issue that Michael Flynn is facing right now? 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: You know, if he continues to be his failure to 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: register as an agent of the Turkish government something which 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: it seems like is being investigated. Um. You know, the 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: willful failure to register is a federal crime. It's not 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: often prosecuted as such. Um, you know, often involved you know, 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: lobbying and business dealings and other things. You know, when 14 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: it's involving somebody who became the National Security Advisor of 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: the United States, you know, it's natural that prosecutors would 16 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: take that more seriously. So I think that's probably the 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: number one concerned that he that he should have that 18 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: he was acting on behalf of the government of Turkey, 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: UH and receiving payments for that while failing to disclose 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: that as federal law requires. Andrew, Um, we've been talking 21 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: a little bit about Turkey, we've been talking a little 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: bit about Russia. UM, with the appointment of Robert Mueller 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: as a special counsel to look into specifically involvement with 24 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: the Trump campaign in Russia, is uh, everything that that 25 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: has to do with Michael Flynn now within Mueller's bailiwick 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: or just the part regarding his contacts with Russia. So 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: that's a good question, and it's obviously quite an important one. Uh. 28 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: Rod Rodensne and the Deputy Attorney General who's acting in 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: place of Jeff Sessions, has refused wrote a letter setting 30 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: out the scope of what Robert Mueller can investigate. And 31 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: the main thing he said is that Mueller is authorized 32 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: to conduct the investigation that was confirmed by James Comey 33 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: when he was FBI director testify before the House Intelligence 34 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: Committee in March, and they're what Comey said essentially was 35 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: that he was conducting a counterintelligence investigation into the Russian 36 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: government efforts to influence the election, uh and any associated crime. 37 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: So you know, on its face, that would not seem 38 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: to cover uh, you know, matters between for example, uh, 39 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: Michael Flynn and UH in Turkey, which at least at 40 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 1: this time seemed to be separate from UH, you know 41 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: from from the Russian matter. And it's Andrew Kent, a 42 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: professor at Fordham University Law School, speaking at the Bloomberg 43 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: LA host during Grosso and Greg Sture. You can listen 44 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: to Bloomberg Law weekdays at one pm Wall Street Time 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: here on Bloomberg Radio Now. Among the top legal stories 46 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: from Bloomberg Law. In the Netherlands, activist investor Elliott Management 47 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: faces Dutch paint maker AXO Nobel in court today. 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