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The special counsel overseeing all Department of Justice investigations related to former President Donald Trump has seemed to focus in particular on an infamous Oval Office meeting after Trump lost the 2020 election and before the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol. In that meeting, unofficial advisers presented Trump with unlikely ways to overturn the election.
No charges have been brought. From CNN’s exclusive report:
Some witnesses were asked about the meeting months ago, while several others have faced questions about it more recently, including Rudy Giuliani. … Prosecutors have specifically inquired about three outside Trump advisers who participated in the meeting: former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, sources said.
Representatives for Giuliani, Powell and Flynn either did not respond or declined to comment to CNN. Byrne offered on Twitter to talk to special counsel Jack Smith.
It just so happens that there is a new podcast built around that Oval Office meeting.
Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and host of the Audible podcast, “In the Room with Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. Over two episodes, he focuses in particular on the story of Flynn.
I talked to Bergen about the new CNN report, the Oval Office meeting and Flynn’s journey from being a respected general who went down the rabbit hole to become a full-blown pusher of conspiracy theories. Our conversation, conducted by phone, is below.
WOLF: As someone who’s reported extensively on the meeting and built a podcast around it, I just wanted to get your read on these new…
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