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On Tuesday, a CNN Newsroom segment strayed into territory that would make Chicken Little proud. Speaking to host Brooke Baldwin, former Obama State Department official Wendy Sherman proclaimed that “the future of our country...is at stake” when it comes to the need for investigations into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Sherman’s doomsday comments were teed up by live video from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who called for an independent investigation into Flynn and what he discussed with a Russian Ambassador during the presidential transition.