On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” host Chuck Todd stated that the controversy surrounding former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is “arguably the biggest presidential scandal involving a foreign government since Iran-Contra.”

Todd said, “[W]elcome to day one of what is arguably the biggest presidential scandal involving a foreign government since Iran-Contra. Take a breath, hyperbole aside, folks, hunker down, cause this is a class five political hurricane that’s hitting Washington.”

(h/t NewsBusters)

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