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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. To roll the dice and gamble. I think the question of a pardon is huge. And intimidating to the whole process here and the president is wise to step back and not do that because the act of that and interesting to see. The mueller team can look at that as destructive conduct. In these circumstances what is best for him and, honestly, the best thing to do is not to plead but to cooperate, as well. Reverend al sharpton who is o...

Right now the judge is reading the charges after mr. Cohen told the court, i am truly sorry and i promises to do better. He Apologize Nod country. And the defense team is asking for full consideration of mercy and telling the judge that the client came forward to offer evidence against the most p powerful man in the country not knowing the result. The prosecutors are responding forcefully and saying that powerful and privileged individuals cannot violate laws without impunity, and back with me, ...

Is asking for mercy. do you expect that the judge is going to grant that, and what are the options today, danny? >> michael cohens team has asked for a straight probation s sentence and no incarceration. meanwhile, the special counsels office has filed a memorandum saying that he assisted us and helped out, and he did not rise to the level of what we call substantial assistance and the district of new york on the other hand filed what you could call a more scathing memorandum and saying that mic...

And it didnt work. he got a bit off but he did not get a substantial assistance motion and hes going to jail. >> lanny davis saying hes no longer the lawyer. he will be a kplcommunications adviser. putting out the likelihood that cohen will speak after the mueller investigation is complete. the possibility he would be willing to testify before congressional committees. in terms of russia investigation, the trump presidency, the role of michael cohen going forward, how do you see it? >> i think w...

The government did what the government likes to do a lot more with a lesser quality witness which is get a conviction, get him to plea, and then dangle that 5 k 1 substantial assistance motion in front of him until they give him what they want but if you are a vip, if you have just critical information, thats when the government will actually go through the hoops it has to to give that person immunity. you have to be very, very important. i would love to ask glen the ratio of people that he conv...

>> you said something compelling a few minutes ago. you said alan weisselberg knows where the bodies are buried. you look at michael cohen. did he get immunity or plead guilty and maybe hell cooperate? i think there is a chance he may still cooperate even though hes not presently cooperating or he may be cooperating and its not public. thats possible, too. the government did what the government likes to do a lot more with a lesser quality witness which is get a conviction, get him to plea, and t...

Convicted, cooperated as a witness and then maybe they got a substantial assistance motion versus the number of people he gave full on immunity to. glen, its got to be, its got to be way more convictions, pleas and then possible cooperation down the road than it ever was full immunity, right? >> absolutely, danny. we would rather hold people accountable for their crimes, put pressure on them quite frankly and then, you know, put them in a position where its in their best interest to tell the tru...

He mads guilty to, if he mads. if he mads to bank fraud or fraud, these are things that were part of his life as a fixer. but that nexus, that connection to campaign finance law violations would be particularly interesting, because it would draw a connection between michael cohen and whatever campaign he was involved in, obviously the trump campaign. so its going to be critical. cooperation may not be immediate. sentencing may be months, if not a year down the road. remember, sentencing, if he c...

Muellers team. >> so walk me through this memorandum and this idea that papadopoulos didnt really supply any real useful information. >> exactly. anytime a defendant pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate, they dont automatically gets whats call a 5-k-1 motion, a substantial assistance motion. this is critical if youre facing significant sentence. in papadopoulos case, hes all right at the bottom end, so even the sentencing memorandum isnt that harsh. theyre looking for the sentencing table right...