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Out there. does it give more to motivation, that could affect what a grand jury might consider. >> the idea being that he has a grudge, a vendetta, he has an ax to grind because he feels betrayed. and thats sort of to answer the question, what would be his incentive to lie at this point? hes served jail time for this. you might wonder, why would cohen be telling the truth. the grand jury may not find any of that particularly helpful, and may not ask him any questions, may not do anything with it...

>> donald trump must be treated like any other citizen, and there arent two systems of justice. no person is above the law. thats what were facing now. we have indisputable evidence from the southern district of new york after an investigation that donald trump instructed michael cohen to commit a crime. cohen went to jail for it. now its time for accountability. >> the charge does come, it could come as early as this week. its monday, so maybe soon. donald trump says hes preparing for it. hes a...

After mr. cohen testifies if they choose to call him in, and then they have to charge him on the law, ask them to vote, and then they sign an indictment, they file that with the court under seal because hes not arrested yet. and then typically they make arrangements with the trump team to surrender, so that he can show up voluntarily, and hell be processed the way every other defendant is handled in new york, whether youre a democrat or a republican, the manhattan d.a.s office has a long history...

And former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher whos out for revenge, that hes furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to protect thei...

>> thats our basic understanding. instead of donald trump testifying himself, you can send in this witness. query whether the grand jury gives it any weight. bragg is in the drivers seat. the approximation is going to be the one that questions costello, and could cross examine, and bring cohen back in to rehabilitate himself. >> theres a book called "the fixer" by a couple of "wall street journal" reporters, and they document a number of meetings that costello had with michael cohen. you might a...

President donald trumps mar-a-lago home. how is robert costello, i was going to say corcoran, so many c names. robert costello, relevant? >> the idea is we expect him to attack cohens credibility. you might wonder why is that necessary given that cohen pled guilty. the credibility issues there are basically well known at this point. >> they have been talking about it in court papers repeatedly. >> exactly. and you would think that the prosecution has laid that out for the grand jury, and cohen h...

Nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker as the details. >> reporter: michael cohen was supposed to part to prison. instead he was behind closed doors testifying again in front of congress. >> im here to cooperate and will continue to cooperate. >> reporter: according to a source familiar with the matter cohen giving lawmakers new documents aimed at backing up his claim that the presidents lawyers made changes to his previous testimony about that scrapped trump tower project in moscow. ...

Accountability on racial justice that he has shown. but that is why you dont stop marching. you dont stop talking. you dont prejudge anything. but you dont stop it from proper judgment. that does it for me. thanks for watching. see you back here next saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern. until then, keep the conversation going. like us on facebook.com/politics nation and follow us on twitter. up next, "meet the press" with chuck todd. this sunday, battle lines. michael cohen tells congress what he th...

>> the president of the united states thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws. >> lso that was a $35,000 check. >> slightly larger. while democrats tried to get any new information that they could, republican lawmakers made their strategy clear very early in this hearing. attack cohens credibility at every turn. >> how long did you work in the white house? >> i never worked in the white house. >> thats the point, isn...

Questioning today. still with us, rebecca obrien and kimberly atkins. late in the day their first hearing was about prescription drugs. their second hearing was about voting rights. so this was not the first sworn witness. kim, the gop notion of all offense today and no defense, meaning no vigorous defense of donald trump, what did you make of it? >> well, look, clearly the strategy by the republicans, as you said, was to attack cohen from the beginning. not based on what he said, really before ...