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But i think one of the points ken made, which is we shouldnt just focus on the crimes that may involve the president and his campaign and russia, but the president is now under investigation for his possible business violations. and lets not forget his cfo, mr. whiesleberg, who is also cooperating. you have mr. cohen and weisleberg who know all the dirty little secrets of how he ran his business. that could lead to himself children and himself as well. theres a lot going on that makes me think t...

Rich account on the whole sort of dirty dealings side of trumps period before he was a candidate. and they are bowel roadstered by the immunized testimony of the cfo of the trump organization who was there, all the way back to trumps dad, weisselberg, and by pecker, the ceo at american media. so we have a lot of rich stuff here. and yet this part, i dont know percentage-wise how much it was of what cohen told them. but this is the discrete part of cohens involvement that really overlaps and form...

A number of -- 70 hours, right? okay. he knew about this. we had this tower thing. that takes what, two, three, four, five minutes max? but he spent more than 70 hours speaking to mueller. he also worked for trump for ten-plus years. i mean, what else could he have told? >> right. so we certainly have a very rich account on the whole sort of dirty dealings side of trumps period before he was a candidate and they are bolstered by the immunized testimony of the cfo of the trump organization who wa...

Thing, meaning, if youre asked for a bribe, have you to say no, and you should report it, if you offer a bribe, youre in violation of the law. its pretty tough, pretty strict. even if -- they keep saying the trump organization, my theory on this is, now you have cohen. i think thats probably why the trump organization is rattled, is that he probably would have some -- at least insight into that, and then if you take their treasurer and accountant whos already cooperating, this could spell troubl...

It puts the onus on american businesses to do the right thing, meaning, if youre asked for a bribe, have you to say no, and you should report it, if you offer a bribe, youre in violation of the law. its pretty tough, pretty strict. even if -- they keep saying the trump organization, my theory on this is, now you have cohen. i think thats probably why the trump organization is rattled, is that he probably would have some -- at least insight into that, and then if you take their treasurer and acco...

Who could really cause the president great damage and it is shakespearian in nature because of their relationship previously and his relationship -- i cant emphasize this enough, his relationship to the rest of the trump family, you know. michael cohen was not only donald trumps fixer. michael cohen fixed a lot for everybody and so you now have the cfo of the trump organization alan weisselberg being giving immunity here. this whole thing is going to unspool itself eventually. we just dont know ...

Discreet thing, its a package of incriminating materials. >> you make a good point. we have no idea during those 70 hours of q&a with michael cohen what else he was providing the special counsel. jamie gangel, how significant is it that the president has already submitted his written answers to the special counsel on these various topics? >> i think its very significant. i do not think the timing was an accident, that he waited until the president had submitted those answers, has it in hand, and...

How he complicates all of this potentially? >> he is definitely an outliar and it is a concern that he may provide something. we know he talked to federal authorities before. remember that in congress the incoming chairman of the intel committee has said he wants to question trump organization executives including the cfo who we have talked about and the general counsel. so there are specific targets that congress is looking at. bringing in new counsel would be a big move for the organization be...

Some of the old guard fortune 50 companies. they are the ones acting like they are the men in the gray flannel suits. they are the man, so to speak. >> i think theres such a culture out there that is so insulated and so isolated they believe theyre beyond reproach. again, no checks and no balances. but just think about what the "new york times" revealed yesterday. they use this old anti semantic trope when targeting conservative groups to turn them against facebook critic by trotting out the geo...

Sexual encounters, lets talk about the campaign finance angle of this which could be real serious legal trouble for the president. am i correct? >> thats right. supporting note this is not the mueller investigation, this is a totally separate investigation out of the southern district of new york. this is really serious, both for the underlying facts but also because it involves so many people who know so much other stuff about donald trump. trumps long time cfo was heavily involved in these dec...