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Who did martha stewart? jim comey. >> sean: scary. its scary. if you can get them on the crime, they will get them on something else. >> it doesnt matter how serious the crime is. >> sean: lets go to mueller -- >> lets get a celebrity tweet. >> sean: what about that she worked there. >> i have no objections to them. >> sean: why are they bringing in the cfo of the trump organization? >> a thousand reasons. i have been through, and our lawyers have been through, including our washington or new yo...

>> they, they must not have anything because people out there are saying right on. >> that is pretty much the argument you have heard from people like mitch mcconnell, too. they need to ramp it up, they have midterms coming up, if you had anything, they say, there would be evidence out there of collusion or obstruction. the other interesting thing is he sort of turned on bop mueller. a lot of things happened since then, like the raid on michael cohens offices and the latest with the cfo talking ...

The cfo knows. was there money laundering? is there wire fraud or fraud on karen mcdougal? what did she think she was signing? theres a host of questions and possible crimes that could be charged. i think they are running scared from michael cohen. i think also theyre running scared from him because of what has come out about what hes saying about the 2016 trump tower meeting with also goes a long way, if true, in helping to put trump in a conspiracy with the russians. >> its important to note s...

It relates to steel is a winner. whereas the tariffs issue as it relates to soybeans and the issues affecting trump states in the midwest, the big ag country, that its not really a winner in that way. so, you know, when he goes to pennsylvania, expect to hear him make the argument you heard him make on the south lawn. that america, he says, is winning again. he has really reawakened the animal spirits of the u.s. economy. thats what we expect to hear from the president both in florida and pennsy...

Client with a good case. >> we only have about two minutes to discuss this but shermichael, with you, a report the trump organization cfo was called to testify in the cohen probe. this report on special counsel robert mueller examining the presidents tweets. theres the word from nbc news that cohen is willing to tell mueller trump knew about the 2016 trump tower meeting in advance. which of these pose the greatest risk for the president? there is a few more we can talk about. >> theres a saying ...

Fire. >> i think thats a rare possibility. i dont know thats going to happen. i think based on what we know now -- >> dont know whats going to happen. >> that he comes back with nothing. we know enough now to know i think the president knew something. we dont know exactly the extent. >> suppose mueller comes back and says all of this -- >> we cant indict him. >> i cant indict him. you dont think donald trump will use that for a victory lap? >> absolutely. >> will that not affect the midterm. >> ...

Trump talking about buying the rights to a former playboy play mate story about an alleged affair. then a federal judge rejected the presidents effort to stop a lawsuit alleging he violated laws regarding conflicts of interest with foreign governments. we also learned the trump organization cfo who has deep ties to the trump family was subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in the cohen criminal case. and last night, michael cohen claimed his former boss knew about in advance the june 2016 me...

Thats true or not. he denied it. but he now seems to be changing his story. he is the target of the sdny investigation which we now know is pulling in the trump organization because sdny has subpoenaed the cfo of the trump organization. when you look at these two massive threats to the president, michael cohen is right at the center of both of them. and if he does decide his only path forward, his only way out of this jeopardy -- because hes not going to get a pardon any more, that seems clear -...

Is there any chance, supposedly, that, say, this lawsuit could force the president to have to choose between whether he would fully divest from his business interests? >> it may not really become a choice for him. and heres why. i think walters right, the danger for him coming forward is the fact that now his tax records are fair game in another matter. ive said for a long time, and i think that bob mueller has the tax records and is looking at them as far as the russia case goes. we now know th...

Are there tapes or other witnesses who can confirm or refute what michael cohen says about this meeting? that may be more important than cohens testimony itself, because his credibility is so damaged. >> there are a lot of wins for the president, for his administration just this week. north korea returning what seemed to be -- has to be confirmed, remains of u.s. service members. certainly economic numbers on gdp growth. all things are good for him, but also this week the cfo of the trump organi...