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And had almost daily access to the president during that time would know that information? no. >> and it is your expectation, if he knows that information, he will happily provide information. >> from everything that i know, everything that i know from where michael cohen is, state of mind, how he feels with the president and what he wants to do going forward. if there is information that he knows that he believes will be helpful, there will be no hesitation in sharing it. >> emily jane fox, sen...

Months. that is now being charged as a felony. as an illegal corporate contribution to the presidents campaign. one that, according to this court proceeding today, was directed by the president himself. now, michael cohen is needing guilty to his own role in that but he is directly implicating both the president of the united states and the executive david pecker in that same criminal act. so well have more on that in a second. heres the next part. your honor, as to count number eight, on or abo...

Cohen speaking truth to power. >> i want to underscore what you referenced, that mr. cohen has information about the president and his advance knowledge of the crime of hacking during the campaign. and youre saying that mr. cohen, whether or not he has spoken to the special counsels office, he would be happy to discuss that with the special counsel, separate and apart from everything that happen today in the southern district of new york. >> i hate to be overly legalistic with you, but im not go...

The negotiations to plead guilty. >> does that mean prosecutors have more evidence than just what michael cohen is saying about the president being involved in this, directing this, more than just michael cohens word? >> for sure. they stated in their information that other people in the campaign were involved in the direction and coordination of this crime. and that was donald trump that they were referring to. this wasnt a document -- >> why is it not in the plea agreement? why is it only what...

Also referenced in the information. finally, we on offer testimony of witnesses including witnesses involved in the transactions in question, who communicated with the defendant. now, thats the list of evidence that government says it has compiled to prove that case. they explain that theyve got all that evidence to the judge today in court. but the government is not going to put that evidence on display in a trial against michael cohen. because theres not going to be a trial because cohen has p...

He would do that here. whats also really interesting i think about what happened today is when michael cohen was asked what he did he talked about the tax evasion. he talked about making the false statement to the bank in order to get the loan. but he -- then he talked about the two campaign violations. the information, the charging document, doesnt say anything about the fact that he was directed to do this by the president. he said that on his own. he said it in what obviously sound node -- i ...

And respect minority opinions and they say its about one count, that was a game-changer. that is a gone-through and due diligence, meticulously going through a document dump that the judge threw in there. they had to piece the documents together. they went through it all. just seems like theyre hung up on a charge. i would suspect based on the evidence produced that the tax case is solid for the prosecution and those will be all guilty verdict. maybe they get a hung jury and a mistrial on one or...

Theres actually department of justice guidelines and rules about that. youre not really allowed to name a person whos not charged as a defendant. there are some exceptions to that. but generally speaking. and 245s why especially here. i just dont want anyone to get the wrong impression as to why someone wasnt using anyones name. >> this is the u.s. attorneys decision to keep his name out, not michael cohens is what youre saying. >> absolutely. absolutely. the u.s. attorney used the language that...

This is just one singular point in a document, in a charging document, that were going to have to figure out and get more information about. we also spoke to the father of one of the men who is charged, lucas morton. and he said, look, yes, they were devout muslims. yes, his son had a problem, you know, holding jobs and things like that. so he thought that the idea was to go out to new mexico on this piece of land that they had and essentially start a new life, live off the grid. start a home se...

Sometimes he tells the prosecution to ask a different question and gets gates to answer it again. one of the key things that the prosecution asked this morning is whether or not the fbi -- or whether or not the government had promised him a sentence at the end of this for his cooperation. and gates said, no. thats really key because the prosecution needs to convince the zwlar thejury that there ar set deals. they want to present him as an hoppest man, a changed man who despite embezzling hundred...