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The government, let them do their keyword search, reserve judgment on the other things, heard out the president, is there any suspicion you have at this point that this is being done at the wrong way and politically motivated? >> its not. if you look at our system of justice it is built on redundancies and oversight and accountability. something in the case of a search of mr. cohens office is going to be something that rises to the highest level of the justice department and you have the indepen...

>> michael cohen never represented me in any legal matter. i never retained his services. i never received an invoice. i never paid michael cohen for legal fees. >> but earlier on his radio show, the fox news host suggesting those conversations were protected under attorney/client privilege. >> i might have handed him ten bucks. i want attorney/client privilege on this, something like that. >> on a nightly basis, hannity repeatedly blasts the special counsels investigation. >> we have now entere...

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That time might have sent those folks scurring elsewhere. so i disagree with the decision making. i disagree also with the look of the book tour. i think its been glorious and self-serving. it further tarnishes the fbi. having said that, i dont believe james comey is a bad man. i think he was the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong position. >> josh? >> theres a lot there, like five or six things. let me start if i can with leadership, because thats what this book is about and thats somethi...

>> a non-zero possibility that the russians have some sort sway over him. >> i think thats very feasible. >> jim comey loves to be in the center of power. >> you will see that russian sanctions will be coming down. >> we just dont have a decision yet. >> well, the administration is once again showing that its a circus. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. lets tell you whats happening. theres a bit of legalese ...

Things. this is the complicated part of humanity. youre allowed to have your individual life and your individual relationships and still do your professional responsibilities. >> i understand. >> i dont think there should be a double standard. >> there isnt. we disclose those things here. i have a ten-page standards pact right here. we disclose anything that might even have a whiff of a conflict of interest. thats what journalists are supposed to do, matt. but we appreciate your perspective. >> ...

Perspective. my discussions with michael cohen never rose to any level that i needed to tell anyone that i was asking him questions. and to be absolutely clear, they never involved any matter, any sorry to disappoint so many, matter between me or third party, third group at all. and my questions exclusively focussed on real estate. >> okay. thats called full disclosure. if you take hannity at his word and thats something helpful to have before you do all the segments with michael cohen involving...

Between trump and cohen per se doesnt mean it doesnt involve things that this president doesnt want out there. this man, you can call him whatever you want, michael cohen, he has to be a keeper of secrets. >> he is a keeper of secrets. he is a key figure in trumps life. as close to him as anyone who is not family. but the problem is there is a attorney/client privilege. there not not con cig lee yar client privilege. theres a lot of information especially if hes recording conversations that trum...

About her relationship with the president. so thats going on today as well. joining me now, cnn legal and national security analyst asha rangappa. thank you very much for being with us. i want to start with hannity-gate as it were. and sean hannitys claim that michael cohen performed no legal work for him, he never paid him in that cohens not his lawyer, but at the same time, there is some attorney/client privilege there. what gives? >> yeah, john. who needs netflix? we can watch this proceeding...

It. lets listen to what sean hannity said about it. >> michael never represented me in any matter. i never retained him in the traditional sense as retaining a lawyer. i never received an invoice from michael. i never paid legal fees to michael. but i have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which i wanted his input and perspective. >> jill wine-banks if what sean hannity just said was true, was he a client of michael cohens? >> its really a side show to debat...