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Does this filing tonight change what is in effect as we said our lead story, the body of avenattis documents? >> its interesting on a couple of fronts, brian, for one thing, the letter obviously reveals a couple of flaws in avenattis data, but it also perhaps gives us an interesting clue into whether avenattis information came from. the fact there are a couple of inclusions in this report that arent allegedly from michael cohen, the new york lawyer, but rather for other michael cohens indicates ...

Its certainly an accumulation of the swamp trump ran against. its interesting if this was foreign law, it would be illegal under a statute called the foreign corrupt practices act, most likely in this country theres case law that makes it very difficult for prosecutors to allege this sort of pay-to-play conduct as a crime and there is a case in virginia involving mcdonnell and that case came out poorly for the government so it might be very difficult for this to be indicted as criminal conduct. ...

Rip against the president. its sort of a public relations nightmare. >> still out there trolling the president, one could argue. jeremy, i also note that mueller, rosenstein, sessions, all three remain on the job and the federal payroll tonight. >> they do and im sure all of them are wondering when the ax falls on them because as the comey case showed us, president trump doesnt seem to have much restraint when it comes to making bold reckless decisions like this so i think that when all is said ...

The lawyers for cohen have opposed avenattis request to even practice in front of judge wo wood. theyve come in and said look, hes on the media, hes poisoning in essence the jury pool, hes submitting false and misleading documents to the court. he couldnt be allowed to practice in the southern district of new york. very aggressive stand. ive only seen it and doing this for 35 years ive only seen that once and maybe twice in extreme circumstances. >> its usually a courtesy to allow someone to arg...

Out last night, did it change how you view this case? and where do you think were headed here? >> well, despite what -- brian, despite what avenatti was saying earlier in the broadcast, i dont think its good to file papers with a federal judge, and even be wrong 3, 4, 5% of the time. to make mistakes, which if true, that theyve gotten the names wrong, theyve gotten amounts wrong, theyve gotten transactions wrong. even though the bulk of it may be right, i still dont think thats good for avenatti...

Was saying earlier in the broadcast, i dont think its good to file papers with a federal judge and even be wrong 3%, 4%, 5% of the time. to make mistakes which, if true that theyve gotten the names wrong, theyve gotten amounts wrong, theyve gotten transactions wrong, even though the bulk of it may be right, i still dont think thats good for avenatti. look, im not a fan and never have been a fan when i was with a government and now that i represent people on the other side, im not a fan of trying...

Its sort of a public relations nightmare. >> still out there trolling the president, one could argue. hey jeremy, i also note that mueller, rosenstein, sessions, all three remain on the job. and the federal payroll tonight. >> they do. and im sure all of them are wondering when the ax falls on them. because as the comey case showed us, president trump doesnt really seem to have much restraint when it comes to making bold, really reckless decisions like this. so i think when all is said and done,...

I mean, this kind of influence is bought and sold every day in washington. >> you know, maybe, maybe not. we dont know enough about the facts. it certainly is an accumulation of the swamp that trump ran against. law in this country -- its interesting. if this was foreign law, it would be illegal under a statute called the foreign corrupt practices act, most likely. but in this country, theres recent supreme court case law that makes it very difficult for prosecutors to allege this sort of pay to...

Documents, these records? >> it may, brian. because the way this is -- the posture of this thing is very interesting. the lawyers for cohen have opposed avenattis request to even practice in front of judge wood. theyve come in and theyve said look, he is on the media, hes poisoning the jury pool. hes submitting false and misleading documents to the court. he shouldnt be allowed to practice in the southern district of new york .. very aggressive stand. ive only seen it, doing this for about 35 ye...

Changed what we learn about this case? what the public knows about this case and whats always been true remains true -- muellers proceeding at his altitude. southern district of new york proceeding at theirs. and we get to know a small portion of it? >> i think thats right, brian. and i also agree with joyce as well in as much as youve got even another level of an investigative agency whos now announced their presence, which is the treasury department. i think these were -- that he included info...