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Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Jo...

Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Counsel. How much specificity would we get here in seeing a plea deal . Would there be things that are sort of kept from public view or would it be pretty clear what the guts are here . I dont think the first filing i dont think will reveal everything. In other words, i think the first filing, announcing the plea deal and that sort of thing is probably not going to spell out in great detail exactly what Infor...

A look at the days top news and headlines. Because under the guidelines, the Department Of Justice believes you cannot charge a sitting president with a crime. But the talk around here these days is of impeachment. If democrats were to flip 24 seats in november, which is a possibility, they would then control the house and it is the house that would begin impeachment proceedings. Even if the president were impeached, a conviction in the senate is unlikely, that would take a twothirds vote. Nobod...

A young man from california detained by police after smashing out a window of the capitol. police so overwhelmed that they had to release him and soon picked up by the fbi. >> is there a reason we see action this week in particular? why so much attention on baked alaska? >> he got some best footage that day and his footage is used in a bunch of cases and amajor component and got a lot of attention on social media. the cooperation component could be the big question and the cases are grinding out...

While -- if you look back on the -- with the oath keepers. i was visited by the fbi a few months ago, you had another member of the oath keepers who started cooperating, who reach for a plea deal, with the cooperation component. theres been these little hints along the way that they were moving to something bigger. of course, do roads has been in this indictment, and his previous indictments, as an individual one, the whole time. it was sort of obvious who he was. i think its been building into ...

That as inocue s. the prosecutors are saying there are five substantive areas. the real issue for prosecutors boils down to dont waste our time f. you are going to lie to us then dont come in or you will not get the benefit of what amounts to a constitutional contract because fundamentally what we have here is we have paul manafort or any other defendant who enters into a plea agreement with a cooperation component who is basically giving up his constitutional right to trial, constitutional righ...

Which means he really has to specifically be knowledgeable about the law and intending to break it. i think that could still be a pretty solid area of defense for president trump. not that the payments werent taking place but that he wasnt trying to unilaterally affect the campaign and use campaign finances for it. >> dana: let me ask you about a cooperation agreement. is it typical in a situation like this, that the public would get to read the cooperation agreement between michael cohen and th...

He doesnt want to talk about it more right now, but it seems to me hes sending a very clear message to the prosecutors that he would love to sit down and talk, he would love to have a deal. and i wonder if there arent perhaps other charges that prosecutors might have filed against cohen this time around that hes worried, that they might file. so, i think the prosecutors feel theyre in a strong position as he asks to talk and at some point theyre going to be willing to listen. i know joyce vance ...

Doing, he can expect to be cooperating and providing whats called substantial assistance in order to secure that precious 5k1 motion, that motion that the government will make if and only if cohen has cooperated enough to their satisfaction that it warrants a motion and cohen can get that precious level reduction at sentencing. it can make the difference of decades when it comes down to that final sentencing range. >> tom winter, i want to be clear on your understanding right now of this. pleadi...