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Have him plead guilty to what we know hes under investigation for, and then theyll sort of begin the cooperation process, which requires many, many meetings between cohen and the prosecutors and investigators. >> chuck, it comes down to you. in the moment as it was happening today, i heard several good legal minds. open the door and toss out the phrase "unindicted coconspirator" it had me flashing back to 1974 and 75. is it a term of art in the law? can it be applied to one donald trump after a ...

Election season, so they dont disrupt anything and cant be accused of disrupting anything related to the election. have him plead guilty to what we all know hes under investigation for, and then theyll sort of begin the cooperation process, which requires many, many meetings between cohen and the prosecutors and investigators. >> okay, chuck, it all comes down to you. in the moment as it was happening today, i heard several good legal minds open the door and toss out the phrase "unindicted cocon...

>> very quickly, from your experience in possible cases or at least working in the same office, how long would these negotiations have taken place? when would a conversation about a possible plea deal have been approached? who may have initiated it? >> both have to, you know, you need two to tango. cohen needs to be interested in cooperating. it seems clear he is. southern district has to be interested. they should be. and, you know, for what that process -- what ill be interested to see is when...

Conversations are at this stage, mimi? >> hi, andrea. so -- well, theyre back channel for a reason, so its hard to speculating, you know, what theyre doing in terms of the cooperation process. but as many of us have said over the last couple of weeks, as katy just said, its clear michael cohen now wants to cooperate. and the ball, im sure, is in his court. i mean, the government is going to -- im sure has already said to him and his lawyer that the door is open for you to come in and talk. and h...

If you look at what we just outlined there, what does it say about where michael cohens legal strategy is heading? >> hes considering flipping and working with the government. the dismissal of his old legal team, bringing in laney davis. theres discussion that davis is being brought in to counter message the trumps surrogate attacks if he cooperates. thats somewhat unlikely. when they cooperate, they dont speak. they dont speak themselves or through surrogates. thats why we havent heard from fly...

That lawyer has with his old cronies in the office to get a good deal. so what michael cohens looking at now is going in there, talking with prosecutors. he will engage with what is known as a proffer session which he will be whats called queen for the day, meaning everything that he tells them could not be used against him. you can look at the veracity of that point. likely they know it but theyre looking for michael cohen to verify that. but then its cooperation. the cooperation process is a l...

Activity that he has to plead guilty to that the government doesnt know about. thats part of the cooperation process. and he may be doing a calculation as to how much more he to give up in order to cooperate. >> it is a fascinating case. we dont always build an entire legal exploration off a tom arnold photo. i have to say that as a caveat. but the photo is not about tom arnold. its about michael cohens state of mine and the pressure building on him as all of this stuff comes out, which is fasci...

Likely that hes going to cooperate. tin critical thing for him rate now is to try to figure out what charges the government right now has against him. because, by all accounts, for someone who has been in some shady businesses for decades, there may be a lot more criminal activity that he has to plead guilty to that the government doesnt know about. thats part of the cooperation process. and he may be doing a calculation as to how much more he to give up in order to cooperate. >> it is a fascina...

If youre facing years in prison, you have to feel abandoned by this president and wants to make s if he faces indictment and prosecution that there may be some legal way out for him in the form of a pardon. >> talk about this flipping, daniel. something thats come up a lot over the last few months. when a witness agrees to cooperate, what does that mean and look like? >> contrary to popular belief, the government is not out there trying to coax a potential witness into a deal that they just give...