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American people about it all along. the second thing, and dan can speak to this, is if youve got a witness who -- or somebody who may have some credibility problems, you are going to look for corroborating evidence. what do the other people who allegedly heard this say? what happened with these phone calls around the before and after the meeting to the blocked number? who were they? what was don jr.s practice in terms of telling things to his father. it is not a simple he said he said swearing c...

About the meeting. between his son, donald trump jr., his son-in-law, jared kushner, and paul manafort and kremlin linked lawyer natalie. jennifer ruben is back with me and joining me matthew miller, msnbc justice and security analyst, my yeah rocky moore. thank you for being here. jennifer, you wrote about this this week. what do you think the cohen news means? >> i think it confirms what we expected all along. it would have been inconceivable for donald trump not to have known his son, his son...

The man is a liar. a proven liar. there is no way youre going to bring down the president of the united states on the testimony uncorroborated of a proven liar. i guarantee you, this guy is a proven liar. >> the presidents credibility is not at issue. he didnt know about it. i know that. ive been over this in great detail. ive talked to the corroborating witnesses. this guy is walking into a trap. >> the presidents lawyer there reacting to reports that michael cohen claims the president new befo...

Problems, you are going to look for corroborating evidence. what do the other people who allegedly heard this say? what happened with these phone calls around the before and after the meeting to the blocked number? who were they? what was don jr.s practice in terms of telling things to his father. it is not a simple he said he said swearing contest. you can bring in other facts to buttress your case. >> one of the things you want to use to assess the credibility of someone is generally people do...

Ive been over this in great detail. ive talked to the corroborating witnesses. this guy is walking into a trap. >> youve tacked to the other people in the room? >> yes, a month ago, two months ago. >> and you know what they say the president knows and not knows. >> i know what they say. >> then i accept your word. what can you do to prove it? >> i know he is walking into a situation no corroboration. why didnt he tape it? he has 100 tapes. why didnt he tape that? maybe he did. maybe hes got a ta...

It matters. >> thats not the bar. it matters. its proof, and its also proof that hes been lying to the american people. >> he didnt know about it. i know that. ive been over this in great detail. ive talked to the corroborating witnesses. this guy is walking into a trap. but -- >> youve talked to the other people that were in the room? >> of course i did. a month ago. two months ago. >> you know what they say the president was told and not told by his son? >> i know what they say, yes. >> all ri...

Narrators? >> well, i tend to look at the people under oath, for example, even though thats not always reliable indicator. right now, this is a trial balloon from team cohen. and its not -- you know, hes alluded to the possibility of corroborating witnesses. rudy giuliani had that weird comment, as well. you have to check. this is what mueller is surely doing, cross referencing the threads to figure out i have the following people in realtime e-mailing each other about this meeting. >> might be ...

False statements ever single day. it is tricky for prosecutors. >> or it turns out that john dean in water gate everything that he says in his memory shows up on the tape. all of these women he got rid of, he knows everything about trump. trump must be dying with this person out there. >> i would go with trump as being the better liar, the more consistent liar, if he breathes, he lies. and mueller is not going to just have to rely on michael cohen. michael cohen could be just a corroborating in ...

Weeks, try to muddy up michael cohens reputation and soil him, if you will, as a potential witness. and if they dont have a corroborating witness, they need some other sourcing for that. i want to play candidate trump speaking to peter schmidt and maggie haberman, whats the date on this, michael? >> last july. >> so this is when he was president, july of last year, the famous "wish i hadnt hired jeff sessions." >> "if i knew he was going to recuse himself." >> it was a remarkable evening, i was ...

Prosecutors after theyve already put on a full trial. >> right. >> the reason i said this is he must be scared of something else, as you point out, why else is he not seeking to cooperate? its very likely he has information that could be useful to prosecutors, the biggest hurdle often for people. hes facing so much time and the case is so strong. the five immunized witnesses, i dont think theyre necessarily the bombshell people thought, theyre turning out to be more -- >> corroborating. >> exact...