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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...

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Was dangling pardons to people. >> yep. >> as they were being implicated and in danger of indictment, and that is not something we typically see out in the light of day when politicians, friends and relations are being implicated in crime. >> thats a great point. and we also know from rick gates, one of his court filings, there was an offering of monetary compensation from a joint defense fund. we think a violation of the law. sort of a very gray area. but these patterns are not unfamiliar patte...

Of corrupt regimes. what is different is that, first of all, we dont have a federal government investigating state-level corruption. >> yep. >> we instead have a president -- and the tools that we have to deal with a president who is as corrupt as these other regimes are really different and were still finding our way with these tools. >> this is such an important point because, again, to go back to this context. again, this was a very formative experience for me, it was sort of my first years r...

York state plays a special role because donald trumps foundation is here, his organization is here and if you look at what happened yesterday, you can see that the lines between the foundation and the organization and the campaign just from news reports are very blurred. barbara underwood brought this really critical, civil action in june. its a block buster case about the donald trump foundation, but we already know enough to know that we need investigations into the organization as well. this ...

Just to line their own pockets, just to improve their careers going forward? or are they here to work in the public interest? weve had corruption scandals in american history before. and each time the american people have responded, we have tightened up the laws. its gotten better and then, you know, corruption has found new ways into this system. now it is time for us to come together and to say, enough of this. no more taking care of yourself, if you want to work in public interest, you really...

The question about federal versus state. i work a lot with federal and state law enforcement, so youve got attorney general sessions really pushing on crime, immigration, ms-13, thats what youll hear him say. you were talking a lot about public corruption and really white collar cases. how do you see yourself, if youre in new york, really working with the federal government in terms of investigations and law enforcement? >> well, clearly its going to be important to work with the mueller investi...

Corruption. as mika started out, ive written a big bill and it is sweeping. and notice its not just about campaign finance. campaign finance is something weve been talking about for years. the influence of money on candidates. this is about even if you fix that problem, which is a terrible problem, which i work on with others, there are still so many other ways that corruption has eaten away at the system here in washington. that is why we need a comprehensive approach to fight that back. i want...