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Credibility issue. in fact, he does. don junior testified under oath about this. the president talked about it. we havent heard michael cohen talk about it, and so theres no way right now for us to measure his credibility. and in terms of the phone call, i would expect that don junior and his dad are probably talking multiple times a day about lots of different things. so, you know, the first point is maybe cohen is telling the truth, or maybe hes not telling the truth. but were not in a positio...

Because when you look at the calls to the blocked numbers, when you look at other aspects of the timeline, donald trump. >> thats how donald trumps number showed up. >> he said im going to have an announcement in a couple of days. when you look at all of that, and you stack it up, it is impossible, i this i, for any sane person to believe donald trump did not know about this meeting. >> to play it in a court of public opinion, if it goes one way or the other, we know that michael cohen, even tho...

>> that may be whats going on. >> it could be. >> that may well be whats going on. >> so as i have been reminded, jim, that michael cohen did say he handled the whole stormy daniels thing on his own without knowledge of the president, and that turned out not to be true, how much damage can be done here to the president, jim, by michael cohen? >> well, its a fair question. and listen, the credibility issue is a reasonable one, right? because you have evidence of misleading statements on both side...

Father? >> well, i dont know. but what im saying is that can corroborate or not corroborate michael cohens statement. >> maybe, maybe not. >> so if that number -- well, if the numbers were to his father. >> well, then yes. >> and you have cohen also timing it, that would be a corroboration. so im saying there are ways to do that. >> all right. so lets bounce it to ross. what do you make of this at the outset? do you think this would be something if this is all true, and cohen goes in and this is...

That, chris. >> well see, right. well see if mueller wants to take the meeting. if he wants to hear. >> i dont know why he wouldnt take the hearing. he would want to hear it. but then can he corroborate it? if he cant its useless. >> you said earlier he may want this. >> you still want to hear it what he has to say. but as far as i can tell from the record, it is not corroborated by anything. in fact, its disputed. >> all right. heres your problem. okay. and this will get us into the earlier sco...

Tape. he doesnt have anything to prove this version unless someone else will corroborate it. you have all these people lying or repeating lies they were told if cohen is right. >> thats the problem, erin. theres a credibility issue all around. >> the president is the father of don jr., who was involved. he allegedly worked on a letter. we dont know the extent of this. what he knew when. its a credibility issue. its about proof and how request you prove it? thats something we have to find out whe...

Fixer, the man who was his spokesperson. you know, i dont know, but does that necessarily mean he lied for him? or does it mean he was just sort of his agent, in a sense, or someone who spoke for him? does that necessarily mean he has a credibility issue when it comes to lying? >> it means nothing. what its going to mean is, you know, if he has a history of lying and they can document it, that could be a ding against his credibility. >> im just trying to think of, on the record, a concrete examp...

An incredible liar, whos got a tremendous motive to lie now because hes got nothing to live, says it. all of a sudden at the 11th hour. i dont think anybody believes that, chris. >> all right. well, well see, right? well see if mueller wants to take the meeting, if he wants to hear the -- >> i dont know why he wouldnt take the meeting. you want to hear it, but then the question becomes can he corroborate it? if he cant corroborate it, its useless. >> you said he might not want this. >> hes going...

For 40 years until i learned about it. >> he didnt give up his sources. >> that may be whats going on. >> so as i have been reminded, jim, that michael cohen did say he handled the whole stormy daniels thing on his own without knowledge of the president, and that turned out not to be true, how much damage can be done here to the president, jim, by michael cohen? >> well, its a fair question. and listen, the credibility issue is a reasonable one, right? because you have evidence of misleading sta...

Things small, medium and large, thats why the tweets are being relevant because hes been lying about this investigation. >> you cant make the case based on credibility issue. have you to prove. >> but that may be why you dont want him to testify. >> no, because i dont want him to be put up against liars. i dont want the situation he says the truth, three witnesses to corroborate him, but they recommend perjury, because one guya proven liar says the opposite. >> but he puts him in the same box. w...