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Sentence. they want a sentence that would reflect the gravity of the crimes that he has committed. >> also, michael cohen, huge week. this has been delayed three, four times, now three days of testimony before different congressional committees and the public one is on wednesday. what are you expecting? >> well, according to the ground rules that the committee laid out with cohen, there is a lot that they can ask him about about the hush money payments to women. you expect michael cohen to be qu...

When he comes before congress. but on the other hand, one of the reasons he is going to prison is because he lied to congress. and so he knows the consequences of lying, in months and years at this point. and hopefully that is a warning to him, and others, not to lie again, before congress. >> but you acknowledge obviously that your witness, each though youre going to be, even though youre going to be asking very important questions about the trump organization, about the president, about financ...

Conduct and comments that donald trump said over that ten-year time period behind closed doors that to me when i first heard michael tell me all this, even as much as i knew about trump, that was negative, was chilling. >> i want to bring my panel in. cynthia, to you first. even if michael cohen cannot talk about the mueller investigation during his testimony, can his personal anecdotes about trump carry any legal significance, especially given who he is, who he was and all that he did for the p...

Family. listen to this. >> do you know, was the presidents family being looked into either before the appointment of mueller or after? >> thats something i dont feel comfortable talking about as it goes to kind of the -- could go to ongoing investigative matters. >> counselor, why no answer that there? >> it kind of sounds like a yes. the policy is not to comment on ongoing investigations but i think there was a little bit of a tell there in the way he answered that. mccabe did something very sm...

Dismissal of national security adviser flynn was this idea that space was needed to be created between the president and particularly vice-president pence and whatever had gone on with flynn and the things he was accused of. even to this day, the white houses line is that vice-president pence only wanted to move on flynn after he found out that he was lied to by flynn. the question is, how long did he know that he was being lied to? >> getting back to that denial from the president that we just ...

His credibility. >> to call a special briefing and the first thing you go out there and do is attack the press for the coverage that was accurate. and right off the bat, you have a credibility problem. >> about that day, spicer now says, "if i could have a do-over, i would take it." but the tone was set. >> this is about the fourth time ive asked and answered. >> it was a different question. >> thank you, youve asked the question eight times. why are you asking why i didnt do it when i literally...

It was never serious, it was sarcastic.c. et cetera, et cetera but mccabe in our interview said no. it came up moreit than once and it was so serious he took it to the lawyers at the f.b.i. to discuss it. >> brian: wow! rsnow through, now andrew mccabe trying to walk back the comments to a degree, claiming his 25th amendment talk was taken outng of context. dan bongino not buying it. author of "spay gate: the attempted sabotage of donald trump." he joins us now. dan, interesting. does andrew mcc...

To wear a wire. a statement offered after that it was never serious, it was sarcastic. but mccabe in our interview said no. it came up more than once and it was so serious he took it to the lawyers at the f.b.i. to discuss it. >> brian: wow! now through, now andrew mccabe trying to walk back the comments to a degree, claiming his 25th amendment talk was taken out of context. dan bongino not buying it. author of "spay gate: the attempted sabotage of donald trump." he joins us now. does andrew mcc...

A statement offered after that it was never serious, it was sarcastic. but mccabe in our interview said no. it came up more than once and it was so serious he took it to the lawyers at the f.b.i. to discuss it. >> brian: wow! now through, now andrew mccabe trying to walk back the comments to a degree, claiming his 25th amendment talk was taken out of context. dan bongino not buying it. author of "spay gate: the attempted sabotage of donald trump." he joins us now. does andrew mccabe not remember...

Also rosenstein. will come out with an account. >> mccabe was sanctioned by the fbi for lack of candor. not being truthful. and fired. >> absolutely. and he has this credibility problem. and he may yet be indicted. hes under criminal investigation. at the moment. by the u.s. attorney office in connection with with the statements that the inspector general of the fbi said were false. now they didnt relate to this directly. but, this is a part of the story as well. i think everyone has to figure t...