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Special counsels office. >> he was sending smoke signals everywhere trying to get someone to take this particular story that was false. the fbi knew it was false. they knew they had credibility problems. and yet, they continue to spy on american citizens. >> sean: jim jordan, didnt he say, comey, that he doesnt spy? [laughter] >> here is why catherines story is so important, why people are coming forward in mr. horowitzs investigation, the reason they are coming forward is because there is a new...

To mueller to bruce ohr. he was hitting messages to the special counsels office. >> he was sending smoke signals everywhere trying to get someone to take this particular story that was false. the fbi knew it was false. they knew they had credibility problems. and yet, they continue to spy on american citizens. >> sean: jim jordan, didnt he say, comey, that he doesnt spy? [laughter] >> here is my catherine story is so important, why people are coming forward in mr. herberts investigation, the rea...

>> republicans say this amount for democrats who have been impeachment like, a mockery of impeachment because i dont have the principal or what they call the fact witness, john dean is not a principal player and he does not have direct knowledge of the investigation and republicans say the witness has credibility problems. >> this committee is just -- its going to be a political circus. all it is is trying to influence the 2020 presidential election using taxpayer dollars and the influence of ho...

Officials, plural, to get in touch with wikileaks. and there was that interesting phrasing that the one of the trump campaign officials was directed to do that. so that will be very interesting to learn. >> this week, weve seen these two court cases, deutsche bank and mazars involving the financial records of the president. so you say the financial fraud is another investigation youre watching. >> two huge court wins. bigger picture, they reaffirm this notion that congress has very broad authori...

Something unlawful especially when you know that michael cohen, you know, has credibility problems, which is not to say that michael cohen has not told a lot of things that are truthful. i believe a lot of things that he said. if you take the step of the allegation, you need more than ive seen. >> based on this judges ruling that this accounting firm has to release the presidents financial documents within seven days, its very likely obviously the president is going to appeal it. do you think th...

Bob mueller was looking at and he chose not to take action. part of that was because he had trouble talking to the lawyers because of the attorney-client privilege. separate from all of that, what i had read both in the washington post report and based on some of the testimony, with respect to the issue of the trump tower deal, you know, it could be argued that jay sekulow was somewhat suggestive but i think, you know, were getting really ahead of ourselves to say he did something approaching so...

Presidents finances. and the presidents legal team, the essence of their argument in trying to prevent congress from obtaining these records was that there was no legitimate legislative purpose. and as gloria just pointed out, this judge has effectively rejected that premise. so there are a couple of ways in which this could unfold. one is looking at the allegations that were made by the presidents former attorney, michael cohen, under oath. now, as much as he has credibility problems, in his hi...

Wednesday. so, a new article in the "associated press" is asking the question, who can you trust in the cohen/trump saga, because both have credibility problems? in fact, lets take a listen to their contradictions. here it is. >> michael cohen lied about the pardon. >> i have never asked for, nor would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> its a stone-cold lie. >> cohens lying his you know what off all over town. i mean, its one perjury after another after another. >> he knew all about pard...

Culpa, he lied last week to congress. im not sure what his end game is when he could have said look, its complicated. >> both have credibility problems, you have the president caught so often telling mistruths and then youve got michael cohen who says he was paid to lie on behalf of the president, before and after his presidency. who do you believe most? is that what the issue is? >> thats a good question. who do you believe most is right. it raises the issue of how well pardons play out in the...

Contradictory to other stuff he said of under oath. on the other hand, was not pushing their costs and there was no collusion. >> this is why prosecutors in general with regard to prosecution are so careful about cooperating witnesses, particularly cooperating witnesses would have a credibility issue and a truthfulness issue. >> it is not just the this witness. there are so many witnesses that we have seen brought forth from the democrats who have had credibility problems. if michael cohen is th...