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He testified to in the congress really is problematic. there may be some explanation i have not thought of, yet. if its out there is not apparent to me at the moment. that gets back to the basic question. the democrats have decided to own this witness. this is their first and best foot forward. they are dealing with someone who obviously, to say the least, has credibility problems. now what we find out is what ken starr mentioned in the clip you just ran, there is a question about fairness. im n...

Quiet, that is still obstruction of justs. >> he said under oath before the oversight committee that at no point did he eask for a pardon and his lawyer says well with, he did send his attorneys to inquire about a pardon shortly after the raid. people are saying look, we knew he had credibility problems. this calls into question his testimony? >> i know the abser and when our transcript comes out, it will answer this. this is cleared up very clearly from his testimony as to what he mernt by that...

And michael cohen figured that out and thats why he has come forward. whether he pardons him or not, if hes trying to keep him quiet, that is still obstruction of justs. >> he said under oath before the oversight committee that at no point did he eask for a pardon and his lawyer says well with, he did send his attorneys to inquire about a pardon shortly after the raid. people are saying look, we knew he had credibility problems. this calls into question his testimony? >> i know the abser and whe...

Institutionally and the credibility problems. now you have american jews who have typically voted for democrats, really having to make this decision about, do we continue to support this party if they cant even say that anti-semitism is bad. i disagree with what nancy pelosi said there that its not about her, meaning congresswoman omar. because this initially started like six weeks ago when she first got sworn in. if they would have nipped it in the bud then, they wouldnt be having this problem ...

>> youre welcome. >> charles: so is michael cohen in more legal trouble or not? andrew mccarthy is with us. i mean, sounds like it, that he purgered himself again, andrew. >> yeah, i wouldnt have guessed that he would have more credibility problems, charles, after his testimony than before. we knew that going in he had not only a well-deserved reputation for not being trustworthy, he pled guilty to fraud and lying. seems like he only finished testifying five minutes ago and now this is the lates...

Ultimately had sway. there is a lot of lawyers discussing a lot of different things and eventualities and we are catching process in this reporting where somebody is checking things out. michael cohens views about trump changed in particular in response to the way they started targeting him once the raid happened, once he got closer to cooperating. so, again, his level of righteousness increased as time went on and hes got plenty of credibility problems, that doesnt necessarily retract from whet...

In closed session but i can tell you that there are significant areas of inquiry that we need to pursue that mr. cohen has been extremely productive and cooperative, very credible in my view and were happy he is doing so and well get to the bottom of the central questions. he is a big piece of this puzzle. not the whole puzzle but a big piece of it. >> he, of course, did lie to the committee previously. is there residual anger about that fact or not? >> he has credibility problems and we are rig...

Testified to and inquired about in closed session but i can tell you that there are significant areas of inquiry that we need to pursue that mr. cohen has been extremely productive and cooperative, very credible in my view and were happy he is doing so and well get to the bottom of the central questions. he is a big piece of this puzzle. not the whole puzzle but a big piece of it. >> he, of course, did lie to the committee previously. is there residual anger about that fact or not? >> he has cre...

Members. >> michael cohen has credibility problems. now it appears he is creating new headaches for some top officials at the trump family business. >> reporter: some little known trump organization officials may face congressional scrutiny after michael cohen suggested in his testimony they could have knowledge of potential crimes. >> did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company? >> yes. >> who else knows that the president did this? >> allen weisselberg. >> reporter: ...

Phase because all of those crimes you indicated in the investigation, not only by robert mueller but also in the southern district of new york, in the eastern district of virginia, these criminal investigations are spread among them and cohen has been a powerful and compelling witness. >> you believed him yesterday? >> he has credibility problems because he lied to congress before. >> lied to congress before but has a long record of lying all over the place. >> he has a long record of lying and ...