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Whole investigation has been a lark and a witch hunt. why would donald trump allow him to stay in jail if those were his views? >> and thats where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker. matt miller, former chief spokesman at the department of justice. former federal prosecutor glenn kirchner. with us at the table, assistant -- former assistant u.s. attorney mimi and donny deutsch. mi many mimi, let me start wi...

Cold crazy. >> its similar to what the nixon administration said to aide. >> its not unusual for congress to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing by the president. >> they created an enemies list with the 81 individuals and entities they are going to try to persecute for material on trump. >> its not specifically what jerry nadler is looking for. the president is right, this is almost literally a witch hunt. howie: 81 trump world targets. legitimate oversight or partisan overreach. gayle ki...

We have a poll tonight asking the question should congress do more to investigate michael cohens claims about donald trumps behavior? yes. 58%. that is pretty solid support, gene. >> yeah, thats pretty solid support. all that polling was fascinating about how people view president trumps truthfulness versus michael cohens and its fascinating that people think congress ought to do its job. this is congress job. we shouldnt forget that. its not just an option for congress to investigate possible p...

More to investigate michael cohens claims about donald trumps behavior? yes. 58%. that is pretty solid support, gene. >> yeah, thats pretty solid support. all that polling was fascinating about how people view president trumps truthfulness versus michael cohens and its fascinating that people think congress ought to do its job. this is congress job. we shouldnt forget that. its not just an option for congress to investigate possible potential criminal wrongdoing by the president. congress has a ...

The room was kpexasperated and exhausted because it had been the end of the seven hours of testimony. what we saw from them was not any grandstanding or bloviating. it was really an attempt to draw out that evidence of potential criminal wrongdoing. in the process, blowing up this entire investigation and giving them more lines of inquiry to go after more witnesses like alan weisselbe weisselbe weisselberg. they really went in there and did their job. i think they pleasantly surprised a bunch of...

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 ...

We make them with people who were involved and they have criminal wrongdoing in their background and he directly linked donald trump to very serious criminal wrongdoing, which is corroborated by other witnesses and documents. >> joyce, the one person i thought must have been pulling their hair out there yesterday or calling their lawyer was allen weisselberg. what do you think his future is in front of congress and southern district? >> well, i think youre right. it wasnt a very good day for mr....

Dont know what michael cohen will bring to this testimony in terms of documentation to back up what he is going to say about potential criminal wrongdoing, which is what our reporting shows that hes planning on doing. if youre michael cohen, this is a chance to, i think, say, yes, i did these things but i did these things at the behest of my boss. we have seen michael cohen say repeatedly he does not want to go down as the villain in the trump story. if youre house democrats, youre looking for m...

Because people, you know, on the trump campaign, maybe up to the president himself, then candidate himself, actually committed crimes, actually entered into a conspiracy with wikileaks, or as an intermediary we dont know the answer to that question what i will say, we often talk on this program and others about, you know, whether the president committed a crime and whether there will be a finding of criminal wrongdoing by the president at the end of the investigation. we should remain mindful th...

You now have after the election is over the inaugural committee possibly being involved in a pay for play scheme, then during the transition you have michael flynn talking to the russians in something that has been aggressively investigated and possible criminal wrongdoing there. were only talking like a six-month period and there are like -- at least four major investigations into trump and his allies conduct. and owe, in the middle of that all, he settled a fraud lawsuit on trump university. >...