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Touch with so many of these people. theyre expected to call a memory witness and a number of character witnesses. they say their case can last two to three days. >> thank you. lets speak now to federal and white collar criminal defense attorney carol polisi. good to have you back. you heard the description of the defense there in effect questioning the motives of these young women at the time who accuse epstein and maxwell of sexual abuse, claiming its all about money. how does that defense wo...

Plausible explanation that the dna of jerry burns, out on the dress or on that gear shift, could have come about by a transfer? >> yes, thats a distinct possibility. >> the defenses dna expert told the court might burns have left his dna at the mall innocently, on a door, on the bench. after all, he told investigators that he had visited them. all >> janice burnss danny -- >> jerry burns the defense argued, was a victim of coincidence and sloppy defense work. >> ladies and gentlemen, the evidenc...

Seven federal crimes including obstructing congressional proce proceedings, interfering with police officers, civil disorder. thats just a few on that list of seven. so far he has pleaded not g guilty. theres a hearing scheduled next week to deal with his detention. these cases are interesting. these detention hearings are where were learning a lot about the perceived mindset these defense attorneys believe that their clients had. so this is where were getting a lot of details about how this hap...

Election on the horizon. they know it seems incredibly partisan. but if they dont do it, theyre not standing up to the rule of law as determined by the constitution. this is not small. >> not small at all. my thanks to both of you. coming up, we have a deeper dive into what weve been discussing. what are the actual standards for mitch mcconnell? is he breaches his oath of office when he says hes going to do the defense work of this president? s hes going to do the defense work of this presiden...

>> not small at all. my thanks to both of you. coming up we have a deeper dive into what weve been discussing. what are the actual standards from mitch mcconnell? is he breaching his oath of office when he says hes going to do the defense work of this president? going to do the defense work of this president? they never stray from their predetermined path. but this season, a more thrilling journey is calling. defy the laws of human nature. at the season of audi sales event.

Nonpartisan experts to be narrow. so, matt, i think to build on that point before you move to the other issues, what does it tell us that mr. mueller is basically helpful to barr on the disclosure part, the transparency part but not the points that you and others have pinpointed that bill barrs statements mischaractered the report but the seeking of the disclosure was to clean up what people called criminal defense work for the white house rather than attorney general work. >> i doubt he would g...

Tapes, no tapes, theres tapes, tames but not about trump tower moscow. obviously, now hes telling cnn, im talking michael cohen tapes. they werent about this, they were other conversations. what is going on? >> i really dont know. can you have the two theories, one is crazy like a fox. this is somehow intended to distract people from other things and create a circus-like atmosphere with making statements and retracting them. i tend to think its not that. that deliberate and that its just somebod...

President alleged to have committed perjury to keep the public from learning something that would be politically damaging and threaten his survival of president. it was thought he would have to resign when this came out. the defense you heard, on impeachment grounds was he may have committed perjury but this is over a private matter. it doesnt rise to that level. in an impeachment context, would that defense work here in. >> as you know having written a book about the 90, the impeachment issue i...

The gritty work, defense work, that the other attorneys must be going through. i think more than anything, rudys out there, trying to put together a dialogue. the other thing, part of that dialogue i think is very important to point out is this. if hes saying, hey, weve been talking about sitting down for an interview, weve been talking about sitting down for an interview, i have scheduled these interviews with u.s. attorneys and heres -- i mean, its just like what was just said. this is what i ...

And so theyll be ready and it will be interesting to watch. >> dan, i want to shift gears here, focus on another big story here. that is the new-found existence of a tape of a conversation between michael cohen and donald trump, centering on karen mcdougal, former playboy model. there is a threat i want to pull on. michael avenatti, an attorney for stephanie clifford, stormy daniels, saying michael cohen should hand over these tapes, the tape should be made available. your reaction to that, what...