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Discuss his offshore consulting activities. well, with us tonight, were happy to have jack quinn, veteran washington lawyer, former chief of staff to vice president al gore, and importantly, former white house counsel for president bill clinton. counselor, its great to see you. thanks very much for coming on. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> so let me start you this way with a dual question. number one, is it possible this president is sending pardon signals over twitter? and, number t...

>> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> so let me start you this way with a dual question. number one, is it possible this president is sending pardon signals over twitter? and, number two, lets play a hypothetical. he pardons cohen. that clears cohen of doing time, but it also takes away cohens right to invoke the fifth, correct? so cant mueller or the southern district of new york bring him right in and ask him anything they want in front of a grand jury? >> well, let me answer that second ...

With a dual question. number one, is it possible this president is sending pardon signals over twitter? and, number two, lets play a hypothetical. he pardons cohen. that clears cohen of doing time, but it also takes away cohens right to invoke the fifth, correct? so cant mueller or the southern district of new york bring him right in and ask him anything they want in front of a grand jury? >> well, let me answer that second question. yes, absolutely. once hes pardoned, theres no threat of jail t...

>> i dont know. i guess freedom. tough be free to ride them. >> luckys models were more than a hobby. he made one special bike as a gift for his daughter, who he never met. >> shes 9 years old. she never met her dad. i want to give her something she dont have. >> in some cases, prison sentence allows an inmate to discover a talent he might never have known he had. for clay lopez, a california state prison, corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> im almost 50 years old. ill be over 50 w...

For clay lopez, at california state prison corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> im almost 50 years old and ill be over 50 when i get out. so i dont have a career or anything, so i thought, well, you know, if i learn to play the harmonica, i can at least pay my own rent when i get out there, even as a street musician, if im sober. i think ill do okay. ♪ i started to play the harp better when i lost this tooth. i started getting the twanging sound the way it was supposed to sound. i...

Sentence allows an inmate to discover a talent he might never had known he had. for clay lopez, at california state prison corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> im almost 50 years old and ill be over 50 when i get out. so i dont have a career or anything, so i thought, well, you know, if i learn to play the harmonica, i can at least pay my own rent when i get out there, even as a street musician, if im sober. i think ill do okay. ♪ i started to play the harp better when i lost this...

Sentence allows an inmate to discover a talent he might never had known he had. for clay lopez, at california state prison corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> im almost 50 years old and ill be over 50 when i get out. so i dont have a career or anything, so i thought, well, you know, if i learn to play the harmonica, i can at least pay my own rent when i get out there, even as a street musician, if im sober. i think ill do okay. ♪ i started to play the harp better when i lost this...

Fortunate enough to have that talent. ♪ >> in some cases, a prison sentence allows an inmate to discover a talent he might never had known he had. for clay lopez, at california state prison corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> im almost 50 years old and ill be over 50 when i get out. so i dont have a career or anything, so i thought, well, you know, if i learn to play the harmonica, i can at least pay my own rent when i get out there, even as a street musician, if im sober. i thin...

>> in some cases, a prison sentence allows an inmate to discover a talent he might never had known he had. for clay lopez, at california state prison corcoran, doing time led him to the harmonica. >> im almost 50 years old and ill be over 50 when i get out. so i dont have a career or anything, so i thought, well, you know, if i learn to play the harmonica, i can at least pay my own rent when i get out there, even as a street musician, if im sober. i think ill do okay. ♪ i started to play the h...