Fifth Doesn T News Today

This letter which is dated today is written from President Trumps attorney to judge wood who will be overseeing a very high stakes hearing tomorrow in new york about all those ver sensitive materials that were seized by the fbi in the raid of Michael Cohens office, of his hotel room and his home as well as the seizure of his phones and this is something that i dont think has ever been said before, at least not to to my knowledge on the news. The president of the United States is offering to make...

Clip with donald trump. and in this case, what did donald trump say about anybody that takes the fifth? >> he said the mob takes the fifth. people guilty of crimes take the fifth. he said that at campaign rallies a number of times. michael cohen can plead the fifth and michael avenatti will talk through this at 8:00 this morning. but it doesnt change the evidence that was gathered in michael cohens office and his hotel room and his home. >> theyll have to look more closely and try to tie it all ...

Why plead the fifth if youre innocent. i mean, i dont -- i dont get why michael cohen is now pleading the fifth. >> let me read that quote. myself as an attorney, i know people have all kinds of rights and i dont prejudge their invocation of those rights, but thats just me. youre referring to the presidents standard and whether his lawyer is following the presidents standard because he said, quote, the mob takes the fifth amendment. if youre innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment and h...

Could get you in big trouble. you lie, you perjure yourself or what. >> take the fifth. >> take the fifth. >> which is what targets are advised to do. so people ask what if the president of the united states is subpoenaed. thats when he has this difficult political versus legal decision. politically he has to testify and legally anybody thats the target takes the fifth. prosecutors like me love the grand jury because the defense attorney is not there. sits outside of the room. big classroom, 23 ...

Relevant one. if, in fact, he had involvement in aiding and abetting the hacking of the dnc by russia, that is a crime he could get immunity from. >> nobody has mentioned that. >> thats the core of this investigation. he hasnt been accused of that, but the idea of collusion between russia and the political -- >> the green light or go ahead or this is a good time. >> right. again, we need to emphasize. just because you take the fifth doesnt mean you are guilty. >> can they compel him to testify? ...

Self-incrimination. they cited the fact now robert mueller is pursuing the probe as special counsel. that wasnt the case when the committee first requested the documents. they said fine, normally the fifth amendment applies to testify. by producing these documents, it is acknowledging the conversations existed. if we did that, it is a testimonial act so thats why theyre saying they have the grounds to say no. he wont incriminate himself. and he asked for immunity before and wasnt given it. >> we...