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A look at Breaking News, politics and reports from around the world. Matter. The Justice Department guidelines preclude indicting a sitting president. Michael cohen in his own words defying his long time ally. He has said he would take a bullet for President Trump. And now hes publicly saying in court under oath that he committed these crimes in coordination and at the direction of the then candidate. Very specific words. Could cohen still cooperate with the Special Counsel Robert Muellers overa...

The u.s. attorney, the deputy attorney. but also, signed by michael cohen. also signed by attorney for michael cohen. guy patrillo. used to be a u.s. attorney in the criminal division in the southern division of new york, as well. a lot of details in one document. laura coates, going through this, as well. what is your reaction? >> we know precisely why lanny davis played that audio recording on air. the conversation between himself and donald trump about the payment, the money. implicated david...

The political spin, this is a horrific day for the white house. horrific. all right? you will have pundits come out, say various things. lets speak facts if we can for a minute. everyone speaks to the issue of cooperation. not predicated on the agreement? are you kidding me? what he said in the court, implicit in the alloc ution. the judge want it is know you can answer questions responsibly. in answer to the question, he says that in coordination and at the direction of someone, right? we know ...

Mcdougal. it is a constellation of many dozens and dozens of limited liability companies that trump receives overseas payments through. there could be a field day here for robert mueller or the southern district should they want to take a look at whats in all of those. >> lets talk about the forgotten man in this landscape, in this drama. and that is michael cohens actual criminal defense attorney. not his tv attorney who has been out there as rudy giuliani is the tv attorney for the president, ...

The tv attorney for the president, talking about this. but guy patrillo, you can forget his name in my position because he is silent. we never see him. what is he thinking tonight? this is the guy that actually has to handle anything that happens to michael cohen in the courtroom unlike lanny davis who will not be in the courtroom in any functioning way. >> i have been thinking about it. i dont have great answers as to what hes thinking because this is a very strange he is not yet, as far as i k...

I think theyre expecting a full-fledged war from trump and his folks thats going to try to destroy michael cohens credibility. >> daniel, if i can ask you, it certainly seems like theyre trying to butter up the special counsel in some way, right? speaking very fondly about robert mueller and how he doesnt leak. hes doing everything by the book right now. is that what this effort is? why is so much of this playing out publicly? >> i think its playing out publicly because giuliani is making it ver...

Truth equals oxymoron. stay tuned. what does that tell you? >> giving the trump team a taste of their own medicine. even the stay tuned, a twist on trumps well see that hes fonld of. if you go back, look at where cohen has been the last few months, think about that time when michael avenatti was on anderson cooper show, holding that cardboard picture of him like a mugshot on a milk carton. probably feels like he has been a patsy or punching bag, probably wants to fight back now. has guy patrillo...

And he has his own jewgiuliani lanny davis. they can come out from a pr standpoint and really throw some punches. i agree with gloria that its unclear at this point what information michael cohen may have, but look, its no secret that when you hire guy patrillo, that hes looking to potentially cut a deal. hes looking for guy patrillo to pick up the phone, say, what can we do? heres what we have, is there anything we can work out? and after that, he would engage in whats known as proffer sessions...

Yet. we also know that his attorney, guy patrillo, is not necessarily meeting with prosecutors at this point. my sources have referred any inquiries about the case to patrillo, who is not commenting. so it is possible theyre trying to say to the prosecutors, hey, maybe we have something here, but we dont know, in fact, poppy, whether they do. but what we do know is that they are now taking on rudy giuliani and the president frontally, and one source said to me, look, cohen is no longer taking a ...

Subpoenaed to testify. >> the team includes more career prosecutors and fbi agents. what does that say to you? >> the robert mueller team consists of him and 17 other prosecutors. as we know, for example, with the michael cohen investigation in the southern district of new york, robert mueller can use career prosecutors in doj inclusive of fbi agents to be able it continue and conduct his -- to be able to continue and conduct his investigations. the bloomberg report means that robert mueller and...