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Right now the judge is reading the charges after mr. Cohen told the court, i am truly sorry and i promises to do better. He Apologize Nod country. And the defense team is asking for full consideration of mercy and telling the judge that the client came forward to offer evidence against the most p powerful man in the country not knowing the result. The prosecutors are responding forcefully and saying that powerful and privileged individuals cannot violate laws without impunity, and back with me, ...

Where michael cohen was not being forth coming without specifying what he wasnt forth coming about. and so it is not just lanny davis who is taking issue with the southern district, but it is also guy petrullo who worked there on two stints and worked in an executive capacity and quite upset about the strident tone of the southern district m memo and upset with how they characterized his willingness to coo coooperate and here we are now with the three-year sentence. >> and phil rucker, the washi...

Of new york, and it is all or nothing. and it is not that, well sh, hes truthful on x and wont talk about y and we will give you credit. that is not how it works and guy petrullo knows that better than anybody, because he was chief, and he imposed that rule, and it has been that way for decades, and it is frighten iing to the defendants who come in, and we know about certain thing, but we have to know everything that you did, and it is going to feel like facing more time, but over the decades of...

Sekulow weigh in on that, but the president has been engaged and following this and i assume that we will hear from him soon. >> and joining us is william cohen, a former attorney for president clinton and one of 44 lawyers who said that the senate needs to show some leadership. secretary cohen, thank you for being with us, an amazing moment, and i want to ask you about this and also in the context of you as a house member, a house republican, a freshman on the judiciary committee, and where you...

Dann danny? >> that is right. and just to piggyback on lanny davis comments. i agree with what mimi said earlier with you that i dont believe that lanny davis fully understands the cooperation process, but guy petrullo absolutely does. he made a comment in court today and he made several comments critical of the southern district process and at one point he said facetiously about the cooperation process that the southern district uses that it has been given to us by the minor gods and woe to tho...

Expanded beyond what cohen recognized. so it was interesting and relatively lengthy hearing, andrea, where michael cohens attorney guy petrullo asked for leniency and unusual case in light of the national attention and that michael cohen chose not to cooperate merely so he could get on with his life, and that he had received threats to both him and his family, and that this, he had made extensive efforts to cooperate with the special counsels office, and he cast some aspersions on the south dist...