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>> but you also mentioned the political sensitivity, especially when it comes to the mueller report. so betsy considering now both reports, how do you think this is going to impact the mueller investigation? >> it certainly puts more pressure on the investigation from congressional republicans who have been looking for ways to stymy it from day one. it also provides additional significance to the fact that democrats flipped the house in november. if republicans were still in control in the house...

Quite some time. that said, mr. cohen is known to have lied to congress before. he has admitted that. he pled guilty in november in federal court to lying to the intelligence committees in congress about the trump tower moscow project. now mr. cohen says we should believe him. he says he is coming clean and wants to tell all he knows and hes happy to do so including open session and there are, of course, multiple committees that could love to question him including the intelligence committees in...

That said, mr. cohen is known to have lied to congress before. he has admitted that. he pled guilty in november in federal court to lying to the intelligence committees in congress about the trump tower moscow project. now, though, mr. cohen says we should believe him. now he says he is coming clean and he wants to tell all he knows and he says hes happy to do so, including in open session before the oversight committee and there are, of course, now multiple committees that would love to questio...

Mueller and others he will not be able to answer. and i do want to get the opportunity in here to clarify no agreement has been reached with either the senate or the house intelligence committees. i will wisay during some conversations to day, i have to consult with my client mr. cohen, there is no need for a subpoena. we are voluntarily testifying before mr. cummings and the truth will now empower michael cohen, the michael cohen truth website is going to be looked at by the american people to ...

Who said he believes michael cohens discussion will be enough to impeach the president. >> that will be step one. i talked to mr. cummings as well and we think its important we spoke with michael cohen. that will be one of our initial forays into that whole situation. theres a wider concern about the tampering with the election. we had 14 of our security agencies, intelligence agencies confirm with high probability that the russians hacked the elections so theres been no meaningful investigation...

Everybody screamed nancy pelosi, nancy pelosi before the election and we picked up 40 seats. at some point this gets old. this is like all those ridiculous investigations, trey gowdy and whatever his name is from california was running the intelligence committees. this isnt going to fly. it just isnt going to fly. people are tired of it. they would actually like to get something done. pelosi has a great record of actually getting something done, and i think its possible, but probably not with do...

Not just from the senate and the house intelligence committees, but also from the special counsels office. but muellers office also argued that michael cohen had in recent months gone to, quote, significant lengths to assist the special counsels investigation. they said -- the information cohen provided to them was, quote, credible and consistent with other evidence obtained in the special counsels ongoing investigation. the special counsels office pointed out that michael cohen had met with the...

House intelligence committees, but also from the special counsels office. but muellers office also argued that michael cohen had in recent months gone to, quote, significant lengths to assist the special counsels investigation. they said the information cohen provided to them was, quote, credible and consistent with other evidence obtained in the special counsels ongoing investigation. the special counsels office pointed out michael cohen met with them multiple times and given them information a...

A little bit more harsh. we saw orrin hatch obviously say, oh, i dont care, it doesnt really matter. i think that stance is going to be harder to maintain. >> and this just in. the presidents attorney, rudy guiliani, told cnn about michael cohen, quote, its not true he was blindly loyal to the president. he was aggressively disloyal, unquote. and guiliani noted to cnn that cohen deceived the president by recording their conversations. we also just learned that michael cohen is open to testifying...

Thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. i want to get your reaction to the latest developments in special counsel mccauellers investigation. what are you hearing from your colleagues about this? >> these bombshells are unfortunately or fortunately leading to the white house, to the president, but i think what is extremely important is that we recognize that we have a requirement and a constitutional responsibility to protect our democracy. no one is above the law. not even the president...