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I want to ask you about paul manafort because we had representative gerry connolly of the oversight committee saying it seems like paul manafort is fishing for a pardon. do you see elements of that? >> hes been fishing for a pardon since day one. thats the reason they went to trial in virginia. there was no solid legal defense to the tax fraud allegations he was facing. he knew he was looking at a lot of time. i think always, he believed at the end of the day, the president was going to issue a ...

Are sworn to secrecy, everybody is under that umbrella, statute of limitations, they vary depending upon the crime, but wow, that is a broad reach for the grand jury, and sometimes, in some respects, more dangerous for the trump organization. >> is it your view though that michael cohen revealed more? its just lawmakers were hearing it perhaps for the first time, but sdny, they already know all the stuff. >> they already know. >> they already know this stuff. so it may not necessarily promote i ...

When you heard democrats questioning the presidents finances and who signed off on what, who authorized what, could that lead to further ininquiriry into the presidents business dealings, possible insurance fraud has been raised, other concerns about his tax returns. were the questions by the democrats creating a kind of path toward those kinds of investigations being intensified? >> they absolutely were. we know that robert mueller is limited, so the only thing he can investigate is the nationa...

Financial news, they are on fire. people think that they are engaged in serious money laundering. when cohen says that hes -- i have a message for republicans. there are easier ways to get a book deal. when cohen says that trump was inflating his assets to get a loan to buy the buffalo bills, michael cohen wasnt trying to buy the buffalo bills, donald trump was. you know what the statute of limitations on bank fraud that happened in 2014, its ten years. >> wow. >> this election is so important f...

For two things, one, to go after those around the president who may have committed crimes and, two, to build a case, if they have one, i dont think they have one at the moment, but if they were -- theyre trying to build one against the president for when he leaves office. statute of limitations on most of this stuff my guess is would not run. >> elie honig is with sdny and so, do you agree with governor christie. >> i agree in part and disagree in part with my former governor from new jersey. >>...

>> hes good? >> hes very good. special agent sweeney is excellent. >> but if the doj has guidance, a couple of memos that say you cant indict a sitting president, what are you burning my tax dollars for? >> im not. theyre building a case for two things, one to go after those around the president that may have committed crimes and two, to build a case if they have one theyre trying to build one against the president for when leaves office. statute of limitations on most of the tough my guess is w...

There was a second level of activity happening here. its unreal, i mean who would not be inspired by that. it was really more like this. it would have been total darkness, it would have been someone alone. so much emotion and everything comes over you, its unreal. ive been the one thats traveled a lot, maybe searching for some pieces. we are the sum total of our ancestors, you are not limited by their limitations, but you have the potential of their accumulated sense of possibilities and that yo...

Statute of limitations. theres this notion of tolling. it means stopping the clock and statutes of limitations get tolled when something beyond the control of people happen, for example, if someones a fugitive and takes off and you cant arrest them -- >> or if someone is the president. >> exactly right. has this unique role where doj policy says we dont indict that person. its likely that the statute of limitations will be paused. >> sean hannity interviewed the president last night. let me play...

Under, wait for it, u.s. attorney rudy giuliani. >> interesting. you think theyre more powerful. i only have ten seconds left. do you think that sdny is not as powerful as the special counsel? >> i think in investigating the president they have more limitations. they have less jurisdictional limits than the special counsel has. but it is much more difficult for them to get their story out. they dont have a direct channel to congress. they can only speak through indictments, as garrett was saying...

2012? i mean, if that quarter billion-dollar magic trick he tried to play with that financial statement is in fact, evidence of felony bank fraud, as far as i can tell, were well within the ten-year statute of limitations for such a crime. as a country, now, we have all just been shown evidence of this potential felony bank fraud by the president. and we know congress has it and we believe federal prosecutors have it. but here is the question. who does what with that information? i mean as a cou...