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Think this is right, and im sure giuliani and others have been arguing this. that it was a gratuitous slap by someone who has been left behind and now has an ax to grind with the president, to throw this in in open court under oath. it still is the case, he said it. >> would prosecutors have accepted this agreement if they didnt believe michael cohen? >> i think if prosecutors thought he was lying about that aspect of why he did what he did, i think they would have a problem accepting his plea a...

Or what does it say about your judgment that you picked a national security adviser, convicted felon now. what about your campaign chairman? convicted felon now. what about your personal attorney? convicted felon. now, it is true, as rick points out, they werent convicted felons when he hired them. but what does it say about your judgment that these are the people you choose to surround yourself with? >> i dont think it says anything good. >> well, first off, number one, general flynn was -- is ...

Randi kaye tonight has an examination tonight of what was once a close relationship. >> reporter: michael cohens loyalty to donald trump seemingly unmatched, once telling "vanity fair" magazine hed take a bullet for his boss. >> they say im mr. trumps pit bull, that im his right-hand man. >> reporter: right-hand man until the relationship went south. for more than a decade, cohen was the top attorney at the trump organization. trumps go-to when things got ugly. his fixer when things needed clean...

Has pled guilty to an unlawful campaign contribution in terms of paying these two women. why would he pay that without talking to donald trump? it is never made any sense that michael cohen did this on his own. >> well, first of all -- >> where did he get the money. second of all, who benefitted? >> that argument has never made sense. its been made by all the surrogates who came forward after stormy daniels spoke. david schwartz was on the program, an attorney for michael cohen in another matter...

And its not -- it doesnt even require an impeachment investigation. remember, congress has very broad jurisdiction to investigate whatever they want. they could be investigating campaign finance violations. congress has the power to give immunity to people that they want, who are citing their fifth amendment rights. congress generally refrains from doing so if its going to interfere with a criminal investigation. but here, that criminal investigation is over. theres no risk of a case against mic...

Mueller. had he lost this case today, this investigation would probably be closed down pretty quickly. >> john, theres no one, though, it seems, correct me if you think im wrong, around the president whos able to say what you said to nixon, that theres a cancer on your presidency. >> that appears correct. but whats interesting from nixons perspective when i testified in front of the senate, he later wrote in his memoir that he wasnt as concerned about my watergate testimony, which he thought he ...

Pending for some time. it looks to me, feels to me that, and this may be completely the opposite of the way the president would think, but it feels to me that the more the cases get tried and the more that it gets public, that manafort essentially didnt pay taxes, and benefitted in this extravagant way financially, and remember, the september case is going to be all about the political side as well. so it is -- the heat is going to continue to turn up. i think personally i think it gets harder a...

Or not theyll retry, and the d.c. case. the president has that power. he hasnt exercised that power yet, and these cases have been pending for some time. it looks to me, feels to me that, and this may be completely the opposite of the way the president would think, but it feels to me that the more the cases get tried and the more that it gets public, that manafort essentially didnt pay taxes, and benefitted in this extravagant way financially, and remember, the september case is going to be all ...

Ourselves, okay, michael cohen has pled guilty to an unlawful campaign contribution in terms of paying these two women. why would he pay that without talking to donald trump? it is never made any sense that michael cohen did this on his own. >> well, first of all -- >> where did he get the money. second of all, who benefitted? >> that argument has never made sense. its been made by all the surrogates who came forward after stormy daniels spoke. david schwartz was on the program, an attorney for ...

Closing in on do know. they were there. they will have knowledge. and well see -- well have to see where it goes. i think its a breakthrough for mueller. had he lost this case today, this investigation would probably be closed down pretty quickly. >> john, theres no one, though, it seems, correct me if you think im wrong, around the president whos able to say what you said to nixon, that theres a cancer on your presidency. >> that appears correct. but whats interesting from nixons perspective wh...