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>> we strongly suspect they were. >> can you prove it? >> if the lawsuit had continued, we would have been able to prove it. but this is important for anyone criticizing the settlement, they need to understand what karen stood to gain or lose by the case. this was a situation where, if we win, at the end of the day, karen gets released from the contract, and she gets her life rights back. and she probably would have to pay the $150,000 back, which she was willing to do. the settlement gives her ...

Them. and i think very rarely do lawyers make that kind of public statement. >> all right. well, you got a good grade. and its a fascinating case. >> we appreciate that. were really happy where weve ended up. >> thank you for coming in. maya, great to have you as always. up next, i turn to my special report, the threat that michael cohen poses to trump, and what happens when a fixer can no longer fix things? >> michael, thank you, not only for the introduction, but also for a beautiful speech....

Mccabe, is convicted is jailed, hed be a less available witness to say the least. i want to tell you something, tonight, it looks like we are entering into the truly uncharted territory. now the news was breaking as james comey sat for one of his many book interviews today where he addressed the allegation that his former deputy lacked candor. >> ive read the report. im not the judge in the case. im not the discipline decision-maker in the case. i think it is accountability mechanisms, working a...

Conversation with him later in the show. these moves, though, to be clear, are happening as the feds continue to bear down on a lawyer that trump cannot rely on anymore, michael cohen, who also just folded in a separate legal case he had brought against people associated with the russia dossier. and all these moves are happening as republicans press muellers boss, rod rosenstein. theyre threatening him with contempt this week. and as reports break tonight that rod rosenstein assured donald trump...

Guarantee that he wasnt under investigation. we now know that the president of the united states is under investigation. he is not the target. he is the subject. nonetheless. the reason, why he fired his fbi director, one of the reasons was because he couldnt tell him that he was not under investigation. now we know for sure that he is. >> very quickly, youve got a new article in the new york better the whole collusion angle. tell us about that. >> one of the great controversies about this inves...

Chances of succeeding in court. i think its highly unlikely hell side with manafort. this is a way for his lawyers to appeal to the president as they have done in public comments before the gag order was issued. appeal to the president about the scope of this investigation. try to convince the president that ultimately their client deserve as a parten. >> because you know this would upset the president. >> yes, thats exactly right. i think his lawyers know, if you look at the weight of the evide...

>> evan perez, fascinating. we want to bring in jeffrey tooken, elizabeth hooltsman and paul colin . its interesting. this whole time people were assuming rick gates role, essentially he made a plea deal in order to in return to bet the person above him, who was paul manafort, but this is a whole other -- >> right and im certain he will be an important witness against paul manafort. >> he can be called. >> if you read the indictment of manafort, its virtually every paragraph says manafort and ga...

Man who worked with the manafort company if you crane and russia. and again the government doesnt, hasnt made that allegation directly in the manafort case. but its the first time weve seen them making a direct connection between manafort, the trump campaign, and alleged russian spies. thats a big deal. >> so this person who is working for manafort in ukraine, my understanding is has a residence in ukraine as well, as in moscow, was formerly what with the gru or russian intelligent service? >> r...

This case. what it would reveal to us is that maybe theres more investigative steps being taken on the manafort case and maybe were looking at more charges down the road. or flipping other pipe l towards the manafort case. this is a big development actually. >> at this point, clint, as were looking through this filing, looking at all the questions this raised, i imagine one is what constitutes ties. you have somebody with ties to the russian intelligence organization. how important is it going t...

Everything you need to go. expedia. talk about a headline. politico politico writing just this hour, quote, paul manafort could face the rest of his life in prison according to a federal judge in a court document just made public. the judge adding that the evidence against the former trump campaign chairman is strong and relegating manafort to a 24 hour a day lockdown. that is alexandria condo except for emergencies and court appearances. ken delaney joins us now. ken, pretty grim assessment f...