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Strong as it needed to be, ari. this is not a case where the prosecution needed to go in there and dazzle the jury. and sometimes there are trials where you need a little bit of dazzle. the evidence was so strong all that the prosecution needed to do was be solid and clear and credible and workman-like. i think they did that. the line that jumped out at me, when i read it, i said thats smart, the prosecution said the star witness in this case is the documents. it doesnt rhyme, its not catchy, bu...

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Problem. >> it is a big problem. >> help me understand. >> im the u.s. attorney. somebody calls me up and says, fix the case. >> right. >> i write it down, and i bury it for four months. thats a felony. >> but you do not fix the case. >> yeah, but i -- the attempt to influence me is a crime. im not a private citizen like you. >> right. >> or me right now. as a u.s. attorney, i would have to report that. i knew that. i reported. >> but it seems a little tortured, counselor, that its a problem for...

Been inexplicable is not explicable. thats the worst casey is nairio. we have to come to terms with what we need to do to fix this. in order to do that, the blinders have to come off. we have to be real. happily, just at the time we need that, we are getting serious help from the now rapidly unspooling legal case that surround this is scandal from the special counsels office and where the cases are now moving forward. the story of what russia did to our country and who might have helped them and...

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>> what do you think? >> i dont really see one as having much connection to the other. >> this dance -- >> would they feel empowered if they get a guilty verdict, even though his allegations arent tied to his time on the trump campaign. would they feel more empowered? >> we try to psycho analyze robert muellers staff. i think theyre just trying to do their jobs. i dont really think one has much to do with the other. it would be a huge, crushing disappointment to the mueller team if they lost thi...

We are a little bit delayed here. we were supposed to start at 9:30 this morning. the judge had a sentencing in another case, so now prosecutors and the defense team are in the courtroom ready to start their arguments any minute. each side will have two hours to make their case, their final statements to the jury here. their arguments before that jury goes in to the deliberations. were spenting to hear prosecutors remind the jury about paul manaforts lavish lifestyle, how he allegedly hit those ...

His new lawyer lanny davis was telling everyone who would listen, including my colleague rachel maddow, that cohen knew things of interest to bob mueller, and still knows them, a trumpian way to communicate with mueller, basically yelling on tv come interview us. and yet there are zero reports up to tonight that muellers team has interviewed cohen. and cohens own legal team hasnt suggested it happened either. and cohen has now pled guilty without this cooperation agreement in public of any kind....

What prosecutors like to do as they prepare a case is look for evidence that tends to corroborate what their witnesses are saying. there is some reporting that says that cohen has no evidence to back up his willingness to testify in this regard, but there is some circumstantial situations that prosecutors can pursue to try to buttress his testimony. for instance, there is this phone call that don jr. allegedly made around the time that he had conversations with arissa golorov. they could get pho...

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