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That part of the search warrant application was redacted. >> im going to talk about that in a second. thank you both for joining me tonight. for more on what these tell us about the overall probe, im joined by the former attorney for the southern district. on what matt just said, so theres an entire section. the one thing we thought was wrapped up in a neat bow was the illegal campaign donation scheme hes already pleaded guilty to. theres an entire section thats under the heading illegal campaig...

April of last year. so it was really a very by the book, methodical probe. everyone thought at first was cohen in prague or was that all about? and that looks to be a dry hole. >> what do you think? is there any conclusion to be drawn about where things are based on the filings of the mueller folks that weve got in terms of this release and the filings weve seen over the last few days. >> we uncconsistently hear muel is holding up shop. its easy for folks to forget that doj is literally the larg...

And questioned by federal agents who seized his electronic devices. we learned he met with cohen at trump tower to discuss u.s./russian relations just days before trump would take the oath of office. and then he and cohen later spent time together at the presidents inauguration in washington. and we dont know what thats all about or why the firm started paying cohen shortly thereafter. what we do know is muellers probe of those payments started way before the hush money investigation. in the spe...

Started paying cohen shortly thereafter. what we do know is muellers probe of those payments started way before the hush money investigation. in the special counsel ultimately handed off the cohen case to the southern district of new york, he did not give them the whole thing. the special counsel gave to the u.s. attorneys office. its one of many questions that remain unanswered as we continue to wait for the special counsel to show his cards in some form. deputy attorney general who first appoi...

The southern district of norb. we conceive of this latter strategy to protect the probe but if that was right, he was thinking in those terms already. one, to try to protect and two, just sort affa distribution of resources. hes got a core team and they were taking on a lot. i think its quite interesting and we didnt learn until today how early into the probe he begins to distribute materials to the other officers. >> theres the essential question about was the work michael cohen doing a violati...

See how much information the government is able to get. the mueller applications were the first and then you saw them go back for even more when they went back and executed the search warrant on his office. everything about his fine ansz, his relationships with foreign individuals. and eventually one thch things the justice department has the ability to do is they may start investigating one crime but it they find others, theyre off to the races, which is what happened here with the campaign fin...

And this is going to be one of the footnotes or fallouts of this scandal. the bipartisan lobbying efforts. dave craig looks like hes in the sutd and previously tony podesta. frantic. they were looking for everything, as matt says and thats what the feds do. you have this straight-forward start with the bank records, then g mail and apple, then enough to get his email and down the line until the big search in april of last year. so it was really a very by the book, methodical probe. everyone thou...

Do you have a sense of what it means ultimately that some things have been given to federal prosecutors and some things have stayed with mueller. >> two points. i agree with joyce. and they told judge howell to protect the rights of individuals. i think elliott brody, maybe ea trump jr., who are potentially involved. one of the most interesting things reading between the lines of the application is he was farming out over a year ago to the southern district of norb. we conceive of this latter st...

I think its quite interesting and we didnt learn until today how early into the probe he begins to distribute materials to the other officers. >> theres the essential question about was the work michael cohen doing a violation of law? we dont kind of know what becomes of the vexalberg part of it? whether they concluded this was not chargeable? it seems unlikely. >> i think its frankly not possible for us to know right now. it could be they hit an evdengsiary barrier friendship -- this could be p...