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Hitting back at michael choen as democrats demand investigations into the buzz feed report theres documentation proving trump told cohen to line under oath. trump tweeting lying to reduce his jail time. watch father-in-law. you might kind of dismiss that except you wouldnt because its not the first time that trump has brought up cohens father-in-law. >> he should give information maybe on his father-in-law because thats the one that people want to look at because where theres that money. thats t...

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With our security. >> should the president be concerned? >> absolutely. one of the things michael cohen has said is he had personal contact with an official at the kremlin asking for help with this trump tower moscow project in the middle of the republican campaign. when trump was in a position, he was already confirmed as the nominee for the republican party, he was working the kremlin trying to get a better deal on this project in moscow. we only know a little bit about that be because of mich...

Cooperation, trying to get a reduced sentence but then apparently put a wall up with the southern district here. >> dan is right. its all prosecutors and all districts expect that if you are going to cooperate, youre all in. youre either all in or youre not. he tried to have it both ways. he tried to triangulate this. he tried to give them some of what they knew and not much more. he wanted to cooperate with the mueller team but not with the southern district of new york. as a result he didnt ge...

Sams analysis which is based on primary source knowledge that were hearing about cohen cooperating in very strategic ways. this is cohens last attempt. >> im not familiar with the intricacies of trump world but that makes a lot of sense. this is a signal. they cant communicate directly in is a signal from cohen that trumps got to pardon limb him else. >> this is where it gets tricky because if you wanted to pardon someone if they have enough liability for other state crimes and theres someone co...

Cooperating. there are shade offense gray in here. >> his motivation would simply be that he wants to maintain his reputation as a stand up guy. he doesnt want to have to testify against people. hes not come to the realization that hes committed a whole bunch of crimes. the only way to save himself is to cooperate. it doesnt mean what donald trump says is hes going to make up a story. what the prosecutors are going to do and prepared to do is corroborate what his testimony will be. the only way ...

Pretty strong here. i dont know what i might do. obviously that is all speculation. that is from folks who know michael cohen well and worked for a long time with michael choen and understand the relationship that michael cohen has with the president. >> what are you hearing from the cohen camp about these points that katie is making? >> what i learned this morning is a source with direct knowledge told me cohen has not seen any charges yet. there seems to be, this is a swift moving story, there...

Different avenues that the special counsel might be pursuing in the russia investigation. that the u.s. attorneys office in new york might be pursuing in connection with mr. cohen. i think its interesting that it comes so hard upon a week of rudy giuliani on behalf of the president coming out and giving new and different answers about how michael choen was reimbursed for giving money to miss clifford for her silence. when you add in that uncertainty and you add in that he said maybe.n i dont hav...

Let me add its different from the approach that president clinton took toward the special counsel in the 1990s. he was confrontational. he objected to witnesses. this president has been cooperating. >> i want to be precise. youre cooperating with the special counsel. you say that. are you also cooperating with the u.s. attorney in new york in this separate criminal probe. >> as i said, michael cohen and his attorney can -- >> is the white house cooperating with the u.s. attorney? >> im not aware...

Michael cohen is donald trumps personal attorney, but he has his own attorneys because -- >> he wants a restraining order against the fbi search. >> theres a lot of stuff happening legally which is preventing that is the question here did michael cohen, donald trumps attorney and a person described as his fixer pay people on donald trumps behalf to keep damaging stories out of the media. thats the sub text here. whether it was the national enquirer stories or the story about the doorman who thou...