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Well see. Thank to you phillip, zerlina, john. Thank you for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. I dont want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet. A New York Times bombshell. Can you say unequivocally no one here has discussed pardons in this case . The president s lawyer reportedly floated pardons for flynn and plfrt before they were charged. Ive always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man. Tonight it the reporter who broke the story and wha...

Your understanding that the pardon discussion was designed to make michael cohen feel more comfortable about lying to congress? that it was designed to get him to continue to lie either to congress or to other investigators? that it was designed to preclude his potential plea deal and cooperation deal with prosecutors? whats your understanding about the importance of these pardon discussions as spelled out by cohen and as you understand from the rest of your investigation? >> well, one of the re...

Investigators? that it was designed to preclude his potential plea deal and cooperation deal with prosecutors? whats your understanding about the importance of these pardon discussions as spelled out by cohen and as you understand from the rest of your investigation? >> well, one of the reasons we wanted the full transcripts out there is so that the public could see them, interpret them for themselves. but i think what comes off the page is that the lawyers around the president and cohen says th...

Right. thats a difficult position for the judge to be in and i dont know that it is good for anybody for roger stone gets to wave that first amendment flag. >> a lot of questions have been raised about michael cohens credibility on a number of charges he made on congressional testimony and elsewhere. in one of them -- except where he has brought kwauberatirau co michael cohen provided e-mails about pardon discussions. this is an e-mail from an attorney who said he was speaking with rudy giuliani...

The president obstructed justice and is continuing to do so. for instance, when did he talk to cohen? was it on the phone? did they talk in person? in a third location? in secret? when did it happen? after the raids? what was said? who actually raised the subject of pardons? according to "the new york times" federal prosecutors in new york have followed up with cohen to ask for additional details about the pardon discussions and asked about his contacts with the president on capitol hill last we...

We are nearing 3:00 p.m. on the east coast, almost noon on the west. im kendis gibson at msnbc world headquarters in new york h. we begin with the race to the bottom between president trump and michael cohen as they argue over who obstructed justice or perjured first. >> michael cohen lied about the pardon. >> i have never asked for nor would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> its a stone cold lie. >> cohens lying you know what off all over town. >> he knew all about pardons. his lawyers...

Attorney to discuss a possible pardon with other trump attorneys. they are saying that the testimony is accurate because of the timeframe in which these pardon discussions took place, but nevertheless, richard burr very, very critical. he just told me this. he said lanny and michael cohen have a history of not factual statements. he talked about cohen saying this is a guy who already lied to congress with every interview he does. not a situation a good lawyer should put him in. he should suffer ...

From the "new york times" tonight about trumps lead lawyer rudolph giuliani and presidential pardons. the "times" reports "giuliani said wednesday that lawyers for several people facing scrutiny from the justice department in the investigations into the trump campaign and presidency had contacted him to see whether the president would pardon their clients. giuliani declined to identify the lawyers who broached the subject. he made his statement in response to questions about president trumps for...

We will fill you in on further witnesses and testimony that we anticipate. >> there is also new reporting from the "new york times" tonight about trumps lead lawyer rudolph giuliani and presidential pardons. the "times" reports "giuliani said wednesday that lawyers for several people facing scrutiny from the justice department in the investigations into the trump campaign and presidency had contacted him to see whether the president would pardon their clients. giuliani declined to identify the l...

Is saying thats completely false but lanny davis is also telling us, cohen is the author of the false statement and nobody else. cohen has undercut himself. more than that, chris, hes distracting attention from the very real concerns that congress has that trump lawyers did engage in pardon discussions and did leave the impression with cohen if he kept telling lies that a pardon could be in the offing. that could still be a problem but were completely distracted from that because were focusing o...