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Charges. i want to ask you what you think will happen here because they will stand even if the president would you make make of the new york charges? >> i think the most part it was grandstanding. in my experience having done this for almost 40 years now and you almost never see a guy prosecuted once in virginia, second time in d.c. in the third time in new york in a state jurisdiction. yes, while the president may have limited pardoning power as it relates to charges, new york also has a double...

Him look good about his wife and other matters and about cheating with women in some capacities. he wanted you to believe that aspect of it. but why come out now and say that you were directly asked if that was a very blatant and specific lie he told at the time. also when it comes to cohen, credibility is the issue, and when you have semantics, you have a bigger problem. >> no, i didnt ask specifically. i had my lawyers ask your lawyers, your people called my people, and that is a little murkie...

Using and abusing the pardoning power, and i certainly think it is the only way to explain what roger stone did tonight, which is to say on tv over and over again, oh, trump knew nothing about it, trump didnt do anything wrong he is really trying to curry favor. by the way, brian, thats exactly what the president invited. back in december he tweeted, oh, look at roger stone holding firm unlike those rats like michael cohen and the like this is all a signal >> and one more question for us civilia...

That pertain today the pardoning power, where he said the president used the pardoning power in a way that would be trying to tamper with a witness or obstruct the witness, that would be an example of a president abusing his power. and for somebody who subscribes to a strong executive power legal interpretation, i thought that was an important thing for him to say today. >> david, this is in support of the president, do you think barr is the person the president needs? >> well, listen, just to d...

It is not a good position for a defendant to be in. having said that, im most interested in why michael cohen had that impression and who he got the impression from. thats the linchpin argument and the linchpin cause for the proof here. if michael cohen is simply banking on an insinuation or his intuition, that is not going to actually fly for a prosecution in this case. but if hes talking about there was a statement made, there was an implicit agreement, one that has been back before, a referen...

Mueller, the president still has this pardoning power. he could pardon paul manafort, roger stone, if it ever came down to it, donald trump jr. whoever he wants, the president has that power to pardon him, which would likely cause him a ton of headaches from capitol hill if he does. >> so theres all of that. kaitlan, thank you. i want to get to the breaking news, exclusive here to cnn, the details of what president trump told robert mueller in writing about two key issues that are significant pa...

The tapes. i believe at that moment there was a question whether or not there were 67 votes to impeach the president. several republican senators i believe they included barry goldwater went to president nixon and said to him no we cant guarantee you 33 or 34 republicans will stand by you and at that point president nixon decided hell leave. were a long way from that moment if we ever reach it. i wouldnt predict at this moment one way or the other. >> senator dick durbin, thank you for being on ...

Does not believe the president will bail him out here. >> well, that shouldnt be so surprising given the fact that the president has not really revealed his hand as to what he thinks about the charges against mielk cohen. he talked about it initially, jim. talking about the death of the attorney-client privilege. it was hyperbole, and talking about the idea of the fbi and the deep state as an overall part of the witch hunt campaign strategic. he hasnt actually talked about him in glowing terms o...

He retains his pardoning power. he can pardon in his judgment based on the justice department counsels office. nome. >> giuliani continues to insist the russia investigation is compromised. he said pardons could be used if someone was treated unfairly. president trump defending decision to suspend joint military exercises with south korea after the singapore summit. the president claiming the drills were costly and provocative. he calls them war games. how is that playing out in south korea? w...