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Michael cohen was charged with lying to members of congress. remember all he did throughout his life was protect -- or throughout the last ten years of his life was protect the president. and he said hes coming here tomorrow, later today, hes no longer protecting the president, hes letting it all out and hes making it very clear. he said hes been smeared by the president. the president called him a rat. you know, and then he goes on to describe his life. but the moscow tower project, there are q...

To giving this false testimony, in his plea documents and sfnsing documentsfn sentencing documents, they certified that michael cohen gave testimony about circumstances of preparing and circulating his false testimony. preparing and circulating. what that told me at the time, other people were involved in reviewing this, other people were involved in putting this lie forward, and now michael cohen says at least some of the people who were being alluded it to there were trumps personal attorneys....

I reached out to abbie lowell, and look, youre absolutely right in your assessment. i would add that when you look at the plea documents and the southern district prosecutor, they dont quite describe this episode in the same way. there is no mention of the means to donald trump, so he went further today in a damming way and raising questions about whether or not there was perform or witness tampering. i think there is more based on what he said than didnt said. there was no collusion that im awa...

Michael cohen arrived on capitol hill with his attorney lonny davis to begin three days of testimony. today behind closed doors, tomorrow in public for everyone to see. lets talk about it with ellie hoenig. you have a great piece on cnn.com. the five important questions to ask michael cohen. people can read it to get all five. for you, number one, what is it and why? >> i would start with the crimes we know michael cohen committed and that we know he committed with others. two things, the hush m...

And leekike a john grisham nove your karkds are going to have so many dimensions to them. michael cohen, hes not a saint. hes a sinner. hes got some serious baggage. hes been convicted of crimes. but i think his incentive now is to tell the truth. he has no reins to lie. and the big question is is he corroborated? hes going to be an open book. a decade of being side by side with donald trump and he apparently is set to testify to it all. if i was lucky enough to get a chance to question him i wo...

>> id start with the hush money payments shimon mentioned. he was convicted of that, he said in court he did it with the direction of the president. i then go to his testimony before the senate about the moscow project. and again if you look at the plea documents there, doj said he did this in coordination with others. >> and at the direction of or -- >> who are they? is it the president? we dont know. he had the buzzfeed story that was then sort of rebutted. but who? somebody. id go to the inau...

Cohen will also be asked about his own false statements during his prior testimony on the hill. one important note, he will not publicly discuss any issue related to russia. cohen is saying -- or rather saving that for discussions behind closed doors both to the house and senate intelligence committees. i want to bring in ken dilanian and garrett hague. ken, let me begin with you. i just laid out some of the issues that cohen has agreed to discuss in open session. what are you anticipating that ...

Trump had not been telling the truth about that deal when he said he had no dealings, no investment in the russia because in fact there was a meeting according to the plea documents in which cohen and trump discussed company mean outreach to vladimir putins government. so that will come up behind closed doors and of course the whole issue, it has long been alleged that michael cohen had meetings with russians during the campaign about election interference, he has always denied that, so you can ...

And nurse its another closed session, this time with the house intelligence committee. ken dilanian, you have new reporting on what kind of testimony we can expect from cohen and also what else prosecutors have learned from him in recent weeks. tem us about it. >> well, mika, so before the house and senate intelligence committees, hes expected to address, first of all, his lies to those committees on the timing of the trump tower and moscow deal, the fact in a it was going on much longer than he...

The united states. so every -- every subtle threat that he makes, every insinuation has all that much more power and force. it stands to reason. we dont know but to the extent that theres a mueller report and if it becomes public, i cant imagine this pattern of behavior isnt going to be addressed, this pattern of denouncing the department of justice, of seeking to intimidate witnesses, seeking to influence the proceeding. i want to go back to what matt was saying about the lies around trump towe...