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Southern district of new york does in this pleading, and the point that director comey is making is, i think, an interesting one. when you talk about someone as being an unindicted co-conspirator, you would expect to see an indictment that might say, michael cohen and others known and unknown to the grand jury engaged in a conspiracy to do, you know, whatever the conspiracy was. we dont have that kind of a formal unindicted co-conspirator status here, but we have very clear language where prosec...

Mueller. >> even in muellers pleading they specify that cohens first impulse was to lie to them. and so he didnt start telling the truth until the second round of their discussions. thank you for helping us start this off tonight. everyone else is going to stay with us. were going to continue our discussion of what has happened today in these legal filings. and theres the paul manafort legal filing, which we havent even gotten to. how crazy is paul manafort? according to robert muellers filing i...

Of what significant jail time could be for what theyre alleging he did or at least agreed to in terms of the crime? and could he reduce it with more cooperation going forward after his formal sentencing? >> thats right, ayman. the prosecutors dont appear all that impressed with the extent of cohens cooperation or his willingness to at least come clean early enough. so hes looking at apparently a few years in prison potentially. what we do know, though, from the sentencing memorandum is that the ...

Being a foreign representative -- >> thats not true. jim, thats not true. >> having to register -- >> the registration act covers lobbying. >> i understand. but youre representing it for purposes of being their agent to go before various entities in the united states. >> thats not true. jim, it is not limited in that way. it is whether you are acting at the direction or control of a foreign power for any purpose. it is not limited to that. >> correct. but in the context of manafort -- >> you cou...

It is not limited to that. >> correct. but in the context of manafort -- >> you could be a spy. >> well, okay. that may be the case. but the bottom line is as it relates to the facts that are in this pleading, the redacted portion, we dont know what they say. >> true. >> we do know what manafort was doing on behalf of foreign governments or at least we know some of what manafort was doing -- >> we dont know why he was meeting with klimnik and why he had to lie about it. >> he was violating the l...

That will give him the most angina overnight because, michael cohen, as laid out in the pleading today, he does say or the prosecutor say as he confessed to in august, allegedly that trump directed the payments to the "national enquirer" and to stormy daniels, 150,130,000 respectively with the coordination and direction of individual number one. thats what the pleading said and you kind of see it there. thats a violation of the campaign finance laws. thats the allegation and you look at the stat...

In those pleadings. they said that michael cohen violated the law, and that he was according to them was instructed by number one, the date to make the payment. they didnt say that the candidate told him to make illegal payments. they were very careful, not to say that the candidate instructed him to violate the law. its a very, very important part of the pleading. they have not alleged that the president of the united states violated the law. theyve alleged that michael cohen did. >> laura: yea...

According to them it was instructed by number one, the candidate, to make the payments. they didnt say that the candidate told him to make illegal payments. they were very careful not to say that the candidate instructed him to violate the law. its a very, very important part of the pleading. they have not alleged that the president of united states violated the law, the alleged of that michael cohen did. >> i think the president not being charged is different from what the democrats are represe...

Had contacts with wikileaks with trump intermediaries are russian i wanted immediate area its, that was the allegation. the other one is the trump for youer meeting in new york city in 2016 with kushner and donald trump jr. thats what mueller thinks manafort knows more about, thats why he says hes in breach. >> laura: i understand that. rudy juliani came out. >> thats not in any of the pleadings. that is not in any of the pleadings. >> laura: its not in the plead sglgz what david just said is no...

Toughest here for the president and clearly the one thats going to give him the most angina overnight. michael cohen and its laid out in the pleading today, michael cohen does say or the prosecutors say as he confessed to in august, allegedly that trump directed the payments to the national inquirer and to stormy daniels, 150,000 and 130,000 respectively, with the coordination and direction of individual number one. thats what the pleading says. you the kind of see it there. now thats a violatio...