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>> lisa: you are a great whistler. >> juan: he does it every day. before we get going, can i ask greg a question. who is scot-free? i see that president trump is pleading that cohen should plead maximum sentence and then he puts uppercase scot-free. >> greg: its always great to see liberals criticize people over misspelling words. i think theres enough to go around. >> juan: he had this twitter fury this morning. he went over not after -- not only after cohen. stone has guts because he wont turn...

Of virginia, the top democrat on the signal intelligence committee. michael cohen says in this court filing on friday that he, quote, remained in close and regular contact with the white house staff when he was lying to congress about the development and attempting development of the trump tower in moscow. did president trump or the white house staff know that he was lying, instrublct him to lie? do we know anything about that? >> first of all, jake, in light of the earlier segment and the news ...

We could use that now. could you imagine a george bush at this last g20 versus the performance of mr. trump? to the mueller investigation and what happened last week with the cohen pleading, lets step back and look at what we know. we know that now that then candidate donald trump was still trying to do business with russia in the summer of 2016. we know as well that his son and son-in-law had been meeting with russians to get potential dirt on hillary clinton. we know that his campaign aides ha...

Paul: and that extended for a longer period. >> it extended for looker period of time. paul: into june of 2016 where trump gave the impression there was no real extensive discussions. cohen says actually there were more extensive discussions and they lasted longer. >> its difficult to identify a crime in the center of cohens pleading. the optics are pretty terrible, a personlt running for the presidency of the united states probably should not be doing simultaneous deals with people in moscow, t...

That. but instead it seems like what were waiting for is one of these moments that can break through this -- thing that weve been trapped in since it started. >> the cohen indictment foretells this. its strategic in the sense that he was already exposed to six years in prison. you have to ask yourself why did they have a -- >> why come back for this? thats a good question. >> theres two good reasons why. when you put a witness on the stand as a prosecutor, you want somebody who has pled guilty t...

No credibility. hes doing this because he wants a reduced sentence. well, the fact is its been reporting. you know as an attorney a 5k 1 cooperation agreement. he doesnt have a signed deal. i think they will write a letter to the judge saying that the information he gave to the special counsel was helpful in this investigation and that might help. >> thats what -- thats what today did also. bob mueller putting his name on this pleading. >> right. >> asserting that michael cohen was valuable and ...

And i think todays plea may have been a real shocker for the president because his motive as you discussed in the last hour now shown bare. its pure finance is behind this effort to make money. he didnt think he was going to win the presidency. he thought he would be a little bit more famous, have a little bit more power for that reason. and he could crack a hell of a deal in moscow. so it didnt work out that way. >> so lis be, the president is saying that michael cohen is lying. rudy giuliani h...

Oh, its about to wrap up. but some of the sharpest minds ive heard and according to jack, its only the beginning. this is just the start of it. do you agree with that, john? >> i agree. i dont think its very far along in the big picture at all. i think mueller has settled in, hes got his key staff, hes taking things that are not relevant to his office and feeding them out to other offices. and hes going to have a very in shape team when they get ready to go to trial and those trials if somebody ...

Because he wants to a reduced sentence. the fact is hes reporting he doesnt have you know as an attorney, a 5k 1.1 -- >> a cooperation. >> he doesnt have a signed cooperation deal. but i think they will write a letter to the judge saying that the information that he gave to the special counsel was helpful in this investigation, and that might help. >> thats what today did also. bob mueller putting his name on this pleading, asserting that michael cohen was valuable and credible is very helpful t...

Moscow. it didnt work out that way. >> listen, the president is saying that michael cohen is lying, rudy giuliani has weighed in, jack. you know, its cohens word against the presidents. special counsel, though, is saying they believe what michael cohen is telling them. that is significant. >> its very significant. and i would point your attention, as im sure you know, robert mueller put his name on this pleading. this was not signed by one of his deputies. he put his name on this. and he indicat...