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Week -- >> i have never asked for nor would i accept a pardon from president trump. >> lanny davis now tells the "wall street journal" after cohen was raided by the fbi last year, he directed his attorney at the time to explore the possibilities of a pardon at one point with rudy giuliani as well as other lawyers advising president trump. cnn asked davis to square that with cohens testimony, he claims cohen was referring to the time after his joint defense agreement with president trumps attorne...

You can see how emotional he was. retaliatory tariffs on whiskey are creating problems for the maker of jack daniels. cnn business is next. begins a three year prison term

Many experts were saying it was possible that manafort could come away with a very light sentence if he fulfilled the terms of his plea deal, cooperated fully and not lied. instead he lied. the deal broke down and now he has the worst of all words. now he admitted guilt and he is facing the full weight of it all which could be a prison term of life. >> we will watch closely what is happening at that courthouse behind you. vladimir putin ordered meddling operation that helped put donald trump in ...

National emergency claim at the southern border. nielsen is expected to cite a surge in illegal border crossings in february to argue that the system is, in her words, severely strained. also on capitol hill this hour and probably for several more hours to come, michael cohen, the presidents former lawyer and former trump organization executive was initially supposed to start his prison term today. instead hes rejsuming his closed-door testimony. >> the president personally gave his daughter iva...

In airing the house testimony of the man who was donald trumps fixer for more than a decade. hell be serving a 3-year prison term for lying. this time he says hes telling the truth. >> im ashamed i chose to take part in concealing president trumps illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. mr. trump is a racist, he is a conman, and he is a cheat. howie: the president was in vietnam when the president tweeted cohen was just disbarred and did bad things unrelated to trump. and he sai...

In airing the house testimony of the man who was donald trumps fixer for more than a decade. hell be serving a 3-year prison term for lying. this time he says hes telling the truth. >> im ashamed i chose to take part in concealing president trumps illicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. mr. trump is a racist, he is a conman, and he is a cheat. howie: the president was in vietnam when the president tweeted cohen was just disbarred and did bad things unrelated to trump. and he sai...

Is entering march with a host of new and growing political and legal challenges for himself, his family and some one-time members of his inner circle. just a few hours ago, one of the former associates, campaign chairman, paul manafort, asked a federal judge in virginia to give him a prison term, significantly below the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines. his lawyers noted what they call special counsel muellers attempt to vilify manafort as a, quote, life-long and irredeemabl...

>> constant contact with the southern district of new york regarding ongoing investigations. you are? that was somewhat of a surprise from the presidents long-time lawyer michael cohen this week for this specific reason. as recently as december that federal prosecutors office in the southern district of new york told a judge in writing that they were recommending a substantial prison term for michael cohen in part because cohen was notes a helpful to them as he might have been. quote, to be clea...

What did he or his agent communicate to you? >> unfortunately, this topic is something being investigated right now by the southern district of new york and ive been asked by them not to discuss it and not to talk about these issues. >> the committee understands youve been in contact with the southern district of new york, is that true? >> i am in constant contact with the southern district of new york regarding on going investigations. >> constant contact with the southern district of new york ...

Give him a prison term, significantly below the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines. his lawyers noted what they call special counsel muellers attempt to vilify manafort as a, quote, lifelong and irredeemable felon, accusing mueller of grossly overstating the facts. manafort, now 69 years old, was convicted in virginia of bank and tax fraud. he is set to be sentenced in virginia next thursday. and in washington, d.c., six days later. there has been much speculation about a pote...