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That he wouldnt be able to tell the truth or get caught lying. independent of that, youre a former federal prosecutor right there, whats your experience with people who face this type of pressure in a criminal investigation? do they often end up flipping? >> certainly, particularly when there are people like michael cohen who arent career criminals who havent, you know -- who arent prepared for that -- in other words, there were times when i prosecuted people who were working in drug cartels, th...

Only to protect him but to protect the presidents reputation. this was in essence an effort to say the dossier was fake, this whole thing was a hoax, and to the degree that pulling back those cases sort of takes that away, it is an indication that the case against him is going to make him -- has already made him less apt to spend time and energy defending donald trump. >> the president makes these calls. among those called is jay goldberg who worked for the trump organization back in the day. he...

Long-time attorney may turn against him and join the long list of former allies cooperating against him. jay goldberg tells cnn that the president called him up on friday and speculated that a person in cohens position would wear a wire potentially, adding, quote, anybody who is facing 30 years never stands up without exception a person facing a prison term cooperates. trump had no response to that. cohen is under criminal investigation for his business dealings. if he were to flip on the presid...

Could be something criminal here. you wont be worried about jail otherwise. but you dont think he would have the goods on the president. he would simply say what they wanted to hear to get out of his own prison which you believe he could very fairly have deserved? >> i dont say that the government has importuned him to say certain things that are not true. but a witness in michaels position is able to glean what it would take to get a letter of cooperation from the government and thereby avoid a...

Trump and his outside advisors are increasingly worried that his long time personal attorney might be susceptible to cooperating with federal prosecutors. from the "wall street journal," quoting one of mr. trumps former attorneys, quote, on the scale of 100 to 1, where 100 is fully protecting the president, mr. cohen isnt even a 1. he said he told mr. trump. and from alan dershowitz, trumps tv lawyer of choice and is reported by politico, quote, thats what theyll threaten him with, life imprison...

Cross a line. a line once drawn by his predecessor who did nothing when it was crossed. two things, defeat isis and see ter the use of chemical weapons. that may not be the right policy but thats what it is and it is an effective policy. >> bret: brit, as always. thank you. >> you bet. >> bret: u.s. has rejected an appeal by former illinois governor rod blagojevich for a second time. the justices let stand the convictions and 14-year prison term for the disgraced democrat. he was found guilty of...

On behalf of the victims families, a question that froze the courtroom. >> what theyve wanted to hear from you for a long, long time also is "im sorry" c." can you tell them that? >> im sorry for your loss, but i cannot -- i dont know what youre meaning by you want me to say that im sorry. >> and so the hammer came down. >> its the order of the court the defendant is committed for a period of 30 years with 15 years suspended. >> 15 years in prison. justine will have to serve 7 1/2 before she has...

Arms for what he describes as medicinal bloodletting. >> hes going through some heavy things right now. hes got a lot on his plate. but -- i just dont -- i dont get it. i dont. >> will flowers, another tulsa county inmate who served prior prison term with hill, has noticed changes in his old friend. >> i seen his picture in the paper on the case he had i didnt recognize him. man, i hate it for him, i do. i pray for him. my heart goes out to him. he needs to quit all of the knucklehead stuff, try...

Corruption allegations latest opinion polls show that lula would win the election by a wide margin but after the supreme courts ruling and facing the start of a prison term a political comeback seems unlikely. that italy its been a month now since that countrys inconclusive parliamentary elections and today the bid to form a new government steps up a notch with the main political parties unwilling to form a coalition the countrys president is stepping into the debate and summoned party leaders f...

Lulas presidency from two thousand and three to two thousand and ten brazil saw its largest period of economic growth in three decades millions were lifted out of poverty but after he left office a corruption investigation and ledged the top level politicians including lula and then president dilma rousseff had received bribes in exchange for awarding state contracts. luna has claimed the charges are an attempt to thwart his bid for president in october. i am a victim of the largest judicial hun...