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Ones going to determine whether a case can be brought. he is playing the legal equivalent of what trump said which is i can shoot somebody in the middle of fifth avenue and not lose any support. he will say anything that the president has done is fine. he may call michael cohen pathetic. if you look at his representations he has competition from giuliani. >> nicely said there. he was also asked whether there will be more q and a webetween e president and robert mueller. >> is it possible the pre...

President has that that he has to think about every day as well. and then today, today happened, including this dramatic turn of events in federal court today in washington, d.c. quote, the judge. all right. mr. kennerson for the prosecution and mr. driscoll for the defense, do either of you have any questions as to the defendants competence to plead at this time? mr. driscoll for the defense, no, your honor. mr. kenner son for the prosecution, no, your honor. the judge. based on the answers tha...

I think there will be ample opportunity for the department if it pursues this to demonstrate that the president knew what he was doing was wrong. knew what he was doing was unlawful, and was prepared to do it anyway. what we have found consistently, wolf, is you cant rely on any of the presidents representations. because, of course, he said he knew nothing about this. he had no discussions with it. now we know all of that is false. he said when the sentencing memoranda came out that essentially,...

Prison, is this a cautionary tail for those around the russia investigation, or is michael cohen so unique with the tax evasion that its not trance fearab -- transferable what is happening to him? >> well, look at paul manafort, he had a variety of shady business deals that got him convicted, but it was his business deals with donald trump that turned it into a major criminal case. one of the larger stories of the trump presidency is how many people he has brought down around him. how many peopl...

Come out in some of the things that michael cohen said. the president denied communications with russians. they said that michael cohen and the president were negotiating through michael cohen with vladimir putin during the republican primary season. is that a crime that negotiation? no. but its profoundly contrairy t the presidents representations and puts the president in the vicinity communicating with a foreign power in order to obtain something of value, permission to build a hotel. >> than...

>> i think these are some reputable lawyers representing paul manafort on the defense team. theyre former federal prosecutors and i think theyre being very careful here. sounds like they had conversations this morning off the record with the government to find out what is the basis for these lies, that it sounded perhaps like there was some merit there and they want to go back and talk to paul manafort before they make a representation of the court about what the truth is. it could very well be ...

Kelly. these are two people -- more so with john kelly, who came in with great representations, were considered very respectable and now being the subject of all of these palace intrigue stories. people attacking john kellys character. i think hes leaving with a really diminished respectability. and i think that people dont want to come in to this very high pressure job and be under attack. its one of the most high-profile jobs in this white house. and they know that they will be the subject of ...

Talked about where a russian national proclaiming himself a member of the russian federation offering political synergy seeing the guarantee is putins involvement. those kind of representations going to the core of the investigation which is russian interference in the election suggest that robert mule eller looking at russian interference and not just obstruction of justice. other things that are included in there suggest that obstruction is on the table. it talks about michael cohen circulatin...

Many follow-up questions because we actually need to nail some things down, and we need to understand what representations youre actually making in your reply. so this doesnt surprise me because i have a feeling they didnt get straight answers from the presidents team the first time around. >> sam stein, theres the presidents lawyer telling the world that should have taken a couple of days took three weeks because of donald trumps attention span. >> yeah, when we talk to rudy at the daily beast ...

Things down, and we need to understand what representations youre actually making in your reply. so this doesnt surprise me because i have a feeling they didnt get straight answers from the presidents team the first time around. >> sam stein, theres the presidents lawyer telling the world that should have taken a couple of days took three weeks because of donald trumps attention span. >> yeah, when we talk to rudy at the daily beast he made the point it was very difficult to find time to answer ...