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By your time, establish seniority and over a long time period you would become a leader. its different now. now you are telegenic or controversial or provocative or all of the above. you say things that draw peoples interests. you bein a fund-raising magnet and from that you derive real political power. that is the path on which she is on. >> michael smerconish, thank you so much. i want to bring in sara murray to talk about this. part of that statement coming from michael cohens counsel lanny d...

The facts that are evident at that time. >> barr, of course, seeking to avoid the decision that doomed his predecessor, jeff sessions, who recused himself from overseeing the russia probe. still lingering, though, questions surrounding just how the general public will come to see robert muellers findings and will barr repeatedly committed to making as much information public as he can, he also suggested that what the public sees may not be the report, itself, or even a redacted version of it. to...

>> harris: a lot of news breaking this hour. we were see what the right abstraction to some of it is. the judge in the michael flynn sentencing agrees to delay the sentencing process. they will have just an update hearing on march 13th. it was really interesting. republican congressman peter king of new york joins me now. before we talk shutdown, lets talk michael flynn and get your first reaction now. >> first of all, he had an outstanding career is general. i was on the intelligence committee ...

What was your recording of those fbi reports that were released today? >> so of course we dont know for certain why judge sullivan ordered the fbi, ordered the justice department to take the unusual step of releasing these 302s, theyre heavily redacted. but even with that releasing 302s is very unusual. there are reports of interviews that fbi agents make near to the time they undertake that interview. and once you read this 302 oats just abundantly clear that flynn was appropriately charged wit...

Sanction, and so we are come a long way since then. i agree with carol that flynns lawyers did something bizarre. the table was set for a sentencing process and flynns counsel and the lawyers and he had done exactly what was asked of him, and in this 11th hour memo, was he manipulated into lying in the initial statement by the judge, i have never had a defendant coming before me who was pleading guilty and at the same time suggesting that he was not guilty, and that is obviously infuriated the j...

Unusual step of releasing these 302s, theyre heavily redacted. but even with that releasing 302s is very unusual. there are reports of interviews that fbi agents make near to the time they undertake that interview. and once you read this 302 oats just abundantly clear that flynn was appropriately charged with lying to the government. they as mimi says they give him every opportunity to tell the truth and he simply resists at every turn, lying perhaps when the truth would have served him better. ...

That step ought to be taken lightly. thats what the president is facing when his term is over without any doubt. and that means that a president would have every incentive if a president really did engage in provable felonies of a serious order, a president would negotiate in a sense to resign from office in exchange for extreme leniency in the sentencing process. >> this man gives no suggestion that he would ever do anything like that. you know, president trump has shown at every turn in his li...

Fact that this presidents term ends in 25 months and the statute of limitations would not have run on these crimes. if hes not re-elected, no one doubts that he can be indicted and prosecuted when his term is over. that step ought to be taken reluctantly. but if the facts warrant it, thats what the president is facing when his term is over without any doubt. and that means that a president would have every incentive if a president really did engage in provable felonies of a serious order, a pres...

Lanny davis, an advisor to michael cohen who, until today, was also part of michael cohens legal team. mr. davis, good to have you here. thanks for coming in. >> thanks, rachel. >> why until today? you are no longer a lawyer associated with michael cohen? >> well, lawyers have constraints, and the cases over the sentencing process is completed. now my media ability to talk and explain and i can speak much more freely, and im now exercising my first amendment rights. >> okay. you have said in the...

Michael cohens legal team. mr. davis, good to have you here. thanks for coming in. >> thanks, rachel. >> why until today? you are no longer a lawyer associated with michael cohen? >> well, lawyers have constraints, the case is over, the sentencing process is comple complete. now my media ability to talk and explain and i can speak much more freely, and im now exercising my first amendment rights. >> okay. you have said in the wake of todays proceedings, and actually heading into todays proceedin...