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Already for downward variance for substantial assistance and substantial assistance is a term of art under the sentencing guidelines, he already had a very low guideline range of 0 to 6 months and would have had that range under the statute that he pled to whether or not he cooperated with bob mueller. he was never going to go to prison for long. >> there are those saying it means no jail time recommended meaning he must have given them everything and charles pierce right his headline is michael...

Fired and then installing their preferred employee. this cant be allowed to happen. my last takeaway from this memo is, the memo doesnt say there are two investigations. it says several, one of which is a collusion investigation, one is a criminal investigation. one is totally blacked out, we have no idea what the investigation is. >> barbara mcquaid, the first thing,there are two investigations, b is the special council offices investigation. the defendant has provided substantial assistance in...

How much does he know? are those questions you would like the answer to in. >> absolutely. and we get subpoena power starting january 3rd, let me just say about acting attorney general matthew whitaker, i believe his appointment is not constitutional. he was not confirmed by the senate, if this is allowed to stand. you can imagine future presidents getting someone through the senate confirmation process they know will be confirmed, getting that person fired and then installing their preferred em...

The dumps. the two things mueller is focusing in and it is coming into play. >> it feels like things are getting close to wrapping up. >> it does. we will see. thank you, elie. a check of cnn business. global stocks mixed. all eyes on the g20. in asia, stocks higher as they await the meeting with president trump and xi jinping. you can see the nikkei and shanghai and hang seng higher. the dax and ftse is down. the cac falling as well. mixed global markets. stocks on wall street closed lower. s...

Out of that. >> you have studied trump for years, written a book about it, interviewed donald trump, written a book that he hated, and the michael cohen relationship, you know michael cohen, you know all these players. is michael cohen the most dangerous player out there now on the other side of the battle lines with donald trump? >> i have never thought that. i think that michael cohen and this specific transaction to the extent this moskow real estate deal ends up imperilling the president, of...

Some of these things mueller is looking that. i think were still in the early stages of this investigation. i think allen weisselberg, weve talked about that before -- the family accountant for decades. >> and he has been testifying and cooperating with the federal prosecution. >> he has been. and thats not to diminish the significance of what happened with michael cohen. its just to say i think robert mueller knows way more than the rest of us do and were only seeing a small piece of i think wh...

New york move -- was that pretty smart move, pretty -- >> you talked about this as well, evan, in the past. the notion that he, in anticipation, has been farming out cases. one of them is this sdny and michael cohen case. >> were told there are others that have been sent -- one of the things mueller has done is farmed out parts of his investigation to other places. you can shut down mueller. you cant shut down the entire justice department. >> right. >> so that is part of the contingency. the ot...

But now he, im sure, anticipated this. >> is that southern district of new york move -- was that pretty smart move, pretty -- >> you talked about this as well, evan, in the past. the notion that he, in anticipation, has been farming out cases. one of them is this sdny and michael cohen case. >> were told there are others that have been sent -- one of the things mueller has done is farmed out parts of his investigation to other places. you can shut down mueller. you cant shut down the entire just...

Think there are 49 questions total. eight of them are specifically about donald trumps interactions with attorney general jeff sessions, his decision to recuse, conversations about whether he would unrefuse, conversations about whether to fire him. he submitted his resignation once before. can you explain how, if those things are under scrutiny for obstruction of justice, it seems logical that firing him abruptly yesterday might also be. >> can i explain? yeah. in a word, brazenness. it certainl...

But if i help figure out the time the security guards are gone or i help figure out how to get the money of the bank, im part of the conspiracy. and i think thats the question with stone and other people part of the campaign. >> congressman swalwell, "the new york times" and when they obtained a version of the things mueller wanted to ask the president, one of the questions to the president that robert mueller wants to ask is what did you know about communication between roger stone, his associa...