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Firsthand accounts of things theyve actually witnessed. it can be a reporting of information from secondhand sources. the point is that it has to be brought forward so it can be thoroughly investigated. that is the point of the law. >> thats the thing we have to decipher. this is not a regular court. would it stand up though, danny, when it comes to the whistle-blower and bringing all the elements in that we have secondhand? >> lets start with the word "hearsay." hearsay is a rule of evidence th...

Entered the picture. i ang lthink a lot of people, including my democratic colleagues felt like at that point we had gotten into the foot hills of preposterous. >> it seems like democrats like chris coons are conceding he may have done more harm than good. >> i like the phrase the foot hills of the preposterous is going to end up being a memorable phrase. i do think hes correct that there was a widespread response certainly on the republican side, that these were not incredible allegations. >> a...

Considerable threat. now as it relates to my client, my client came to me because i am a very good lawyer. and i represent my clients, and i do a very good job as evidenced by the last 18 years of trial practice and the work that ive done for stormy daniels. ive done an exceptional job. everything that i have promised, i have delivered. i have not been found to make one false representation. ive made prediction after prediction that has come true. my client submitted a sworn declaration from the...

Because they see me as a considerable threat. and they should see me as a threat because i am a considerable threat. now as it relates to my client, my client came to me because i am a very good lawyer. and i represent my clients, and i do a very good job as evidenced by the last 18 years of trial practice and the work that ive done for stormy daniels. ive done an exceptional job. everything that i have promised, i have delivered. i have not been found to make one false representation. ive made ...

Throw a little miss direction and raise a question whether rick gates is going to testify. hes going to testify, they made that clear today. they are really quick to point out hes not the star witness. they dont need him to make this case. this is a documents case. we have already seen massive amounts of evidence of purchases of luxury goods by paul manafort paid for by bank accounts in cyprus that he never declared on his taxes. his story is going to be that was an accident, that that was incid...

Hes going to push back on mueller. hes going to push back on all this. you know, as he always does. he has actually another rally on thursday, so were going to be seeing him two to three times a week coming up these next few months so hell have a lot of opportunities to talk. >> elie, just to confirm proper lawyer behavior, rudy giuliani starts talking about this pre-meeting and as jonathan points out tonight, this "daily beast" story leads us to believe that maggie haberman of the "new york tim...

You know, as he always does. he has actually another rally on thursday, so were going to be seeing him two to three times a week coming up these next few months so hell have a lot of opportunities to talk. >> elie, just to confirm proper lawyer behavior, rudy giuliani starts talking about this pre-meeting and as jonathan points out tonight, this "daily beast" story leads us to believe that maggie haberman of the "new york times" was calling around about a pre-meeting. youre not supposed to intro...

Thursday. so we will be seeing him two to three times a week coming up these next few months so he will have a lot of opportunities to talk. >> just to confirm, proper lawyer behavior -- rudy giuliani starts talking about this pre-meeting. as jonathan points out tonight this daily beast story leads us to believe that maggie was calling around about a rumor of a pre-meeting. you are not supposed to introduce a negative story into your clients life unless its been your practice to go out and grab ...

Case and then you get to do it for fra for real if they indict you later. the problem with impeachment is the normal rules dont apply. i was lead counsel in the last impeachment, one of my opposing counsel was adam schiff and we had colossal fights over the departure from standard trial practice, due process rules. all of that tends to be discretionary for the senate. they choose their own rules and so what you have is a process that criminal defense attorneys really dont like but prosecutors ha...

Well watch fallout over the next couple hours. >> gene robbertson, there are few things that take a sharper mind than standing in a federal courtroom in litigation as rudy giuliani has done, but has not done for decades now and when the president chose him as a so-called member of his legal team, it looked to some of us he was choosing him more as a spokesperson because rudy giuliani is so far out of trial practice that hes just -- it just doesnt have that swing of the bat anymore. and he certai...