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How to hone in on details for an investigation, ultimately someone who knows how to unpack subpoena documents and try to figure out if there was nefarious or illegal activity. that is really something that prosecutors do. congressional staff sometimes does it, but when youre in investigative mode and youre posturing your stance to go after potentially wrongdoing on the committee, it really helps to have a prosecutor like dan on your team. i think people who received these 81 letters from the jud...

Be nuts. why would you come and testify again. heres the thing, though. as probably one of the most marginal characters on that list of 81 people, if theyre looking for me to come in, theyre looking for all 81 to come in. its going to be a long, long year. >> i was ending on a high word. you had contacts in russia. and as we said, is not accused of wrongdoing. thats in the heart of what a lot of people are probing. i want to give a special thanks to both of you. there arent enough conversations ...

There is apparently a big difference between what michael cohen can say in public testimony and closed door tomorrow and important answer, the most important answer that michael cohen gave in his public testimony last week was this. >> is there any other wrongdoing or illegal act that you are aware of regarding donald trump that we havent yet discussed today? >> yes, and again, those are part of the investigation thats currently being looked at by the southern district of new york. >> joining ou...

Someone who followed a trail of facts, someone who knows how to put witnesses under oath and question them, someone who knows how to hone in on details for an investigation, ultimately someone who knows how to unpack subpoena documents and try to figure out if there was nefarious or illegal activity. that is really something that prosecutors do. congressional staff sometimes does it, but when youre in investigative mode and youre posturing your stance to go after potentially wrongdoing on the co...

Evidence that is piling up against the president. maybe its too much. the latest, there are now eight checks in the public domain showing how the president reimbursed michael cohen while president, for those illegal hush money payments during the campaign. eight. and thats just a drop in the bucket when it comes to the alleged wrongdoing directly involving the president. what youre seeing right now on screen is a bullet point list of the alleged crimes and misdemeanors that democrats are likely ...

There is apparently a big difference between what michael cohen can say in public testimony and closed door tomorrow and important answer, the most important answer that michael cohen gave in his public testimony last week was this. >> is there any other wrongdoing or illegal act that you are aware of regarding donald trump that we havent yet discussed today? >> yes, and again, those are part of the investigation thats currently being looked at by the southern district of new york. >> joining ou...

Regulation. and you know, neal was instrumental in writing this regulation. as i read it, i mean, it leaves a lot up to barr. and, you know, i dont think he is obliged to release a lot of the mueller report. i hope he does. i think a lot of americans hope he does. but if you are inclined to read that regulation narrowly, it could be a very small disclosure to congress and thus to the american people. >> neal, do you agree, depending on how you read it, the attorney general could, within his righ...

Department tradition of disclosing information thats of public interest. william barr didnt talk about tradition, though. >> no, he talked about the regulation. and you know, neal was instrumental in writing this regulation. as i read it, i mean, it leaves a lot up to barr. and, you know, i dont think he is obliged to release a lot of the mueller report. i hope he does. i think a lot of americans hope he does. but if you are inclined to read that regulation narrowly, it could be a very small dis...

Theyve never come up with anything. now all of a sudden he gets elected and they want to look into every little contract, whether the "i" was dotted, the "t" was crossed. if not, weve got to have an investigation. >> well, they have settled a ton of things, but thats not admitting any wrongdoing. >> thats not unusual for a lot of businesses to do. >> more than the average. somewhat more than the average. >> you can go into any major corporation, they have a million lawsuits all the time. >> he h...

Pardon. >> lots of them on that panel had opportunity to follow up and they didnt. michael cohen will be back on the hill so they can press him for more information behind closed doors. i think were at a fine line here, because its not necessarily inappropriate that when michael cohens lawyers had a joint defense agreement with the president that they were discussing whether a pardon was ever going to be on the table. but where the line is, when the president himself has now been implicated on c...