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Something that could help him is of course the special counsel's argument that he has been very helpful in the investigations in the various federal probes. he has offered substantial assistance and we saw that play out yesterday, right? >> we did. i think the substantial assistance is what's going to save michael flynn here. the judge said he is going to take that into consideration and he has to. that's the 5 k letter we talked about that was filed by the special counsel and really that's the thing that is going to save him. yes, he is facing up to six months in jail. it could be that the ju...

Have seen that with corsi. we have seen that with paparazzi. papadopoulos; what is it that they want cohen to say. and then i think fulfills the narrative of the white house that cohen is not exactly a discerning individual himself. >> bret: in fact the president has said he is a bold liar. he has tweeted that this guy lies all the time. >> and jukebox. anyone who puts a quarter in he will play the tune. so here you have got this guy who has a bad reputation for saying anything that will help him. but not saying enough to please the special counsel. now, what is really clear here on the cohen ...

They say will you meet us? we will give you dirt on hillary clinton. it just basically fizzles out in 15 minutes. michael cohen says we have synergy that we're offering politically and he doesn't even follow up on it. each of these suspicious moments they don't amount to anything. >> bret: in the mountain of paperwork what's the most troubling thing in these documents if you are the trump administration? >> for monday manafort, i would definitely be looking at that last part of the filing where they talk about direct contact or approved made by manafort to the white house. that could be a seri...

Most importantly, what michael flynn's cooperation has been like. normally in these situations, the government when they have a cooperating witness or defendant in this case, what they do is file what's called a 5 k letter. that's asking the judge to be lean i don't want in terms of the driver's licensing for michael flynn. that was the incentive for his cooperation in this case. in that letter we may learn details about where michael flynn was most helpful. how impactful was he on this conversation and what information did the special counsel learn because of his cooperation? we may not learn...

Different than the way it works in many other districts. in most federal districts, defendants complete their cooperation with the government. the government files what's called a 5 k motion, a motion asking the judge to reduce their sentence to reflect the value of their cooperation and then they're sentenced. in the eastern district of virginia they do it a little bit differently. they sentence while cooperation is ongoing, and then the government has a period of time after that for the defendant to complete his or her cooperation. they can file a motion asking the court to reduce sentence. ...