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Documents. in this case they'll have a law enforcement privilege. they'll say it's protected, we're protecting a criminal investigation. we shouldn't be required to turn these documents over. there's another one some people make claim, there is an active production privilege. even if you have documents, you have a 5th amendment privilege not to testify and in limited circumstances you can say my documents -- my tax returns, that should be privileged. one of the things that is clear here, this is full employment for lawyers week. there will be a lot of people reaching out to get counsel right n...

Cooperate with the government, giving up his 5th amendment privilege, if he has one, that means cooperating truthfully and there's ways to ensure that a cooperating does that. >> having had experience, i want to get your take on this other tweet today about comey and the special council looking into the russia election meddling. saying it stemmed from a classified leak, to the comey memos. does the president have a point and what does it mean for the future of mueller investigation? >> i don't think so. i think the material that is in the memos seems to be not protected by any classified desig...

Fiercely loyal to president trump. at what point does legal jeopardy outweigh loyalty. cnn analyst, former water special prosecutor. richard good to see you. the president doesn't think he will flip to save himself. what factors might determine that? >> it is odd to hear the president of the united states sounding like tony soprano talking about his lawyer flipping. whether it asked to give testimony, whether mr. cohen will assert a 5th amendment privilege. which is his right to do or give testimony truthfully. not a question if he will make up anything to harm president trump. that's just one...

Really an admission of guilt, and what he is getting into here is an obstruction of justice. you could do something that under normal circumstances would be totally legal and proper, but if you do it with a corrupt intent, an intent to protect yourself and your family, you could be guilty of obstruction of justice. to give you an example, i frequently advise people their best interest is to assert their 5th amendment privilege and not speak to authorities, but if i do it to keep them from talking about me because i committed a crime, that would be an obstruction of justice. here if donald trum...

Correct? >> sure. there are e-mails they were initiated she wanted a one-week delay. she is had nine months. what you don't see are the telephone conversations between staff and her attorney. we fully expected her to testify. that was not a show hearing. >> she comes in and she takes the 5th amendment. her lawyer interestingly enough wasn't there an agreement she would testify, he says there's no pos i wanted that ms. learner would be given a fair opportunity to speak or tell the truth. that is their excuse for her taking the 5th. does that make sense to you? >> no, that is laughable. she talk...