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A former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. and andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and member of special counsel robert mueller's investigation also co-host of the indispensable msnbc podcast, prosecuting donald trump. danya and andrew, i found this to be a shocking revelation here. i don't know whether i should put my eyes back in my head here. the suggestion that a trump affiliated lawyer did not recuse himself or get off of this case for, a, a conflict of interest here. but that, be, the minute yuscil taveras no longer has trump lawyer, he flips. how do...

Danya and andrew, i found this to be a shocking revelation here. i don't know whether i should put my eyes back in my head here. the suggestion that a trump affiliated lawyer did not recuse himself or get off of this case for, a, a conflict of interest here. but that, b, the minute yuscil taveras no longer has trump lawyer, he flips. how do you read this, andrew? >> so, i think the reference to cassidy hutchinson is such a good one. i think it educate people on what is happenisng here in this case. as danya and i know, and our jaded, this happens in the special counsel mueller investigation. i...

I found this to be a shocking sort of revelation here and i don't know whether i'm -- i should put my eyes back in my head here, but the suggestion that a trump affiliated lawyer did not recuse himself or get off this case for, "a," conflict of interest here. but, "b," the minute yucil taveras no longer has his trump lawyer, he flips. how do you read this, andrew? >> i think the reference to cassidy hutchinson is such a good one because i think it eicates people here to what's happening in this case. this happens in the special counsel mueller investigation. it happened in enron. it happened i...

Could be so strong and a good lawyer for them, one that's not maga affiliated, might say to them, you know what, what side of this do you want to be on? and you really need to work something out. >> now, given that he is charged in georgia, he's got separate legal potential liability as you're explaining now on the federal side. he's got liability in the state of georgia. could pleading out in georgia in any way help him in a federal case? is he now in a position where he could actually hurt trump on the federal side and help himself in georgia? >> yeah, so there's no way to cooperate in one w...

To switch lawyers and come in and cooperate against walt. >> true, but it does help put him on notice, right? it puts us on notice that an indictment is coming because it puts it on truth social. >> exactly. that's the point. a target letter to somebody like donald trump serves no legitimate litigation purpose. it's more of a public relations purpose whereas a target letter to somebody like tavares, you see exactly how it works. the target letter gets sent. the individual makes a decision. they come in and provide information to avoid getting charged themselves. >> so we know that walt nauta w...