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Doing that. >> avery, a long with cohen, you know, even tweeting, you know, about the value of the free press, is this, kind of an indicator that michael cohen may be willing to share as much as he can willingly in which to protect himself and his family? >> i think we all know that. the fact is that if donald trump didn't know, and it's interesting, if barbara jones, the special master, concluded that this wasn't privileged, it's kind of interesting, because if trump thought that the communications he had with his lawyers were privileged, that opens up a whole other ball game. but on the assu...

A restraining order request until later on in the month. join ming me right now, avery friedman, a civil rights attorney and law professor. good to see you. and criminal defense attorney richard herman joining us from las vegas, good to see you as well. >> hey, fred. >> avery, you first. in the past, michael cohen has said he would take a bullet for president trump. so why now contemplate, you know, flipping or at least even changing attorney teams? >> well, because he's standing there alone. whatever effort he's trying to get to get to is not happening. he's standing there twisting in the win...

On a criminal complaint, not a grand jury indictment. and the sufficiency of the complaint is what ben brafman is going to attack right now. i don't know why they rushed it and did it like this. they still have a sitting grand jury. avery is right, there will be more charges brought. this grand jury will indict more charges against harvey weinstein. that's a federal grand jury, there's an investigation in the uk against him, there's a california criminal investigation against him. >> that's right. >> this could be the tip of the iceberg. but the biggest issue here, one of the biggest issues fo...

Playbook," "the king's speech," and "shakespeare in love," some of which earned weinstein dozens of awards for his work behind the camera. but now he's the focus of investigations for alleged sex crimes not just in new york but also in los angeles and london. brynn gingras, cnn, new york. >> here to weigh in on the criminal charges, avery friedman, a civil right attorney, and criminal defense attorney richard herman. good to see you both, gentlemen. >> nice to see you, fredericka. >> thank you. so weinstein's attorney says his client is innocent. richard, will this be a difficult case for pros...

The case? >> he laid the summary argument to have this null and void, because trump could not have been a participant to an agreement that he didn't know. and it is in the real world ludicrous and absurd and everyone had to know, and they are saying it because of the campaign finance, because if he knew about it, and they made the $130,000 payment, they have a major problem. >> and the justice department is going to look into it. >> but it is his now, and we will see that the case is going to be dismissed if he makes that motion, and if he doesn't, he is a publicity seeker and not doing the ri...