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Stave the other one off? >> i think there is a reason for that. because there is a relationship between the manafort charges and russian interference with the election. cohen is someone that, i'm sure, the justice department would like to see flip just as much as manafort. the judge accused the prosecutors of only charging manafort because they want him to flip. but the fact that they said we followed the money, it seems to me that the conduct that's charged both in virginia and d.c. against paul manafort all arises from that work he did for the government of ukraine with associates of russian...

Case, why didn't you do that with manafort? there's nothing in your filings that says it's about elections, why do this one as a special counsel prosecutioning and stave off the other one? >> i think there is a reason for that. because there is a relationship between the manafort charges and russian interference with the election. cohen is someone that, i'm sure, the justice department would like to see flip just as much as manafort. the judge accused the prosecutors of only charging manafort because they want him to flip. but the fact that they said we followed the money, it seems to me that ...

There's nothing in your filings that says this is about the election, why do this one with the special counsel's office prosecutors and hive that one off, what do you make of that? >> i think there is a reason for that. because there is a relationship between the manafort charges and russian interference with the election. cohen is someone that, i'm sure, the justice department would like to see flip just as much as manafort. the judge accused the prosecutors of only charging manafort because they want him to flip. but the fact that they said we followed the money, it seems to me that the cond...

Things. first of all the podesta group over the course of almost the last calendar year has been amending their filings in washington, d.c. their lobbying records with the federal government. something called the foreign agent registration act set up in the 1930s, basically, to counteract nazi propaganda efforts in the united states f you work for a foreign political party or foreign government you are required to disclose that and register it. the podesta group did not on numerous occasions, not just related to ukraine. they've been amending those filings over the last year. a little bit too ...

Government. the podesta group never bothered to do. that then years later, after the group on whose behalf they were working disbanded, doesn't even exist any more, they register retroactively? how is that legal? can i do that with my taxes? >> it would be great if we could. here's the issue. the foreign governments will try in the case of the ukraine for example, funnel it through a third par. the european ukrainian foundation that the ukrainian government funded. then they paid. that doesn't change the fact that the government paid for it. they are trying now to, in a sense, cover up the fac...