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Directed cohen to lie to congress. cohen said mr. trump did not tell me to lie to congress but also said this. >> in his way, he was telling me to lie. he speaks in a code, and i understand the code, because i've been around him for a decade. >> so was buzzfeed vindicated? >> i don't think buzzfeed was vi vindicated, no. i don't enjoy the pile-ons and didn't enjoy the one that took place around buzzfeed. i think there was a story there, but i think we already knew part of it, frankly, from cohen's own presentencing memo, which referenced cohen testifying in accordance in directives of the pres...

Now members of the house -- david cicilline, is tweeting out saying, hey, hannity is volunteering himself as a witness. i look forward to his testimony. is that actually going to happen? could that happen? joining me now, former federal prosecutor, jennifer rogers, cnn legal analyst and shelby holloway, senior video reporter. the idea of a member of the media being called in to testify concerns me. is that concerning to you? >> no, not at all. in fact, it has nothing to do with that. what sean hannity did and i think he really stepped in it here, is to say i personally have information that co...

Money off the president. the president has no problem with people writing books about him when they say positive things. number one. he's tweeted about a bunch of them. but number two, the whole premise of cohen's testimony was, i used to say all these really nice things about him when i worked for him, because i was subservient. and i was committing these acts of loyalty. >> yeah. >> and now i'm not going to do that any more. so this book proposal coming when it came is not a surprise. but my favorite part of the president's tweet, that's what lawmakers need to refer to. that text. not what m...

Maybe there just isn't an actual crime there that they can prosecute, but maybe the conduct is still have been bad in other senses. so the committees are maybe wanting to explore areas like that. >> with cohen testifying, he talked to the fbi and the southern district of new york and mueller's probe, the chances of him lying again are lower. they will have notes against which to compare. if he lies to congress this time, they will throw the box at him. what's the positive outcome? what does a guy like michael cohen get out of going congress for three days and testifying? >> that's a really goo...