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Doesnt stop there. Cohens attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to Start Talking to the Special Counsel. Meanwhile, Paul Manafort who two years ago literally ran Donald Trumps campaign is now a felon. He is facing serious prison time and like Michael Cohen sits atop this list of Trump Associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. That is a lot of witches. Good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. Joe is off. Hes tweeting. Hell be filing for the Washington Post. Weve put together an allstar lineup ...

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Was dangling pardons to people. >> yep. >> as they were being implicated and in danger of indictment, and that is not something we typically see out in the light of day when politicians, friends and relations are being implicated in crime. >> that's a great point. and we also know from rick gates, one of his court filings, there was an offering of monetary compensation from a joint defense fund. we think a violation of the law. sort of a very gray area. but these patterns are not unfamiliar patterns to people who have studied corruption and crime in politics. >> no, i was really glad that you ...

Of corrupt regimes. what is different is that, first of all, we don't have a federal government investigating state-level corruption. >> yep. >> we instead have a president -- and the tools that we have to deal with a president who is as corrupt as these other regimes are really different and we're still finding our way with these tools. >> this is such an important point because, again, to go back to this context. again, this was a very formative experience for me, it was sort of my first year's reporting when george ryan went to prison in illinois, he was the governor, right? what ends up ha...

York state plays a special role because donald trump's foundation is here, his organization is here and if you look at what happened yesterday, you can see that the lines between the foundation and the organization and the campaign just from news reports are very blurred. barbara underwood brought this really critical, civil action in june. it's a block buster case about the donald trump foundation, but we already know enough to know that we need investigations into the organization as well. this is like you have to follow the money. that's corruption 101, follow the money. >> zephyr, the only...