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Called you and said, hey, eli, i saw you on tv and i want some legal advice going into the next year, what would it be? >> a couple things. first thing i'd sap put down the phone, stop tweeting. >> you wouldn't be the first to ask him that. >> i think he's a tricky client. i don't think he'd listen to me. he's only digging himself in deeper, especially on the obstruction case. and i think this question would be well advised to take a page out of bill clinton's book in the late 90s. when bill clinton was being investigated by ken starr, clinton created a separation. he said i'm going to go on b...

Strength in effect, lead with the strongest charges or do you see this as a first step? >> that is the big question here. is this the first step or is this all there is? a lot of that will depend on whether they could shake loose allen weisselberg as a cooperating witness. because he could hold the keys to the kingdom here. if he cooperates, if there is enough pressure on him because of this indictment, then his mind may change. i know he's made clear he's not going to be cooperating thus far. if he doesn't though, jim, if this is all they have, it is not much. as a result of two years of this...

Assessment. >> it depends hon how you look at it. the trup organization is being indicted today is enormously devastating, not only to that organization but it has to be to the president because think about it like this, guys, no bank, no lender is going to want to do business with the trump organization any more. those loans, they're going to come calling much less before this goes to trial but just with the indictment itself. and so the trump organization itself may actually had a v to go into bankruptcy because of this. and so even if it is not jail time for the president, which of course t...