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This letter which is dated today is written from President Trumps attorney to judge wood who will be overseeing a very high stakes hearing tomorrow in new york about all those ver sensitive materials that were seized by the fbi in the raid of Michael Cohens office, of his hotel room and his home as well as the seizure of his phones and this is something that i dont think has ever been said before, at least not to to my knowledge on the news. The president of the United States is offering to make himself personally available for any review or screening of the evidence that the fbi seized of his...

Clip with donald trump. and in this case, what did donald trump say about anybody that takes the fifth? >> he said the mob takes the fifth. people guilty of crimes take the fifth. he said that at campaign rallies a number of times. michael cohen can plead the fifth and michael avenatti will talk through this at 8:00 this morning. but it doesn't change the evidence that was gathered in michael cohen's office and his hotel room and his home. >> they'll have to look more closely and try to tie it all together. >> the southern district has all that information. so whether or not he deliver it is a...

Why plead the fifth if you're innocent. i mean, i don't -- i don't get why michael cohen is now pleading the fifth. >> let me read that quote. myself as an attorney, i know people have all kinds of rights and i don't prejudge their invocation of those rights, but that's just me. you're referring to the president's standard and whether his lawyer is following the president's standard because he said, quote, the mob takes the fifth amendment. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment and he added, when you have your staff taking the fifth amendment, i think it's disgraceful. >> ...

Could get you in big trouble. you lie, you perjure yourself or what. >> take the fifth. >> take the fifth. >> which is what targets are advised to do. so people ask what if the president of the united states is subpoenaed. that's when he has this difficult political versus legal decision. politically he has to testify and legally anybody that's the target takes the fifth. prosecutors like me love the grand jury because the defense attorney is not there. sits outside of the room. big classroom, 23 people. as a prosecutor you run the show. >> and taking the fifth doesn't mean much to a person th...

Relevant one. if, in fact, he had involvement in aiding and abetting the hacking of the dnc by russia, that is a crime he could get immunity from. >> nobody has mentioned that. >> that's the core of this investigation. he hasn't been accused of that, but the idea of collusion between russia and the political -- >> the green light or go ahead or this is a good time. >> right. again, we need to emphasize. just because you take the fifth doesn't mean you are guilty. >> can they compel him to testify? >> that's immunity. >> no, meaning without immunity ? >> no. that's the whole point of the fifth ...