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This is cnn blakicnn break im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Were following Breaking News on the president s former fixer and lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the russia investigation. Two Court Filings just released, one by the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, the other by prosecutors in new york, and theres new information about cohens cooperation. What it could mean for President Trump and for Michael Cohen as the feds in new york argue he should get substantial prison time. Right now, Robert Mueller also is set t...

Liz. >> i would just say a warning to republicans, when you rush down an alley to think you're going to have a gotcha moment you could very well end up looking like spinal tap trying to find the stage. yeah, we're not here. oh, where are we going. it feels like angry villager meeting spinal tap. why your mad? pick your battles. >> as we turn it up -- phillip, your sense of timing in all of this. anything about friday indicate where we are in the course of the investigation to you? >> folks identify spoken with indicated they thought we were probably closer prior to those documents coming out. ...

Under oath about what went on when he fired comey and it looks like he never will. >> yeah, and he likely never will and i think that could have been predicted a long time ago. so what do you do from there? you take the facts you do have and the witnesses you do have and move forward. euf >> there's one more aspect to it, and even after the first few months, there are more instances which raised new questions such as after it came to light the trump tower meeting, and the president dictated the memo which was misleading about what went on at that meeting, and there's more fodder there. maybe t...

Book or his other testimonies. this seems to be a last gasp of some folks on their way out power wise. >> what do you think this is about, senator? people think this is a setup, the russia investigation, peter strzok, lisa page. >> there is plenty of evidence to show that a lot of things -- look at the flynn memo, for example. i mean, you have a lot of things that the prior administration sort of set things up in a way that was to go and investigate the trump campaign for things that were specious and weren't proper to be investigated in the first place. and so i think they want to if they can...

Threatthreat threads. the fact of what we are seeing today is indicating we are coming towards an even ed game. usually the cooperation of witnesses don't have their sentencing until after all the information they provided to the government has been processed and used for any further criminal cases. you know, we will be looking very closely tonight to see how the language is worded, do they use words like substantial assistance to an ongoing investigation for michael cohen? that will be especially revealing. they did in the flynn case but not in -- and this is very important -- in the flynn me...