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Whitaker to take himself out, recuse himself from overseeing that investigation, but they add an agency ethics official did suggest he step aside. late tonight, nbc news obtained a copy of a justice department letter sent to congress that explains all of this. washington post reporting whitaker disregarded that recommendation after his hand picked team of advisors suggested he stay and not recuse himself. now whitaker apparently has no plans to step aside. well, with us to talk about it, cynthia oxney is back with us, the former federal prosecutor and veteran of the justice department who also during her time worked with robert mueller. so, cynthia, does february sound about right? and where do you think we are in this? it doesn t sound right to me. i would like it to be right. i m dying to see the report, but it just doesn t, it doesn t sound right to me unless he s going to do some kind of partial report. think about what s outstanding. ....
It seems, anderson, at this hour, he s more upset with michael cohen for turning against him and cooperating with the feds more so than being upset with the actual content of what michael cohen is saying at this point. i mean, again, the president s calling him a liar now. this is the man that the president employed for years and years and years as his incredibly close confidant, attorney, fixer, handling what michael cohen calls dirty deeds. now all of a sudden, the president says he s a liar. what does it say about the president that he had michael cohen as his, you know, fixer all this time if, you know, he has been a liar all this time? i m wondering what cohen s advisers are saying about what s next. reporter: anderson, it doesn t sound like michael cohen is finished talking about this ordeal. this very long saga working for president trump. i talked to lanny davis who was his attorney during the case. one of his attorneys during the case that was just adjudicated in the south ....
Has been a liar all this time? i m wondering what cohen s advisers are saying about what s next. reporter: anderson, it doesn t sound like michael cohen is finished talking as ining ab ordeal. this very long saga working for president trump. i talked to lanny davis who was his attorney during the case. one of his attorneys during the case that was just adjudicated in the southern district of new york and now is serving as an adviser to mike bchael cohen. he s saying the former fixer as you describe it to the president, keep in mind, there aren t a whole hot of people on this planet who are closer to the president than michael cohen for several years now. that michael cohen may do something just, thought incredible a year ago, months ago, anderson, he may go testify publicly up on capitol hill when the democrats take control of the house. lanny davis is saying whichever committee decides it wants to hear from mike b l cchael cohen ....
Because it s not going to work out too well for you. take a look. right now it does not sound like it s good news for mueller. it doesn t sound like in cohen they have the found a witness that will give them the key to the kingdom. so far the only solid evidence that he has provided is the campaign contribution issue and it s a very, very weak case. sean: tonight we have two men facing years behind bars. the third george papadopoulos was released from prison today after serving 12 days for lying to federal prosecutor s, and earlier in the week michael flynn pled guilty to lying to investigators and will become a convicted felon but only after his reputation and finances were totally destroyed. the question is, for what? when you read these documents, we hear about taxi medal i don t know, faulty loan applications. tax evasion, lying about a ....
Campaign and russia to throw the election. thank you very much. alan dershowitz. harvard law professor who is following this closely. you have seen the memorandum and the filing on cohen. what jumps out at you specifically? there are two possibilities. one that cohen hasn t provided much. or two, by recommending a harsh sentence, they are putting more pressure on cohen maybe to come up with even more information because the government has the power to get the sentence reduced afterward if they can tell a court that there was cooperation. right now, it does not sound like it s good news for mueller. it doesn t sound like in cohen they found a witness that will give them the key to the kingom. so far the only solid evidence ....