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Comparatively no stresses. so i don't think what you see on twitter saying this or that is really about comey. i think it's just a sign of what he feels personally. in 2013, 2014, 2015, we don't have any window into his mental state. >> the cohen -- >> we're all concerned about 2018 and where we're headed politically. the president continues to throw out distractions. this book is a distraction from talking about republican accomplishments. like the tax bill. we can't talk about any other issue than what the president's tweeting, so it makes an already difficult political climate more difficul...

Client of an attorney, and if he has in fact been seeking legal advice from that attorney, and receiving it, those communications are privileged and he has every right in the world to show up and vindicate those interests. but in the course of bringing this into court, you know, mr. cohen has really opened pandora's box, he is -- there are a host of issues that he has now raised, including frankly the fact that in connection with the matter for which ms. daniels is showing up in court, that there was no contract. you know, the president was on air force one the other day and when asked by a re...

Litigation cohen filed to prevent the prosecutors from accessing the private material could backfire, how so? >> i definitely think this will backfire. first of all, they went into the court indicating that they wanted to protect private records. private records doesn't have any legal meaning, the only thing they can protect are privileged materials. the u.s. attorneys office indicates that in earlier searches of mr. cohen's materials they came up with exactly no records that qualified for attorney-client privilege. now according to mr. avanatti who was quoting the u.s. attorney's office, the ...

Or uncovered so far is really worrisome. and that's what's going to be under great discussion in court tomorrow. as you well know, the judge has indicated that she wants to hear from mr. cohen and his attorneys as to who his clients are, what the nature of the relationship is that he has with them and what kinds of records he might have. attorney-client privilege only exists in connection with communicating or seeking legal advice. it doesn't have to do with business advice. it doesn't have to do with pr advise, it doesn't have to do with all the things we know that michael cohen has been invo...

She also wants to ensure that she's heard and she's represented at the hearing. it has nothing to do with getting in his head at all. >> jack, how do you see this playing out for michael cohen? >> not well. i'm not prepared to say he's going to be indicted at a particular point in time. but the aggressive nature of the raid and the fact that the u.s. attorneys office and the southern district of new york has indicated that it's investigating serious crimes involving mr. cohen and that they were concerned that evidence might be destroyed and that was the need for urgency in executing the raid. ...