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Stunning that there is an agenda. >> those congressmen clearly concerned about cohen's role, excuse me, lanny davis' role in manifesting a case against trump. veteran lawyer and former u.s. attorney michael monaco, right there. he has become a celebrated criminal defense attorney after a stint as a federal prosecutor. while davis drew public fire. monaco is advising him on his testimony on what he can and cannot say if public. he had a fellow front row seat and backstage access to the hearings that riveted the nation. he is shepparding cohen through his remaining confidential testimony in the ...

It. but it should be an interesting week. >> what itself the old saying, those who tell don't know, those who don't, don't know. you have been more in the latter category, michael monaco. i appreciate your time tonight. >> my pleasure. we have breaking news from bob mueller. a new filing tonight, which experts say could lead to roger stone's imminent imprisonment. the mueller report could drop this week or week after that we have clues when he does conclude when we are back in just 30 seconds. s conclude when we are back in just 30 seconds. advice for what you need today and tomorrow. becaus...

Across? >> well, i think the most important thing is for michael to tell his story. to tell what happened. and to tell the american people the truth about the president of the united states. and i think that did come across. >> what do you think was the most damming legally? >> well, i assume the checks would be the most damming legally. the fact that the president of the united states wrote a check as president to michael cohen that was part of a scheme to violate campaign finance violations and to violate the rights of the american -- this was a scheme to, in part to defeat the election. it ...

Pecker, dylan howard and others, where they would contact me or mr. trump or someone and state that there's a story percolating out there that you may be interested in. then what you do is you contact that individual and purchase the rights to that story from them. >> and you practiced this for the president? >> i was involved in several of these catch-and-kill episodes. but these catch-and-kill scenarios existed between david pecker and mr. trump long before i started working for him in 2007. >> michael, can you suggest who else this committee should talk to for additional information on this...

That, on the bank fraud. according to the son-in-law district of new york you failed to disclose $20 million in liabilities as well as tens of thousands of dollars of monthly expenses. that's according to the son-in-lsouthern district of new york. mr. cohen, you being a lawyer, surely you knew you were breaking the law. why would you have done that? >> i'm not a cpa. i plead guilty. i'm going to president as a result of it. >> because you're a con? >> no, sir. because i plead guilty and i am going to be doing the time. i have caused tremendous, tremendous pain to my family. and i take no happi...