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Cevallos. and nelson, as we head into 2 9 2019, what are you looking to happen in the mueller probe? >> well, we had a break this fall leading up to the the mid-terms when for two months or so, not much happened. the minute that the mid-terms were over, we saw mueller's investigation not only seemingly speeding up, but to practiced eyes tying up loose ends. a number of the long-time cooperating witnesses like michael flynn, papadopoulos, michael cohen, of course, and their sentencings were scheduled. and typically the prosecutors like to wait until the end of the investigations to sentence the...

Arkansas. he investigated the suicide of vince foster. he investigated fbi file use at the white house. he investigated the travel office firings. those things had nothing to do except they all lightly touched on bill clinton. what we're seeing mueller doing is much more tightly linked to the activities of donald trump, both during the campaign, his family, his business, his foundation. and then of course claims of obstruction of justice that have sprung up since president trump became president including the firing of jim comey. >> really quickly, what's the first headline we're likely to see...

Denials are weak and dangerous. he's offered up three defenses. his first was to repeatedly deny. he flatly denied knowledge of the payments to stormy daniels. now he says he knew. now trump has turned to other excuses. they turn to another case of john edwards to say it was wasn't a crime. even if it was it wasn't a biggie. there are plenty of crimes so what, who cares? the former is a very week legal argument and the scary. let's me bring in my panel. donna edwards. brian bennet. harry litman. former u.s. attorney, deputy assistant attorney general and nelson cunningham. also an alumni of th...

>> nelson, i have to ask you, i guess this takes into account your opinion as a tv viewer and lawyer. how did you think cohen came off in this tv interview? >> you listen to him and he sounds credible. he looked right at the questioner. he was direct. i thought he sounded clear. he made sense to me. and then i thought to myself, you know, this is a guy who, at the same time, pleaded guilty to sheltering $4 million of income through a complex scheme of hiding taxi medallions and false statements to a variety of institutions. this is a guy who, at the same time, pleaded guilty to filing multiple...

End. >> nelson, we have decided you're bearing an appearance closest to mueller of anyone on this program, so please channel him. you're bob mueller. you look up at "good morning america" and you see this guy sitting with george stephanopoulos. how do you take the fact that he might have fallen short of cooperating with team usa and he's out telling his story, perhaps going further than he did behind closed doors? we don't know. >> you're never happy when you're witness is out there making statements in the public. you're never happy when they're going it in a setting where you're not in contr...