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Not supposed to lie to the fbi. many people, i in the department of justice had occasions to interview by the fbi. you don't start it out with starchy miranda warnings. flynn was probably already committed to a false story and felt he couldn't go back. but the notion that he was entrapped in some way really doesn't fly at all. >> nelson, when you were here in new york and running around and arresting people, your former boss was one rudy giuliani. i'm going read you what he wrote today on twitter. >> the fbi 302s show comey and strzok were not searching for the truth but setting a purjry trap....

Brian bennett, nelson cunningham. so congresswoman, i promised to start with you. first of all, do you think cohen is capable of migrating in the public mind to become a credible and sympathetic character? we certainly have seen a migration of the president's answers on this top kick from i didn't know about the payments to i learned about it later to where we are now. >> if anybody has lied, frankly, all along, it's really been the president. so much so that he's had to abandon one defense after the next defense. i think with respect to michael cohen, we don't have to like him, we don't have ...

Until two weeks before the election that he pays the hush money into the accounts of both giuliani and cohen and common sense, there's a direct link between the payments and trying to keep the truth from coming out in order to affect the election. so they will try to invoke the edwards case to show it's not a crime but it's only -- the factual differences are pronounced, and they cut very strongly against the president's efforts here. >> nelson, i have to ask you, i guess this takes into account your opinion as a tv viewer and as a lawyer. how did you think cohen came off in this interview? >>...

He said a pretty strong advantage given the president's continual changes of versions and implausibility on his own end. >> nelson, we decided you're bearing the appearance of robert mueller closest. you're bob mueller. you look up at "good morning america." you see this guy sitting with george stephanopoulos. how do you take the fact that he might have fallen short cooperating with team usa and he's out telling his story publicly, perhaps going further than he did behind closed doors, we don't know. >> you're never happy when your witness is out there making statements in the public. you're n...

He was already committed probably to a false story and he felt he couldn't go back. but the notion that he was entrapped in some way doesn't fly at all. >> hey, nelson, when you were here in new york running around and arresting people, your former boss was one rudy giuliani. i'm going to read you what he wrote today on twitter. the fbi 302s, basically transcripts of interviews with general flynn show comey and strzok were not searching for the truth but setting a perjury trap for flynn. it included misleading him about not getting a lawyer, not refreshing hisrection and filing a false stateme...