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Well see. Thank to you phillip, zerlina, john. Thank you for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. I dont want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet. A New York Times bombshell. Can you say unequivocally no one here has discussed pardons in this case . The president s lawyer reportedly floated pardons for flynn and plfrt before they were charged. Ive always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man. Tonight it the reporter who broke the story and what this means for the Obstruction Case against the president. Then, did the Special Counsel just file...

Your understanding that the pardon discussion was designed to make michael cohen feel more comfortable about lying to congress? that it was designed to get him to continue to lie either to congress or to other investigators? that it was designed to preclude his potential plea deal and cooperation deal with prosecutors? what's your understanding about the importance of these pardon discussions as spelled out by cohen and as you understand from the rest of your investigation? >> well, one of the reasons we wanted the full transcripts out there is so that the public could see them, interpret them...

Investigators? that it was designed to preclude his potential plea deal and cooperation deal with prosecutors? what's your understanding about the importance of these pardon discussions as spelled out by cohen and as you understand from the rest of your investigation? >> well, one of the reasons we wanted the full transcripts out there is so that the public could see them, interpret them for themselves. but i think what comes off the page is that the lawyers around the president and cohen says that they were in touch with their client, the president, as they were having these conversations abo...

Right. that's a difficult position for the judge to be in and i don't know that it is good for anybody for roger stone gets to wave that first amendment flag. >> a lot of questions have been raised about michael cohen's credibility on a number of charges he made on congressional testimony and elsewhere. in one of them -- except where he has brought kwauberatirau co michael cohen provided e-mails about pardon discussions. this is an e-mail from an attorney who said he was speaking with rudy giuliani and it reads sleep well tonight. you have friends in high places. i spoke with rudy very positiv...

The president obstructed justice and is continuing to do so. for instance, when did he talk to cohen? was it on the phone? did they talk in person? in a third location? in secret? when did it happen? after the raids? what was said? who actually raised the subject of pardons? according to "the new york times" federal prosecutors in new york have followed up with cohen to ask for additional details about the pardon discussions and asked about his contacts with the president on capitol hill last week cohen testified that that particular topic, his contacts with the president was off limits. >> wh...