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So laura, do you want to respond to that? because i have another question for you. >> i can say certainly, this is very inartful, the way it's going down. but remember, he's not going to gamble on that crap shoot of whether the president of the united states' ear will bend to his request for a pardon. we see the president doesn't follow even the formal pardoning process of things. albeit there's a kim kardashian west in the oval office who's been able to articulate a reason to pardon someone justifiably. but normally speaking, he has not followed the protocol. i doubt cohen or his legal counse...

Frankly. it doesn't seem to be working. we saw guiliani last hour trashing cohen. but what i think, the only way to make sense of this strategy, to the extent it's a strategy, is that it's meant to tell the president's team, look, if you don't pardon me, and he can pardon cohen before he's charged, he can pardon him at any time. if it you don't pardon me, i've got the goods on you and i'm going to make your life very difficult, so i'm trying to get your attention here and let you know i'm very serious. that's the only way i can make sense of the strategy that doesn't seem to make sense otherwi...

Case of obstruction of justice, and manafort needed to go in. >> caroline, what do you make of that? you could make the argument, i imagine, from somebody trying to defend rudy giuliani here that, hey, yes, the president has the power to pardon. that's very clear. he can pardon anybody at any time for any reason. so if his lawyer goes out there and simply says, by the way, the president has this sort of unbridled power here, could a case emerge from that? >> we don't need to be reminded that he has the sort of unfettered power. that is true that it says so in the constitution and there are no ...

He absolutely knows that's not true and this was a serious case of obstruction of justice and manafort needed to go in. >> carolyn what, do you make of that? you could make the argument i page from somebody tryinto defend rudy giuliani here, yes, the president has the power to forwarden, anybody at any time for any reason. if his lawyer says by the way, the president has this sort of unbridled power here, cog a case emerge from that. >> we don't need to be reminded he has the sort of unfettered power. that is true it says so in the constitution and there are no limits except you can't pardon. ...

Ayesha. >> i wanted to ask about the pardoning process. it seems like we have had these three pardons. they all were somewhat high-profile or gotten media attention. how is the president deciding when to take action on a case, i mean with arpaio, he hadn't even been sentenced yet. the libby case was very old. how are you deciding when to take action on these cases? and can a normal person who feels like they have been unjustly convicted, can they get their case to the white house? i mean there is a justice department process, but it seems like the president is taking special interest in certai...