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It will be a blockbuster hearing the first week of february but it may not get to things that other guests were talking about because there may be things cohen was told, we're not going to talk about that in an open setting. don't be surprised if this is not the own time we see michael cohen on the hill, perhaps coming back for a closed session with intel or judiciary or another finger in the pot here. >> did i see something from adam schiff that suggests it was an open session? is it open or closed? >> this particular session will be open session, government reform insight. adam schiff told o...

Credible account of the events as they transpired. cynthia, as a prosecutor, what questions would you want to have michael cohen answer before congress? >> i think about it, there are six major areas that i'm interested in. first of all, i would say the fact that he's testifying leads me to believe mueller has said it's okay, he can testify. to recognize mueller is the puppeteer at the top of this arrangement. there's, of course, what you have been talking about, the campaign finance deal, in addition to the violations, in addition to the violations themselves that's all of the conversations w...

First two years of the presidency and that is what they're doing here. >> and now they're doing it, ali. i think it's important to know they're doing it in contexts of their legislative goals as well. they couldn't just pull this out of the sky with michael cohen. the letters saying he would come testify link it's to hr-1, the first major package if we weren't in a government shutdown, we would be talking a lot more about right now, which is an election integrity law that members of congress want to pass that would do things like require candidates to disclose tax returns, which may sound fami...

Count. that's true. >> so, cynthia, again, i want to ask you the same question i asked jill about this, what do you think -- because you would assume all of these questions you've asked, somebody in the southern district of northern or mueller's investigation or both, asked and maybe has is information about. does congress achieve something by hearing it directly from michael cohen, and does michael cohen achieve something by talking to congress about this? >> yes, congress has a big goal here and that is to get the information. one of the things we're all worried about is the white house will...

Possibly, there are tape recording, and there's nothing more persuasive than hearing donald trump's voice in conversation with michael cohen. and those -- they maybe in the possession of mueller but have not been released because they are part of grand jury secrecy. congress doesn't have to keep things secret. once they are out in the public, it can change people's minds. i point to watergate when the support for richard nixon who won 49 out of 50 states, he won a landslide in the popular vote. had huge support in congress. once the tapes started being heard and the facts and even the witnesse...