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So democrats say the president has ripped a page right out of the mob's playbook using intimidation and unsubstantiated allegations to scare cohen. mueller cites the ongoing threats as a reason for his decision. he's referring to statements made by both the president and his attorney giuliani in which they ksuggest cohen's father-in-law is a criminal who should be under investigation. >> he should give information maybe on his father-in-law because that's the one that people want to look at because where does that money, that's the money in the family, and i guess he didn't want to talk about ...

Of us talking about problems for the president. they have seen the news coverage as overstated and tended to tune it out and become desensitized to it, so they were caught off guard. but trump's legal advisers and those closest to him knew that a cohen plea was a possibility for quite some time. and it was clear early yesterday afternoon. >> maggie, you seem to say the stakes have changed today are. you saying that the republicans have their finger in the air and testing the winds of how the voters feel, or are you already hearing some republican leaders say they are processing this? >> i'm ce...

Information had gotten out before the election, the karen mcdougal information would have gotten out before the election, it wouldn't have helped his case. some people may try to spin that the campaign finance violation is nothing resembling the standards of impeach. but we also know impeachment is a political process. we do know this is a serious process and cohen laid out the payments that these were made specifically to influence the outcome of the election or avoid a president. that's a problem for the president. maybe a political problem as well as another problem. whether it raises impea...

The case against a former president, donald trump, on this campaign finance violation? >> well, they would make the case the way they always make the case. it's going to be a paper trail case. and in this case, as you suggested, john, they're going to have lots and lots of paper because they raided his office and they have been able to access any bank documents as we know, they don't have any search or privilege over that. so they have plenty of evidence to bring against him. the other thing to keep in mind is when you look at the actual plea agreement, cohen is protected by further prosecutio...

Saying, i barely knew him, i only knew him for a brief period. it was very hard to stand in court yesterday knowing how aggressive the president can be and people that come at him and yet here we are. >> despite that, despite the fact that michael cohen has flipped, is there talk of a pardon for michael cohen to make this go away or paul manafort? >> i really don't see how. this came up several months ago according to our reporter, the lawyer for michael cohen and the lawyer for the president, and it didn't really go anywhere. it is very hard to see that now after what we saw yesterday. but yo...