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You agree? >> oh, yeah, i think every reasonable defense attorney would give the same advice. we remember very carefully the martha stewart case where they got her for talking to the f.b.i. and then flynn. look, the flynn case is fascinating. i hope the judge understands when he has the case tomorrow that flynn did not commit a crime by lying because the lie has to be material to the investigation. and if the f.b.i. already new the answer to the question and only asked him the question in order to give him an opportunity to lie, his answer even if false, was not material to the investigation. ...

He so desperately wants to be done with this whole affair and wants to stand up for himself and he wants to push back on donald trump that he's giving up further cooperation to do this. >> but how can you see it that way? he also said to george step none lou -- stephanopoulos that he didn't want to say more because he didn't want to hurt the investigation into russia. >> you can still say more but not compromise the investigation. if he had gone out and said here's exactly why i think donald trump is lying about the russia probe, here are all the examples, that would seriously compromise the i...

Next john dean, the white house counsel who brought down richard nixon. and tomorrow morning he will speak with stephanopoulos. and now he is getting attacked by the president. >> you know michael. he has been on your show. >> we know. >> he's a good person. let me just tell you that, michael is in business. he's really a business man. a fairly big businesses, i understand. i can tell you, he's a good guy. >> this was someone who surreptitiously recorded. >> terrible. >> is now known as a criminal liar but someone in your inner circle. >> yeah. well it happens. look, it happens. i hire usually...

This song and dance where they're closer than close and they had the inside track and then all of a sudden when they're accused of things and things are going to go down, oh, you know, i barely did this. and -- i think people are on to this. this is nothing new. and i think that these political operatives -- i think george stephanopoulos had an interview and called them dirty tricks and what not. i mean, i don't think anyone really takes too seriously these -- stone and corsi as somebody that are going to be fantastically credible people in the world of politics. >> but certainly having roger ...

Tape. he can't do that. but let me be very serious with you about michael cohen. it took me a while to decide to represent him. it took me a while after he spoke to mr. stephanopoulos on the air to see that his positions are diametrically opposite from mr. trump. he was diametrically opposite in telling mr. stephanopoulos he believes in the fbi and respects it, opposite from trump. he thinks the trump tower meeting was dumb. opposite from trump. he agrees with the intelligence community's assessment that russia meddled in our election. opposite from donald trump. this man has come to a moment ...