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A couple of conversations with people that the fbi was interested in, reported on those conversations. michael avenatti, for rudy giuliani to be out there leaning heavily on this idea that the fbi was somehow spying illegitimately on the trump campaign and then at the same time admitting we don't know what they did, all in the same conversation? >> lawrence, this is a consistent pattern of what we've seen from mr. giuliani. it wasn't too long ago that he talked about stormtroopers and made nazi references when describing the fine men and women of the fbi with that put their lives on the line e...

It's very interesting. we haven't heard anything about how michael cohen's legal fees are being paid. in light of this disclosure relating to the lobbying activities of mr. ryan, i find it very, very dear yuls at best -- i agree with you, i've never heard of this combination of lobbying on behalf of a foreign government that appears to have been engaged in a bribery scheme or at least an attempted bribery scheme concerning an incoming administration. i've never heard of such a thing. i want to go back to should go you touched on and emily touched on. let's be clear about something. there's a l...

The 20-year-ago mr. giuliani. i agree he was absolutely right. and you know what? i agreed with a lot of things that mr. giuliani said 20 years ago. i thought i knew mr. giuliani. the guy we're seeing lately, he's no mr. giuliani. we're going to widen our discussion with former federal prosecutor paul butler, and jonathan alter is also with us. paul butler, rudy giuliani was a lot calmer 20 years ago when he was being asked legal questions on tv. what has happened? >> well, lawrence, the whole world is now learning what african-american and latino residents of new york have been saying about...

Could you expand on that? >> well, lawrence, i don't know how many times i've said it over the last eight weeks. you can't make this stuff up. we now discovered that mr. steven ryan, the lead criminal defense lawyer for michael cohen in the southern district of new york, he also serves as a lobbyist at his law firm, mcdermott, will, and emory. and in 2017, he was individually retained to provide services to the government of qatar. and, of course, your viewers will probably recall that we blew the lid on the relationship of michael cohen and a number of qatari nationals last week. we showed th...

This constant attack on law enforcement really has no place in this dialogue. the guy needs to -- he needs to be replaced, lawrence. i mean, this is the best they can do? it's pathetic. >> let's listen to this morning's version of the stormtrooper reference. >> you called them stormtroopers. >> they are. they went into michael cohen's. >> how about manafort? >> no, no. they went into michael cohen es, that's why you called them stormtroopers. >> they invaded the attorney/client. >> stormtroopers? nazi foot soldiers? >> you don't go into a man's house that ten years -- >> they had a warrant. >>...