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Already for downward variance for substantial assistance and substantial assistance is a term of art under the sentencing guidelines, he already had a very low guideline range of 0 to 6 months and would have had that range under the statute that he pled to whether or not he cooperated with bob mueller. he was never going to go to prison for long. >> there are those saying it means no jail time recommended meaning he must have given them everything and charles pierce right his headline is michael flynn has been singing the full score of german opera. he says one of the few things mueller is doi...

Fired and then installing their preferred employee. this can't be allowed to happen. my last takeaway from this memo is, the memo doesn't say there are two investigations. it says several, one of which is a collusion investigation, one is a criminal investigation. one is totally blacked out, we have no idea what the investigation is. >> barbara mcquaid, the first thing,there are two investigations, b is the special council offices investigation. the defendant has provided substantial assistance in a criminal investigation. we don't know what that is. that's something distinct and separate from...

How much does he know? are those questions you would like the answer to in. >> absolutely. and we get subpoena power starting january 3rd, let me just say about acting attorney general matthew whitaker, i believe his appointment is not constitutional. he was not confirmed by the senate, if this is allowed to stand. you can imagine future presidents getting someone through the senate confirmation process they know will be confirmed, getting that person fired and then installing their preferred employee. this can't be allowed to happen. my last takeaway from this memo is, the memo doesn't say th...

The dumps. the two things mueller is focusing in and it is coming into play. >> it feels like things are getting close to wrapping up. >> it does. we will see. thank you, elie. a check of cnn business. global stocks mixed. all eyes on the g20. in asia, stocks higher as they await the meeting with president trump and xi jinping. you can see the nikkei and shanghai and hang seng higher. the dax and ftse is down. the cac falling as well. mixed global markets. stocks on wall street closed lower. snapping a three-day win streak. the retailer closed up 21% on a big earnings beat. u.s. crude oil ...

Out of that. >> you have studied trump for years, written a book about it, interviewed donald trump, written a book that he hated, and the michael cohen relationship, you know michael cohen, you know all these players. is michael cohen the most dangerous player out there now on the other side of the battle lines with donald trump? >> i have never thought that. i think that michael cohen and this specific transaction to the extent this moskow real estate deal ends up imperilling the president, of course he's dangerous to the president. he worked at the trump organization starting in 2006. he wa...