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The president? good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. pressure mounting for president trump as to how lawyer his fixer michael cohen will be if threatened with serious jail time. new york times said the president's lawyers have become resigned to the strong possibility that michael cohen could end up cooperating with federal officials. this comes as the lawyer representing cohen said today for the first time that his client could be indicted in the next 90 days. all of this while multiple salvos are being fired in the legal wars being waged by and against president trump and...
Termination and defamation of character and the dnc is suing russia, wikileaks, julian assange and the trump campaign, top advisers who attended the trump tower meeting and more. alleging that they all conspired to interfere in the 2016 campaign. meanwhile president trump and the white house have been attacking comey and his memos that paint the president as rather self obsessed and at times without concern for boundaries that separate the white house from the justice department. cnn's jeff zel traveling with president trump in west palm beach and he attacked comey saying he leaked classified ...
Jim comey's request, he wants senato senators digest it, get their heads around it, it is believed this is a complex issue. he wants everyone to know what is on the table before taking the stand tomorrow, wolf. >> thanks very much. let's bring in jim sciutto. jim, you've been reporting extensively on the russia investigation. how significant are these late-breaking details? >> on one thing, comey corroborates the president's previous statementses. on the issue of whether comey told him he was not under investigation, it appears it is true. at least under counter intelligence investigation. oj ...
Weeks later, allegedly calling comey "a nut job" in the oval office with the russians. but tonight, some legal scholars say if the president tries to stop comey from testifying, it could be a tricky move. that invoking executive privilege at this stage could be a challenge. especially because president trump has already spoken publicly himself about his private meetings with comey. "comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press." and saying this about their private dinner. >> we had a very nice dinner and at that time he told me you are not und...