the man they used to call america s dad found guilty today on three counts of aggravated and indecent assault. i want to talk about this, the cosby verdict with cnn legal analysts reeva martin and joey jackson. good evening to both of you. joey, you have been following this trial really closely. were you surprised? you know, i really was. i really thought that the defense did a lot to go after the credibility and attack andrea constand in significant ways. tom mesereau pointed out a dozen lies she had told regarding various issues, the interactions with cosby, when she met him, how she knew him, when she called him, when she didn t. so i thought, based upon that, that, you know, that there was a big chance that bill cosby would walk out of this. but i think at the end of the day, don, that the five other accusers, the five prior bad act witnesses really made a difference. the jury based certainly upon the facts of the case. but i think the five accusers
jeff zeleny, thank you. joining us on skype is senior analyst areeva martin. thank you for staying up late. a lot to discuss regarding the president s desire to fire the special counsel robert mueller. his counsel, mcgann said i will resign if you, in fact, go through with the order. legally speaking what has changed? well, legally, dave, we now know the president had a specific intent to get rid of the special counsel. that in and of itself is not evidence of obstruction. it is clearly part of the larger part ea pattern that is developing. we know he went on to fire james comey and did it because of the russia investigation. we know he was outraged with the recusal of jeff sessions from the investigation. he contemplated firing rod
the me too movement giving voice to the real problem of sexual harassment and abuse. how will the world of politics continue to address this issue in 2018 and how does it help all women in the country and throughout the world? joining us now is michelle turner, and cnn legal analyst, areeva martin. in 2018 it seems like there will be a call to action, people are banding together, and it s where do we go from here. there are groups on both sides of the political spectrum, there are high profile right-wing bloggers, and left-wing activist, and they are beginning
into the president s tweet on flynn. john dowd, an attorney with mr. trump s private legal team, tells cnn this. the tweet was a paraphrase of ty cobb s statement yesterday, i refer you to comey s testimony before congress about fbi view of flynn s answer, end quote. his statement on friday after flynn pleaded guilty did not mention lying to the fbi as a factor in flynn s firing. joining me to talk more about this is cnn legal analyst reeva martin. it is good to have you with us this hour. let s talk about the president s latest tweet. what do you make of it? well, george, the tweet is really interesting because the tweet suggests that donald trump knew that michael flynn had lied to the fbi. and it raises the question as to if he knew that at the time that he asked james comey to let flynn go.
recent plea deal by flynn. reeva, let s talk about what we do know at this point, the timeline of events, we do know now that michael flynn lied to the fbi in january, subsequently fired in february and a day after he was fired, the president tells james comey to drop the investigation. just given that timeline of events, areva, what does it tell you? very troubling timeline, very troubling for the white house. and we know that special counsel mueller is looking at this. an obstruction of justice has always been on the table. ever since donald trump went on national television, talking to nbc, where he basically said he fired james comey because of the russia investigation. now, we know trump s story about why he fired comey has changed multiple times. but it doesn t look good for the white house, for us now to see this tweet, where he s admitting