federal prosecutor in new york. aaron blake, senior political reporter for the washington post. betsy woodruff is an msnbc contributor, she s also a politics reporter for the daily beast. barrett, i ll start with you. judge jackson, do we suspect she s going to buy the apology from paul manafort? it s like i tell my kids, are you sorry or sorry because you got caught? she s going to be able to assess the sincerity of this apology. it s not just a matter of saying the magic words. she s naught onot only going to what he said in court but all the lying to the special counsel s office, blowing up his cooperation deal. i m not sure how much weight he ll put in his apology today. based on what you know about her as a judge, where would you suspect she would fall on the spectrum of a possible sentence here? yeah, one thing we haven t
didn t take it into account. manafort and his lawyers undoubtedly felt like it was the better part of valor to apologize and express remorse. whether it rings hollow to this judge is another question. let s not forget that paul manafort committed crimes after he pled guilty in this court and after he agreed to cooperate. the deal is off, he faces a maximum of ten years, even the guidelines call for up to 21 years. she s capped at a 10 year maximum. all right. we ll come back to you in a few moment moments. a few moments ago paul manafort had this to say to the judge. i stand here today to assure the court that i m a different person, a different person that stood before you in october of 2017. that apology coming from paul manafort just a few moments ago. barrett berger is a former
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reports that contrary to cohen s testimony, his then attorney raised the possibility of a pardon with attorneys for the president and his company. that s according to sources familiar with those discussions. the journal says the discussions occurred after the fbi s april 2018 raid on cohen s office, home and hotel room. the president s lawyers dismiss the idea of a pardon at the time. joining us now to discuss all of this, ari melber, barrett berger, a former federal prosecutor in new york. robert costa, and national political reporter for the washington post. great to have you with us, ari. there s an interesting twist to all this. it s changing the narrative a little bit in terms of what we saw unfold last week when michael cohen said he did not ask for a pardon. he would not even accept one. it seems now that the story is shifting at least, or the narrative is shifting. the journal s reporting that
and the russians. there are reports that donald trump told robert mueller that that never happened and he didn t get a heads up. that raises an interesting issue if true about who is telling the truth. thank you so much. i want to bring in matt miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department, jake sherman and barrett berger, assistant attorney for both the eastern district of new york and the southern direct of new york. what s tantalizingly hanging out there from cohen s testimony you d want to get at? i think the piece i m most interested in that is in their jurisdiction remember the intelligence committee is not probing the campaign finance violations. i think the piece i d want to dive into is this question about michael cohen s testimony to congress and whether the president either directed or implied or in some way gave him the impression he wanted him to lie. we know that s what michael cohen pled guilty to.