respectfully but lower level employee who really doesn t want to take the burden for his or her boss and is much more likely to volunteer information. so in that sense similarly sean hannity if he had a few conversations with michael cohen is not going to like the possibility of being hailed before congress as a witness, and he s going to tell the truth because he has no direct loyalty to the president. seems everyone within the orbit of the president is getting drawn in these days. our thanks to msnbc legal analyst danny. thanks. president trump s re-election bid why it may have more to do with keeping prosecutors at bay. next.
at the trump organization after cohen claimed they could be aware of potential crimes. cohen is expected to testify again before the intel committee on wednesday something his attorney said was not planned. here he is after cohen s testimony. in a way michael was more effective today than he even was yesterday. today new information was developed that really could be game changing. the development of this new information is the reason that he s coming back next wednesday. i think that the trump white house and mr. trump himself doesn t seem to have read the definition of obstruction of justice, or of perjury and that s about the best i can tell you. but it s pretty explosive. joining me now msnbc legal analyst danny cevalos.
timeline is by the department of justice. they will be finished when they tell us. that is sparking more conversations. danny, thank you. a hearing on capitol hill about the republican tax cut and how it is affecting the middle class. that s next. and in honor of the black history month, msnbc reveals she thrives. ten women leaders who are bettering their communities. we absolute washington, d.c. s vita woods. to keep children from online present predators. you can read more about veda by going to nbcnews.com/shetliefs. s minimums and fees seem to be the foundation of
new today. the special counsel s filing on paul manafort s sentencing has yet to be publicly released following the deadline at midnight. joining me now is danny cevalos. what do you think could be behind the delay? what is the information that could be in the memo? people need to understand that delay is a common technique used by the department of justice. they don t rush for anyone. they don t work under deadlines other than statutes of limitations. when the department makes a case, they want it to stay. they have a 97% conviction rate. it is not a surprise to me. this is something they are checking carefully. the court and government have concerns about revealing information which should remain redacted or sealed or potential
out and said, this is not true. have we heard the gang of eight saying anything, good, bad or otherwise? that wire issue will be hotly contested. so too is whether or not did they really discuss the 25th amendment seriously? and what were the depths of that discussion? that s all tied in with the would you wear a wire conversation? danny, thank you for this. this is good et into interesting territory. you know what crack me up and when one of us says, i have a question, and we do it all the time. yeah, that s why he came. coming up next, stephanie has news for you. bernie sander is back. i m pretty sure he didn t leave. i m glad you said that. people are going to scream