and then again when he was asked by congresswoman zoe lofgren about it, she says she was asking him i m looking back at the trip generally speaking this issue of whether he was asked to do anything about the russia investigation, and he says i can assure this committee before being appointed before appointing me to this position, the president did not ask for nor did i provide any commitments, promises concerning the special counsel s investigation or any other investigation. of course, that was before appointing him. the times story says that he was asked about this while he was attorney general. so it maybe by different things. they re offering this statement in rebuttal, but there are two time frames involved here. let s bring in danny
say what? that s nuts. joining us now, danny cevalos. mccabe is talking about the game of eight. where these people. i have devin nunes on there. he was briefed on this. are we to believe he didn t tell the president? i m going to ask danny that. he reportedly briefed the president on things he learned in congress. you along at that gang of eight there. those are the top of the top leaders in congress, including
claiming immunity under a 1976 law that limits the ability of foreign nations to be sued in u.s. courts. last week, a federal appeals court rejected that claim. but on sunday, chief justice john roberts order add week long pause in the fight while the high court decides whether to take any further action. so basically, a big unknown. as to a lot of what s going on here. joining us to talk more, danny cevalos and welcome to you. danny, why all the secrecy? it s the same assy grand jury matter. there must be secrecy. what s different in this case is the magnitude of the secrecy. you may close a federal courtroom if there s a grand jury proceeding or a matter before it. however, it is exceedingly rare to close down an entire floor and even perhaps more rare for an entire supreme court
system. and it s sad because the country has never been more divisive. it is a little tough for me to hear michael cohen say that. michael cohen, to say he added to the divisive, is a massive understatement but to the point of tom barrick, he s been an investor and businessman for decades and represented qatar, has represented the sovereign wealth fund and biggest money there. it s more than paul manafort. it s big. let s bring in danny cevalos. it s not that there s no potential crime here. there are things forms of money and donors not supposed to be giving to the inaugural committee. what is your sense of what s wrong here? violations of election laws can be a crime sometimes. what i mean is that if they re not intentional, willful and deliberate, might be just civil violations and the federal election commission has the
bob mirl, akural, atin to a sub fueled by facts and just facts and watch and wait and then michael will tell the truth once mr. mueller is finished with his work. lanny, tell me one thing. danny cevalos was discussing that cooperation is a term of art in new york. why is michael cohen not a coop rating witness with the southern district of new york? well, again, it depends on i hate to use this expression often. a cheap shot used against me about my past that depends on your definition of cooperation. why don t we ask the head of the southern district to pick up the telephone and have a debate with bob mueller who praised michael cohen, even though michael cohen was according to mr. mueller guilty of a serious crime and pre-publicized the false statement to congress so the president of the united states and the white house would know that he s conforming to their lies, yet he gave mr. cohen