amongst other things, having a tax issue separate from donald trump where he was involved in that scheme to defraud. he s someone who is not they can t embrace. alvin bragg said he couldn t envision a world where he would bring a case based on the world of michael cohen. he s changed his tune because he s succumbed to political pressure. it s a sad day. i can t tell you how upset i feel based on the fact that in my 32 years as a lawyer and practiced as a prosecutor and defense lawyer, i have never seen anything close to this level of abuse, of process and abuse of prosecutorial discretion. makes me sick to my stomach. sean: let me quote the new york times. liberals like the new york times. february 13, 2018, talking this is a quote from michael cohen. i am mr. trump s long-time special counsel, i proudly
amongst other things, having a tax issue separate from donald trump where he was involved in that scheme to defraud. he s someone who is not they can t embrace. alvin bragg said he couldn t envision a world where he would bring a case based on the world of michael cohen. he s changed his tune because he s succumbed to political pressure. it s a sad day. i can t tell you how upset i feel based on the fact that in my 32 years as a lawyer and practiced as a prosecutor and defense lawyer, i have never seen anything close to this level of abuse, of process and abuse of prosecutorial discretion. makes me sick to my stomach. sean: let me quote the new york times. liberals like the new york times. february 13, 2018, talking this is a quote from michael cohen. i am mr. trump s long-time special counsel, i proudly
served the idea that america is free and just and that the law of the land rules us all especially those in the highest levels of our government. so i ask these questions to help determine whether our very own president committed felony crimes while serving in the oval office including efforts to conceal payments that were intended to mislead the public and influence the outcome of an election. i hope to god that is not the case. so mr. cohen, on january 22nd, 2018, just days after the wall street journal broke the story that mr. cohen paid their 130,000 to clifford to silence her during the 2016 presidential campaign, common cause to file a complaint with the to file a complaint with the department of justice and fec alleging the payment to miss clifford may have represented an illegal contribution to the trump campaign. i ask that their complaint be entered into the record. on february 13, 2018, mr. cohen, you sent a statement to the reporters that said, quote, i used my own pers
the record. on february 13, 2018, you sent a statement to reporters that said, quote, i used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to miss stephanie clifford and neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was party to the transaction with miss clifrt and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly. was this statement false? the statement is not false. i purposely left out mr. trump individually from that statement. okay. why did you say it that way? because that s what was discussed to do between myself, mr. trump, and allen weisselberg. so it was carefully worded? yes, ma am. great. mr. cohen, a reporter for the magazine vanity fair has reported that she interviewed you the very next day on february 14th, 2018, about the payment and reimbursement and she wrote, quote, last february 14th i interviewed cohen in his office about the statement he gave the f.e.c. in which he said trump didn t know about the stormy payment o
about phone calls that mike flynn made with the russian ambassador during the transition and what was your reaction of the news report of the content of those communications when those news reports came out in january and february of 2017. third question, what did you know about salley yates meeting. you will remember she was the acting attorney general for the first few weeks. she came to the white house to warn the white house that flynn had been lying about his secret communications with the russian government so the question to the president, what did you know of yates meeting of mr. flynn. how was the decision made to fire mr. flynn on february 13, 2018. after the resignation, what efforts were made to reach out to mr. flynn about seeking immunity or possible pardon. after the resignation i am not sure what that means.