instead of holding cohen close, let him slip further out and ultimately cohen did talk with authorities. but that was during the trump administration and the trump lead justice department, and that case was one and done, nothing came of it. this is a different situation. and many of these individuals who find themselves indicted alongside trump will have to make a very calculated decision about whether they want to spend years, potentially, in a georgia prison. i think for many of these people, and rudy giuliani knows a lot more about bad present conditions that many people do, that may become a compelling factor. and when you line that up with his inability to afford the kind of lawyers that all of us would probably want to have in this sort of a situation, he may be interested in pleading guilty. whether or not prosecuted believe he has anything to offer them at this point is an entirely different calculation.
and there are a wide range of people who are not household names who may decide that this is not something they are willing to bear and put their family through. but joyce, what about the household names? because we know as tonight, there is reporting rudy giuliani is in dire financial straits. his apartment is up for sale. there are mounting legal bills which are not going away anytime. soon is that the kind of leverage prosecutors need to suggest that someone in trump s inner circle you would think that is who prosecutors would want to go for in particular could be turned to be a cooperating witness? tell me how it works, joyce. right. so, the people that you want most as your cooperating witnesses are the people who bring you the most value in terms of what they can testify to. and that may or may not be rudy giuliani in this situation. but something that s interesting with these folks with these whose names we recognizes that many of them are lawyers. they appreciate what i
cooperating witness? tell me how it works, joyce. right. so, the people that you want most as your cooperating witnesses are the people who bring you the most value in terms of what they can testify to. and that may or may not be rudy giuliani in this situation. but something that s interesting with these folks whose names that we recognize is that many of them are lawyers. they appreciate what it might mean to spend two, three, five, 12 years in a georgia prison. they might be highly motivated to make sure that that is not the outcome that awaits them at the end of this trial. so, i think it s not unreasonable to assume that we will see some of these people file their legal motions, see if they can get pulled from the herd if they have a defense that is unique to them, or some other ability to escape this sort of a prosecution, and then if they realize they really are right in fani willis s sites, they may reach the point where they decide that it is going to go ahead and negotiate
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