howie: the fbi raid on michael cohen s home and hotel room was a dramatic move. president trump: they raid the office of a personal attorney early in the morning, and i think it s a disgrace. howie: the fbi going after michael cone in this dramatic fashion. an overaggressive move because he was cooperating. gillian: now there is a personal narrative of corruption on the part of president trump. but for the media there is some political juice to be gleaned from this. it s the left answer to the deep state conspiracy theory. you think the government is
comey is or will imminently be officially be called to be some kind of a witness in the mueller probe. if i was his lawyer i would be explaining to him that anything you say on prime time or in a book that comes out can and will be used against you during the course of this investigation. and there is a slippery slope. the timing of the book. to have written the book in the middle of an investigation, sort of crazy in terms of the risk he s incurring. howie: the mainstream media giving comey a pretty favorable ride for this book because they agree with his indictment of president trump? ben: it is interesting watching the careening of opinions about james comey. he was enemy number one from the
andrew mccabe who has been accused of lying three times under oath is also saying jim comey has been untruthful. now you have two liars lying about each other. my bigger concern is this. it reminds me of the fake book written by michael wolff. comey is going to make a fortune on it. just for the record, mccabe is not a felon. he was fired. corey: but he should be. i call him felon mccabe. howie: the justice department he lied three times under oath. howie: that s your assertion: it s not hide assertion it s not my assertion. inspector general said he believes mccabe three times under oath.
adrienne: he s making veiled threats constantly. howie: he spoke by the after the cohen raid. he said people told me i should fire mueller. adrienne: going back to guy point, i think it s fair the way the media is covering this. the media covers the tweets. howie: the scooter libby pardon. president trump pardoning a former cheney aide. he s convicted of lying. characteristics a operative valerie plame, her name being made public. speculation to be sure. guy: totally speculative.
corey: he knew about this more over a week, and the response was not one that was done unilaterally. it was done with consultation and in conjunction with other nations around the world. it was done with the united states and france. this was not a reaction to anything other than the atrocity that s taken place in syria. it was well thought out. it was executed precisely and done in consultation with our allies around the world. howie: the fbi conducted that raid against the office and the hotel room. the new york times says prosecutors have asked for all communications between michael cohen and hope hicks and corey lewandowski. did you have a lot of dealings with michael cohen? of course i had a number of dealing with michael cohen. he was the senior vice president