they re cooperating with law enforcement? and so for cohen, a lot of that is collaboration corroboration. there has to be evidence that corroborates him every step of the way. it s hard to just take him on faith. it s i think very odd that he s stepped into these muddy waters. seems to have done it deliberately, talking about whether or not there were hards pardons and opened with credibility. and just have to be cautious and can t take him at face value. is it once a liar, always a liar situation, frank? it s not if you can independently krieb rate statements and put them in proper context and get other people to support the statement. but who s telling the truth about who approached who first about the pardon, in my book it doesn t matter about the first approach, what matter is what the receptivity was and followup on the trump side. if indeed cohen made the first approach about a pardon is what
deliberately, talking about whether or not there were hards and oth pardons and opened with credibility. and just have to be cautious and can t take him at face value. is it once a liar, always a liar situation, frank? it s not if you can independently krieb rate statements and put them in proper context and get other people to support the statement. but who s telling the truth about who approached who first about the pardon, in my book it doesn t matter about the first approach, what matter is what the receptivity was and followup on the trump side. if indeed cohen made the first approach about a pardon is what matters if the trump side through his lawyers entertained the idea and took steps to witness tamper or obstruct by dangling the pardon further. you don t think it matters whether or not keen lied to congress again in his public testimony? if he lied to congress again, his voracity is in even deeper
criminal organization. all of these goes into the mueller investigation and brick in the investigation by the southern district of new york. if indeed cohen is telling the truth, it is the morter between those bricks and the contents. we have to assume that mueller is beginning to tell a full story and now we are seeing the foundation of that story is partly through this extraordinary witness. this is a potential john dean moment that we are about to see. john dean who was once the president lawyer at the white house and went before congress and testified against president nixon and we know what happened in the weeks and months followed. is this today potentially a john
by this office but as cohen partially acknowledges, it was his decision and declined to provide full information about the scope of criminal conduct in which he may have engaged or had knowledge. indeed cohen only met with the office, the sdny prosecutors about the participation of others in the campaign finance crimes to which cohen pled guilty. cohen specifically declined to be debriefed under uncharged criminal conduct if any in his past. cohen further declined to meet with this office about other areas of investigative interest to successfully cooperate with this office, they must undergo full debriefings that encompass the full criminal history and any and all information about crimes committed by themselves and others.om this process permits them to assess the candor, culpability and complications to any he potential cooperators and
criminal conduct in which he may have engaged or had knowledge. quote, indeed cohen only met with the office, meaning the sdny prosecutors, about the participation of others in the campaign finance crimes to which cohen had already pled guilty. cohen specifically declined to be debriefed on other uncharged criminal conduct, if any, in his past. cohen further declined to meet with this office about other areas of investigative interest. as the court is undoubtedly aware, in order to successfully cooperate with this office, witnesses much under go full debriefings that encompass their entire criminal history as well as any and all information that they possess about crimes committed by both themselves and others. to fully assess the candor, culpability and complications to any potential cooperators and results in cooperating witnesses who having accepted full responsibility for any and all misconduct are credible to law enforcement and hopefully to judges and juries.