yes. who else knows that the president did this? allen weisselberg, ron lieberman. weisselberg has been southwest up in the investigation. he was granted immunity for providing information on cohen s role in hush money payments to women alleging affairs with president trump. trump denies those affairs. weisselberg s immunity deal doesn t guarantee he will be spared from inquiries from congress or prosecutors looking into other matters. he could be a treasurer trove of information. weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried, a source prieviously told cnn. another man who has done a great job is matthew, my chief operating officer. you know i don t care for jen
campaign finance violations to cover up affairs. then david pecker, long-time friend and ceo of the national enquirer. he was granted immunity for information on cohen. manafort was convicted of eight counts of bank fraud and tax fraud. glenn ivy joipz us. nbc justice correspondent pete williams. former u.s. district attorney in the southern district of new york, mimi rocca. i ll start with you on this overview of so many of these people closely tied to president trump, which one of these myriad investigations, in your view, is potentially the most threatening to the president? there is one in the southern district of new york. there s the mueller probe. there s paul manafort and whether he may or may not potentially flip, obviously part of the mueller probe. what s your sense?
adwreemt of this nature. and remember also that he worked closely with cohen for years so he ll have a lot of information on cohen and it may be related taxi business. also to other things. so we really can t speculate, but u we know he knows a lot. so john dean, what does this mean for michael cohen? and what comes next for him in terms of his discussions, whether he is going to use the word flip on somebody else? i m sure he has been think ing about that. and tonight, this action, if he wasn t aware it s going happen, he is now and he s making some decisions talking to his family. and i wouldn t be surprised if he flips. i would probably go 70-30 that he ll flip. i go hire. obl because it seems to me that
he gets a marvelous partner in gorbachev. by 1988, the man who calls him an evil empire is in literally in red square kissing babies. and that kind of won praise. i don t think there is a method to this madness, but we do have, i think, you have to have some hope that we stagger through. we do have prayers. moving on, the wall street journal reports that michael cohen took an aggressive approach to profit from his relationship with donald trump. who would have ever seen that coming. they report that cohen also offered consulting services to ford and uber, which both rejected his overtures. the journal and detroit free press report that special counsel robert mueller s office contacted ford requesting information on cohen s outreach and has interviewed ford s head of government affairs. the general reports that uber sited new york cohen s taxi
ford and to uber which both rejected his overtures. bob mueller s team has reached out to ford requesting information on cohen s outreach and has interviewed the head of foreign affairs. the journal reports that uber cited new york taxi business as a copen tshl conflict of interest and that he then modified his pitch to no avail reminding the company that he has quote or he was quote, the president s lawyer. cohen s overall pitch was blunt, telling prospective clients that they should fire whomever was advising them and saying quote, i have the best relationship with the president on the outside and you need to hire me. meanwhile, at&t says the executive who oversaw cohen s contract with the telecom giant has in fact retired although the wall street journal reports that he was forced out according to people familiar with the matter. friday the company s ceo sent a memo to staff saying that hiring