february of 2018, including authorizing other administration officials to speak on his behalf. then, on cohen, she said, quote, the government s filings and mr. cohen s case tell us nothing of value that wasn t already known. mr. cohen has repeatedly lied and as the prosecution has pointed out to the court, mr. cohen is no hero. of course, erin, no one is saying that michael cohen is a hero here, but you cannot ignore that that is wrong because this filing directly names the president, referring to him as individual one, and later stating that he became president of the united states, and it emphasizes the fact that michael cohen implicated the president in a crime, saying that he was the person who directed him to violate those campaign finance laws, but erin, what that is likely speaking to is a larger concern from president trump. we know about michael cohen over paul manafort, because he sees him as more of a threat to his presidency because he is cooperating with prosecutors and h
tweet long rant. look at it on your screen there with multiple unfounded and some inaccurate just on the facts of it accusations against mueller. let s begin with evan perez outfront in washington. we re here just talking about cohen. of course we ve got all these manafort filings as well. i want to ask you though, here, mueller talking in this seven-page document about the significant areas of cooperation by cohen. what s most important to you? reporter: well, they talk about these four areas that michael cohen was very helpful with the special county and one of them has to do with this contact with russians about the so-called moscow project. and there were others connecting with russians, trying to make contact. there were other russians trying to make contact with the campaign and in particular they talk a little bit about a trusted person, a russian national, who was suggesting a political synergy campaign and we ll tell you a little bit more about that. second thing that they
matters, obviously, that were core to this investigation, that you said, you were pointing to the fact that these were things that he learned from interacting with the trump organization. that s a big deal as this information as this investigation goes forward, and then of course, the special counsel points out that michael cohen describes people he was talking to close to the white house through 2018. that is this year. again, when the president talks about this is an investigation that is looking way, way back, what the special counsel is saying is that they re looking at information that came in this year and then there s finally, how he was coordinating with people close to the president on some of his false statements. now we ve seen that in some of these court filings but it s very important for us to keep in mind that mueller wants to know how the lies came about and whether or not the lies were essentially an effort to obstruct this investigation. but back to the russian. we,
worlds, where they had an investigation and it wasn t thorough? i think we are in the worst of all worlds. it look like a white house whitewash. according to a number of reports a few number of people who could be interviewed. the vast majority of people who have information pertinent have not been interviewed by leaps and bounds. and they re turning in the report early. including brett kavanaugh s college roommate from freshman year who said he was never interviewed by the fbi. not during the initial background investigation nor this one. it looks like the fix was in, which is exactly what the white house counsel wanted to do in trying to constrain this. he certainly wasn t interviewed about these matters in any significant way during the hearing which was limited to five minute increment questions. the idea they would not go back to dr. ford also is appalling. i m not going to blame the fbi
from the senate judiciary committee and supreme court by moving forward this investigation. could it be the worst of all worlds, where they had an investigation and it wasn t thorough? i think we are in the worst of all worlds. it look like a white house whitewash. according to a number of reports a few number of people who could be interviewed. the vast majority of people who have information pertinent have not been interviewed by leaps and bounds. and they re turning in the report early. including brett kavanaugh s college roommate from freshman year who said he was never interviewed by the fbi. not during the initial background investigation nor this one. it looks like the fix was in, which is exactly what the white house counsel wanted to do in trying to constrain this. he certainly wasn t interviewed about these matters in any significant way during the