Right now the judge is reading the charges after mr. Cohen told the court, i am truly sorry and i promises to do better. He Apologize Nod country. And the defense team is asking for full consideration of mercy and telling the judge that the client came forward to offer evidence against the most p powerful man in the country not knowing the result. The prosecutors are responding forcefully and saying that powerful and privileged individuals cannot violate laws without impunity, and back with me, this tremendous panel, Danny Cevallos, Ken Delainian, and elliott and jill winebank. And jill, what do you make of what we have heard so far in this robust apology that we have heard from Michael Cohen saying that he was acting out of Blind Loyalty to donald trump. Of course, the phrase Blind Loyalty to donald trump reminds
me of the book by john dean Blind Ambition and there is some similarity between the two of them where they were basically blinded by the power of the president. But you can o
implication that judge pauley believes that president trump, individual one, did direct michael cohen to commit that campaign finance fraud. so we are unpacking a lot of what happen ed in the courthous, andrea, and it was over an hour-long hearing, but it certa certainly, president trump s presence, although he was not there was very much felt. and to ken delainian, again, the whole effort by the president to distance himself from everybody around him, manafort, flynn, cohen, and these people were closely connected to him both politically and legally. how sustainable is that effort going forward from what you can tell from the tea leaves of where the special prosecutor is going? well, is it is not sustainable in the sense that they all appear to be except for in the case of manafort providing the special counsel with damaging evidence on donald trump.