Cooperate with Justice Department committee and new cooperation but if history is a guide here we have to wait and see what happens because theres history of not cooperating. Yeah, i would bet on not cooperation not only refusal to make documents available but serious redactions have been sent over, dojs refusal to make witnesses available for different members an committees in the house and in the senate. They dont want a lot of this information to come out so i think we can expect that its all going to have to be pride out bit by bit. Paul okay, now we do the name of this contractor has been widely reported, but we know a fair number of things about it, hes an american who is resident in the uk, he met with three Trump Campaign officials, all of this from stories that clearly seemed leaked by the Justice Department and fbi, is that how you read it, they are responsible for leaking details . Absolutely, according to government sources and that usually means department of justice, fbi,
Cooperate with Justice Department committee and new cooperation but if history is a guide here we have to wait and see what happens because theres history of not cooperating. Yeah, i would bet on not cooperation not only refusal to make documents available but serious redactions have been sent over, dojs refusal to make witnesses available for different members an committees in the house and in the senate. They dont want a lot of this information to come out so i think we can expect that its all going to have to be pride out bit by bit. Paul okay, now we do the name of this contractor has been widely reported, but we know a fair number of things about it, hes an american who is resident in the uk, he met with three Trump Campaign officials, all of this from stories that clearly seemed leaked by the Justice Department and fbi, is that how you read it, they are responsible for leaking details . Absolutely, according to government sources and that usually means department of justice, fbi,
Okay. It seems to be a theme, really. Not exact will the what the almond brothers had in mind when they wrote the song. Wow. Welcome to morning joe. Its tuesday, december 4th. Along with joe, willie and me, we have Mike Barnacle, former aide to george w. Bush white house elise jordan, a fellow tt Brennen Center for just and an mz nbc legal Analyst Daniel goldman is with us and Pulitzer Prize winning columnest and editor at the Washington Post and msnbc eugene robinson. Good to have you all. So, willie, you know what we call that when Mike Barnacle does that, right . He leaves his jacket. We call that tuesday. By the way, one of the many life lessons weve learned from barnacle is go to costco, buy a cheap blue blazer and when you go to an event or party you want to leave, you leave the vest on the chair to people think youre still there and you walk out and go home. Its called the irish goodbye. And, mike, you do it so well. You put it i mean, you must buy these things for 15 at costco.
Viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following a major breaking story now. The president s former fixer admitting in federal court that he lied to congress to protect mr. Trump and to limit the russia investigation. Michael cohen pleading guilty in a Cooperation Agreement with the special Counsel Robert Mueller. Cohen confessing that the president s business dealings with moscow continued later in the 2016 campaign than had been revealed, and that mr. Trump was kept informed along the way despite his attempts to downplay his ties to russia. As the legal peril for the president may be escalating tonight, cnn has also returned that cohen has talked to mueller about other topics, as well, during more than 70 hours of questioning. Ill get reaction from senator angus king, a member of one of the Intelligence Committees cohen lied to. And our correspondenting and analysts are also standing corresponde