purchase president, what about michael cohen? are you considering a pardon for him. . thank you very much. stupid question. okay. the president wasn t in the mood to answer that but he might be happy to see this headline saying his attorney general jeff sessions has declined to recuse himself from the investigation into michael cohen. bloomberg adds sessions will consider stepping back from specific questions tied to the probe according to a person familiar with the bhater. i want to bring in me me rocha in the southern district of new york a former assistant u.s. attorney in charge cohen s case at the moment. thanks. first the reaction to the source saying that sessions declined to recuse from the entire cohen case. is that surprising? i think it s not surprising at this moment.
i want to bring in me me rocha in the southern district of new york a former assistant u.s. attorney in charge cohen s case at the moment. thanks. first the reaction to the source saying that sessions declined to recuse from the entire cohen case. is that surprising? i think it s not surprising at this moment. here s why. right now, the southern district has not identified what statutes publicly identified what statutes are being investigated with cohen. . cohen knows. that was on the search warrant. but in the briefs they filed and in court, they ve actually blacked out what statutes. nowhere is it listed that they re investigating the campaign finance laws. that would be the basis for recusal right now. the recusal would be if sessions, you know, if we know that this investigation is going to campaign finance violations and sessions obviously had a major part in the campaign, then