trump organization for a decade talked to the prosecutors about insurance claims the trump organization filed over the years. the time says people familiar with the matter, the times says people familiar with the matter did not elaborate on the nature of the possible irregularities out trump organization that mr. cohen hasi been talking to prosecutors about but remember these are the same prosecutors that got michael cohen to plead guilty to the campaign finance felonies in which they said the president himself was implicated and in which at least in one instance, the money for those campaign finance felonies appears to hav been basically laundered through the president s business and ic trump organization where they appeared to have falsely booked those illegal campaign donations as expenses for a legal retainer that wasn t a real thing. well, now what the times is reporting is michael cohen expanded his cooperation with
chairman cummings said he does not want to step on the toes of committees so he will not be asked questions about things that can only be discussed in the secure classified environment the committees will offer for closed door testimony. but that doesn t mean that in the open hearing they are only going to be asking michael cohen about the weather and what he s packing for his trip to prison. this is the list of topics that elijah cummings announced. quote. after consulting with the department of justice and with chairman adam schiff of the house intelligence, chairman cummings set the scope to address the following issues. number one, you can just stop me here.ne number one, the president s debts and payments relating to efforts to influence the 2016 election.d now the only debts we know about for the president involve supposedly business related bank loans with institutions like
great day. bye, bye. better than no comment. here is something else we are watching tonight.so as we have been waiting all day on the prosecutor s sentencing memo related to paul manafort, the new york times also just broke some new news on president trump s long-time lawyer michael cohen.me as you know, michael cohen had been ordered to present himself less than two weeks from now. he had been ordered to present himself on march 6th to start his federal prison sentence. earlier this week the judge granted him a delay for his prison sentence start date. instead of march 6th. he s expected to start his prison sentence on may 6th. that s an extra 60 days before he has to show up and serve his term. michael cohen and lawyers asked for the delay for two reasons. they said he had shoulder surgery and needs time to d
believes that the cooperation has reached substantial assistance, the government may move and ask the court to reduce the sentence already imposed. he could continue to earn a reduction by providing information even after his sentencing. would the government only do that, would they only move to reduce a sentence or ask the judge to reduce the sentence if that information in fact contributed to meaningfully to a new investigation or prosecution? would it have to actually go somewhere or be a good try? yeah, it has to actually go somewhere. substantial assistance is a term of art and has a definition and means providing assistance in the investigation or prosecution of others. many times people would come in and try to provide substantial assistance and it didn t pan out. it wasn t good information or you could not corroborate it. it has to arise to that level in order for michael cohen to receive that credit. he has an incentive to provide good information. barbara mcquaid, forme
the state charges soon whether or not he ll get a pardon. this could shield him from jail time but isn t a simple thing. if paul manafort has been charged with the crimes, tax fraud and bank fraud, if he s been charged with these at the federal level, he can t be charged with them again at the state level, right? isn t that something called double jeopardy? aren t you supposedly protected by that by the constitution. joining us is barbara mcquaid. i have been being armature lawyer here tonight. so glad you re here to resume me. thanks, rachel. coincidentally, we just talked about this in my law school class today so i m all over it. the double jeopardy? yes. why wouldn t as i understand it, double jeopardy means you can t be charged for the same thing twice. how can state prosecutors might charge paul manafort for essentially the same set of facts we seen laid out in his court cases in federal court after he s already been charged with these things at the federal level? in