unpleasantness in ukraine. he s read history. he wrote history, a great book of churchill. yeah. if trump thinks he s coming, you know, to meet a mini me, boris isn t exactly going to be that. the guy down in brazil is. anyway, the rain forest. ben, here s this, your line. i have to tell you, trump acts like if they don t have the dossier on him, if they don t have video of the hotel scenes, why is he acting like this? why is he going over to france with a number one goal of getting russia back in? why has he got this lobbying job for russia? chris, it s absolutely mystifying. or not. well, yeah. i was there when we kicked russia out of the g-8, and i can tell you, that was a unanimous decision of all the other countries because they invaded and annexed cry mia from ukraine. the fact is you go to these summits, i went to eight of them, to meet with your allies and make strategies on the issues around the world that you
everything that i have, everything that i ever will have is in this cell. i went from having a nice house, in-ground pool, air conditioner in every room, tv in every room, nice car. to this is the rest of my life. look at this. there s my sink, my kitchen, my toilet, my bed. that s it. who is it? mini me. that s what the administration thinks i am. they just don t know it. a friend of mine out in population made it for me. it s made out of toilet paper.
michael cohen is lying and he s trying to get a reduced sentence. he s a weak person, and not a very smart person. this man has turned a corner in his life, has hit a reset button and he s now dedicated to telling the truth. reporter: no longer dedicated to being donald trump s mini me, as he was when he started working for the boss more than a decade ago. michael was, i d always like to say the ray donovan of the office. he took care of what had to be taken care of. i don t know what had to be taken care of, but all i know is that michael was taking care of it. he s the guy you can call at 3 in the morning when you had a problem. reporter: do you know stories of donald trump calling him at 3 in the morning? donald trump has called him at all hours of the night. reporter: he s not call noin now because cohen is singing.
most folks wouldn t get time off for shoulder surgery. but wouldn t they get time off for cooperating? that s one of the things, he didn t try to make a deal as far as we know. he simply tries to be coming clean. it s almost like confessing your sins in public because he feels like he was played for a patsy by the most powerful man in the world. what still needs to be answered? the key things that only michael cohen could do, donald trump s mini me, in business with shady practice. in the campaign with payoffs allegedly to these paramours and more. what was his relation with russia? not with regard to the investigation, but with regard to his businesses? cohen could be in a unique position to know and tell us. and who directed him to make those payments. that s one of the key questions. john avlon, thank you. john. sources tell cnn the attorney general is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of robert mueller s russia investigation. but exactly how
no, i m not worried he s going to turn out like me. i honestly hope that he gains the strong qualities from me, and i want to be there. and i will be there to teach him how to grow and become a man and a successful man. but penn is struggling with his own issues. he is currently in the close management unit for having assaulted two correctional officers. it s best not to make enemies, point blank, period. i was wrong. i could have went about it a different way. and i accept this as a consequences to my actions and just lay low and get through this as fast as you can. mini me, happy birthday, my dude! i love you and i miss you more than you ll ever know. i love you. happy birthday, kid.