nuclear and missile tests in advance of summits with president trump and south korea. many unanswered questions remain. and in the middle of james comey s barnstorming book tour his infamous memos about his meetings with president trump get leaked. surprise, surprise. both sides immediately claim his memos support their views. plus, trump s lawyer rule roulette continues with michael cohen sidelines. in rides rudy giuliani claiming he can end the mueller probe in two weeks. and after a racial incident at a starbucks in philadelphia, the company is shutting down all 8,000 u.s. stores next month for a day of anti-bias training. but why not all their stores worldwide? and bill cosby s retrial for sexual assault is not a rerun. lots of new evidence, including five women who say cosby assaulted them, too. i ll talk to someone who testified to corroborate one of
could that be interpreted as obstruction of justice? no, but if he said it in a private conversation, cohen could turn around and elaborate on what he said and make it seem like obstruction of justice. if he s going to say anything, and i don t think he should say anything, he s much better off doing it in writing and doing it in public so there s no ambiguity about what he said or about the tone because otherwise a prosecutor could take cohen and say, don t you think he actually offered you a bribe to not testify? and that would be an obstruction of justice. he has to be very, very careful about what he says and how he says it. i also think the decision to hire rudy giuliani, who is a great lawyer. i ve been opposed to him in many cases. won some, lost some. nobody can doubt his terrific background as a lawyer. i think that also sends a message. maybe unintended message saying we have the southern district covered. we have a very strong lawyer. don t worry. we re standing behind you
my former student, a terrific judge. she s going to have to make a decision as to who gets to make the vetting concerning whether or not their lawyer/client prif legend. i don t think the vetting should be done by fbi agents or u.s. attorneys. they have no right to read material that could turn out to be privileged. it should be done by a judge or magistrate. i denied you promotion of your book. can we put the jacket up there and give the professor a good promotion of the book. i went on the fly with the intro. i understand that. trumped up how criminalization of political differences endangers democracy. professor, thank you. i appreciate your being here. thanks for rolling with me. sure. tweet me @smerconish. i ll read some responses throughout the course of the program. what do we got here? smerconish/dershowitz, give me a break. trump is laying the groundwork that when cohen sings it will
me in the hope that he will flip. they use nonexistent sources and a drunk, drugged up loser who hates michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who i ve always liked and respected. most people will flip if the government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories. sorry, i don t see michael doing that despite the horrible witch hunt and the dishonest media. alan dershowitz is the harvard law school emeritus professor. you re good on the fly. i m sorry to catch you cold. but what s your reaction to what the president just tweeted? he s clearly sending a message of support to michael cohen. this is a struggle for the heart, soul and testimony of michael cohen. we know the government has incredible leverage over him. first because they raided his office and that raised some concerns.
don t worry. we re defending ourselves. we re not rolling over. so there are a lot of subtle messages being sent. the prosecution sends messages as well when they i want to ask you one more question. put that text pardon me, about michael cohen from the president back on the screen. maybe this is of significance. maybe it s not. there s a line in here, professor, where president trump says michael is a business man for his own account/lawyer who i have always liked and respected. why that line? michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer. is that of some legal significance relative to privilege or am i reading too much into it? i think what he s saying is if michael cohen is in trouble for the medallions or whatever, that s his own problem. i had nothing to do with it. the lawyer part of it is to protect any lawyer/client communications. that issue is now in front of judge kimball wood who is also