particular, president trump. the judge, i don t think cares. this was written, cobbled together, all the president s tweets. it was written for the president and president alone to say, you re being persecuted here, donald trump. i m being persecuted for the same thing. help me out here, pardon me. that s what it s all about. i would argue, i think it is relevant. they re making a pitch that obviously has a wider audience. it is specifically for this judge, whether she might agree that there s some overreach by the government, there s harshness what they re bringing. i don t know what her reputation is as a sentencer. that is relevant and that is something defense attorneys will think about. it has dual roles here and make a case saying this is a little harshly charged. the government is trying to make him a poster child for this russian collusion investigation which doesn t seem fair. the other side is prosecutors tend to prosecute crimes where
see his family here. i think he is about to face something very serious as noted here just a short time ago. this judge is known to be sort of a strict sentencer. that s why i think what he has to say about this is going to be interesting. the key issue here is what happens in terms of how they address the issue of the president and individual number one. does that somehow get mentioned here today either by the prosecutors, the judge or even michael cohen himself? i think that is something to really look towards. one note you might be seeing there, his daughter with crutches. why does she have a crutch? we are told she recently had hip surgery. that is his daughter with him as well as his wife and son behind him in the picture. that is an important point about what will michael cohen say about the president. when you look at michael cohen who clearly in the last few weeks coming forward with all of this stuff and then going again
prison, but given that he s met with mueller s team so much, do you think it s likely he s going to receive a reduced sentence? well, his first sentence is coming from the virginia judge. his plea deal with the d.c. judge, district of columbia judge, has a ten-year max on it. there s no max on this one, and judge ellis is known as a pretty tough sentencer. but i think that he is very aware of the cooperation. he made the point in court today that indeed he would consider the cooperation even if it occurred after the sentencing. they could revisit the whole issue. so, yes, i think it will impact the degree of cooperation he gives will give the judge some renewed thinking on it. michael, you pointed this out today on twitter. 45 years ago this morning will mark the saturday night massacre, you said. how close are we to having one of our own right now? well, i think it s very
you think it s likely he s going to receive a reduced sentence? well, his first sentence is coming from the virginia judge. his plea deal with the d.c. judge, district of columbia judge, has a ten-year max on it. there s no max on this one, and judge ellis is known as a pretty tough sentencer. but i think that he is very aware of the cooperation. he made the point in court today that indeed he would consider the cooperation even if it occurred after the sentencing. they could revisit the whole issue. so, yes, i think it will impact the degree of cooperation he gives will give the judge some renewed thinking on it. michael, you pointed this out today on twitter. 45 years ago this morning will mark the saturday night massacre, you said. how close are we to having one of our own right now? well, i think it s very possible because, you know, john dean must feel that he s going
read, did george turnout to be helpful to mr. mueller? it s not clear that s what drove the sentence. it s a light sentence, of course, but the judge is a fairly light sentencer. we do know because of how long the it it took until papadopoulos was sentenced that he gave up everything to mueller, including his assertion that both trump and sessions green lighted the meeting with the russians. i think the sentence does not reflect that, though. it s just a light sentence for what the court sees as a fairly light offense. jeremy bash, george papadopoulos is, i think lots of us cover this remember, maybe not all our viewers, counter investigation into whether or not russia influenced and put their finger on the scale for donald trump. it was his conversation with the