Hours of testimony. Not only are the president s attorneys still in the dark about it, the president himself is rattled. Remember it was don mcgann who threatened to quit when President Trump attempted to fire Robert Mueller last june. Sources confirming that federal authorities are preparing charges against michael cohen. The u. S. Attorneys office is investigating cohen for possible bank and tax fraud as well as Campaign Finance violations for Hush Money Payments to stormy daniels. Those charges could come next week. And today, Paul Manafort served the Trump Campaign for 18 months. Hes facing 18 separate counts
of bank and tax fraud. He also faces charges on Money Laundering and fraudulent lobbying. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the program. Heres what the sources are telling cnn, mcgann didnt provide incriminating information about the president. He doesnt believe he implicated trump in any wrongdoing. Give me your assessment of this . I dont understand how they can say that so
orchestrate this massive cover up by stopping witnesses that had prepared to testify. reporter: senior administration officials just wrapped up a conference call with reporters about this letter to nancy pelosi. officials were asked what democrats would have to do in order to secure the cooperation of the white house in the impeachment inquiry. one administration official said the white house did not want to get into hypotheticals at this point. indication the white house at this point is digging in its heels and daring pelosi to take mr. trump to court. it s not a stretch to describe what we re seeing right now playing out here in nation s capitol as a constitutional battle that is headed for the courts. the state stakes have not been high since the day of bill clinton s impeachment and perhaps watergate. thank you. let s head to capitol hill for more on this breaking news. cnn congressional correspondent is joining us now. what does this letter mean and
road of revoking security clearances, based on political speech, which let s be honest, that s what this is, does that also pertain to the truth to power that intelligence analysts are trained to deliver to policy makers. if you have to go to the president of the united states and give him a message that you know he doesn t want to hear because it s inconvenient for his policy. are they going to hold back because of fear that they will be punished for giving an uncomfortable truth to the president of the united states? that is the biggest danger, which is it that the very function of a very expensive intelligence community will be undermined completely if this goes down that slippery slope any further. trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani is daring john brennan to take president trump to court. to john brennan, president trump granted our request, jay seculo and me, to handle your case. if you don t, it would just be