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taping situation, the first thing you want to ask is, is this a one-party state or two-party state. if it s a one-party consent state that means as long as somebody who is in the conversation knows about and agrees to the taping and here that would be the taper, it usually is, then you do not have a crime. the vast majority state ofs are consent states. washington, d.c., where this happened is a one party state. so is new york if you re thinking about the cohen tapes with trump. and if it was a two-party consent state. i don t see a problem there. some people positted some other federal crimes that could apply. there is a federal crime for disclosing confidential national security information. but if you listen to the tape, that s not the content of what they re talking about. all right. so as far as you can tell, no immediate legal fallout. let me get you to weigh in. you spent several hours in the situation room. what do you make of the fact she recorded her situation with john