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to roll the dice and gamble. i think the question of a pardon is huge. and intimidating to the whole process here and the president is wise to step back and not do that because the act of that and interesting to see. the mueller team can look at that as destructive conduct. in these circumstances what is best for him and, honestly, the best thing to do is not to plead but to cooperate, as well. reverend al sharpton who is one of the few people that michael cohen has reached out to to discuss where his head is at but right now where his head is at but what about exactly is going to happen. he has come to an agreement with the prosecutors in the southern district of new york. that is not the mueller investigation. we need to figure out what role the mueller investigation is going to have in this agreement. in the end, this all has to be presented to a federal judge,
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Finance contribution to or trying to silence somebody for donald trump? that is correct, ali. and i think what the prosecutors are doing here is often a common tactic which is we build the case on the most, the easiest made case. which here might be the tax fraud and the bank fraud. you re ready to roll the dice on the campaign finance violations. so clear on the first two cases that the defendant here, if it s true, michael cohen, pleads guilty to the whole thing and then he s able to give you the inside scoop on those campaign finance violations. who knew, who was involved. and that s really the key part. those violations are so hard to prove because it s so much wrapped up in the intent of the individuals. and the private conversations that they ve had. often you need an inside source to give you that information. in that instance, if michael cohen decides to coop raerate, could be that person. liam, stand by, danny, stand