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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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Intervention in ukraine and suggested that putin be reinstated as a g7 leader. jeremy diamond is joining me right now. what more are you hearing? that s right, fredricka, multiple sources are now telling cnn that the president is seriously considering blocking that $250 million in military aid to ukraine. this was aid that was previously approved by congress for this fiscal year and the trump administration has now placed that aid under review, and if it doesn t go forward with approving that aid in the coming weeks effectively, that aid will be blocked and will not go to ukraine. one source is telling us that the white house has already begun to notify relevant agencies and congressional committees about its intentions to block that aid, but the source is stressing that the president hasn t yet made a final decision. as you mentioned, all of this comes on the heels of the president suggesting that he would like to re-include russia into the g8, which is currently the g7, following r
Neil: but he was perfectly fine with them pursuing this after he leaves office. i don t think that s realistic. i think the justice department ultimately has made the call. the attorney general said the matter doesn t go forward and find sufficient evidence there s obstruction of justice. you think once the president leaves office if he s re-elected the statute of limitations will have run and if he s defeated do you think a democratic-led department of justice is going to pursue this? why would they not be able to do that? for the same reason that president trump really wouldn t be able to through a republican- led justice department prosecute hillary clinton, lock her up. the reason is because then, the judicial process and the prosecutorial process would be perceived with some merit. and it s overly political and retribution against your political opponents. neil: so republicans how can there be obstruction of justice if there was no crime of course with watergate, richard nixon d
On this with both feet? are people afraid to be called racist. i don t know, maybe they re doing an investigation and not telling us. but going back to your first point, we re not even sure omar is her first name. that s how crazy this is. i ve been doing this for 20 plus years and this is about the most significant congressional scandal by a member that, you know, i m aware of, you know, you have to go back to traffic con back in ohio to come up with something so far out. but in terms of the scope of the potential criminality, this is pretty significant and the question is, if this doesn t go forward, it s probably going to be because democrats are protecting her. so they tell us today at the mueller hearing, because we know they don t believe it that no one s above the law. the question for the house democrats is, is ms. omar above the law. right. they said that today. but, of course, that s the one thing they mean least of all. that s right.
Perjury. people are afraid to be called racist? is that what it s about customer i don t know. maybe the justice department is doing an investigation and not telling us about it. we are not even sure if omar is her real name. that s how crazy this is. i ve been doing this for 20 plus years. this is about the most significant congressional scandal by members that i m aware of. you have to go back to ohio to come up with something so far out. but in terms of the scope of the potential criminality, this is pretty significant. the question is, if this doesn t go forward, it s probably because democrats are protecting her. at the mueller hearing, the question for the house democrats is, is miss omar above the law?