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Who is your what s your read on that right now? it s hard to close the door on something that hasn t taken place. i don t like to discuss or comment on hypothetical situations that may or may not ever happen. out front now, the former assistant attorney for the southern district of new york, where of course the criminal investigation of michael cohen in and harry cordero. the president says asking about pardoning michael cohen is stupid but he pardoned scooter libby, joe arpaio. putting out a tweet about pardoning a boxer who died just the other day. if cohen knows a pardon would be coming if he were charged and convicted, which has not happened at this point, he might be less likely to say bad things about the president. is the question stupid? it s not stupid. the potential for a pardon could influence somebody s testimony and because the president keeps talking about pardons. that s why he got the question ....
But it s no surprise that you ve got two former doj people who are going to talk about policy process, because harry is absolutely right. one of the reasons i think this question keeps coming up is pause in the aur prpaio and lib cases, the president abandoned the normal policy process through the review that would normally take place from the justice department over to the white house. and so then that leaves observers to wonder, well, if he abandoned the normal policy process that would consider pardons in those cases, then who s to say that he wouldn t just up and do something in this particular case. so it s that abandonment of process that i think is causing so much questioning and concern. which you both share. now, harry, i talked to victoria ta tonseng, scooter libby s attorney and asked if president trump is trying to send a message with that pardon and other pardons he s talking about. don t try to read that message into it. ....