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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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We ll have our answer. i suspect it s not going to be from the reporting i ve seen. it looks like a straight plea deal. but that doesn t rule out cooperation. you were saying earlier today, one can emanate from a plea deal. you made to this, then we re going to spend the days, weeks, months proffering you, then turn it into a cooperation agreement and you may have to plead to more stuff. what michael cohen gets out of just having a plea deal, if that s what it is today, is that his sentencing will not be imposed today. no, he ll plead guilty today. if it is a straight plea deal, he ll get less jail time than if he went to trial, but he ole still get serious jail time. so that s kind of halfway. i think he s got to either fight it, which he s if he s pleading, he s not doing that. thank you. i really appreciate it.