This is cnn blakicnn break im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Were following Breaking News on the president s former fixer and lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the russia investigation. Two Court Filings just released, one by the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, the other by prosecutors in new york, and theres new information about cohens cooperation. What it could mean for President Trump and for Michael Cohen as the feds in new york argue he should get substantial prison time. Right now, Robert Mueller also is set to file a secret document on Paul Manafort, the former Trump Campaign chairman, and why prosecutors believe manafort lied. Theres lots of news to unfold right now. I want to go first to our
political correspondent sara murray. Sara, muellers document makes it clear that Michael Cohen was cooperating but hes not necessarily suggesting he shouldnt get a substantial prison sentence. No, i think theres
him a con man and a racist. i don t fault the members for pushing back on what meadows did. sure. but i think this was less relevant to the hearing and had more do with michael cohen trying to get one last shot in at the president. all ryight, friends, thank yu very much. we ll come back to this. we re going to speak to two lawmakers who did question michael cohin colluding rashida tlaib was in the middle of that. and also katy hill who moved the ball forward in terms of the president s involvement in potential criminal activity while he was in office. okay. michael cohen also linked president trump to campaign finance crimes. how big of a problem is that? you wouldn t accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills?
don t just have the mueller investigation, remember the trump organization, the trump business finances is under investigation by the southern district of new york. the federal prosecutors in manhattan. and that s an investigation that is moving far along, that has already seen criminal charges come against michael cohen. and, remember, where trump cfo alan weisselberg and michael cohin ac cohen are cooperating with investigators. so that red line of almost two years ago that trump laid out has already been obliterated by prosecutors. you know, margaret, you had the reaction that republicans have, the democrats have, the journalists have when garrett said the southern district of new york, the sdny, you went, that everyone involved with this connected or reporting on it is looking at them now believing that that might be with the most perilous action is for the
yand puzzle and you have a few more pieces to put together. he has shown a russian conspiracy to interfere in the election and assist donald trump. he is showing us to this point the attempts to reach out to the trump campaign in various way. the consistent element on the trump side is the answer is always yes. the answer is, yes, we would love to see dirt, especially later in the summer. the answer is, yes, we would love to do a trump tower moscow. we are seeing re-september icep maybe we don t have the smoking gun of the vladimir putin/donald trump phone call, but we have profound evidence and an absence of exonerating evidence. let s not forget, in february of last year you had the president coming out following our reporting about contact between the campaign and russia saying there was not contact. now in the documents today we are learning about the contact between michael cohin and
not the conversation the trump campaign was hoping to be having days before the first republican presidential debate. kate? you can be sure though that conversation is continuing now ahead of that debate. sarah, thanks so much. outfront with us tonight, dan donald trump s manager. surprised we ll be talking about this allegations from 30 years ago coming back up. we heard from trump himself that disagrees with michael but says he is not going to be fired him. why? well no one speaks for mr. trump but mr. trump and he was very clear that he disagreed with the comments that michael cohen made and michael cohen s comments are those of his own. he was upset with the acquisition of a story 30 plus years old that s been widely reported on in the past and felt obligated to say things that he clearly regretted. so mr. trump was clear about this. he did not condone this. he did not approve, did not know about this when this took place. mr. cohen will stay on board