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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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And donald trump said something about paying cash on that tape and michael cohen said no, we can t pay cash. this is at the heart of this issue, right? the southern district of new york doesn t care that much about michael cohen s taxi medallion status. if indeed there is a campaign finance charge in this document cohen is about to made guilty to is enormous. all the other stuff is about his being a fixer. but this touches on the president directly. so that s a whole entire ball game change. i was talking to reverend al about the conversation when they had breakfast and michael cohen told him, my family and country is the priority. this is a guy who said i ll take a bullet for so and so. most people don t say that about anybody. he said he was the most loyal guy to donald trump. now he s going to make a deal. it s all about priorities. i ve seen people who have gone