sound analysis. i think it s based primarily on the fact that his name is by far the most recognizable about the fbi and it fits into his greater narrative about how to undermine their credibility. leaving the possibility that the russian s something on president trump, do you think that s responsible? irresponsible? should comey have done that? i think he s talking about his own personal opinion. somebody asked him about it, i think george stephanopoulos asked him about it and he responded. that s what he feels, that s what he thinks. that s what he believes he knows. again, the investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election started with mueller in so many different ways. the fbi initially started some kind of investigation about contacts of people here in the united states with elements conducted to the russians, but it wasn t a full investigation about the trump campaign or about the president himself. we don t know where robert mueller is in his investigation. so al
there s no e-mails he has from the president, because the president doesn t do the keyboard. other than this one, apparently. and so, you know, i think that they re very worried. i see the southern district, don, has potentially much more troubling than the special counsel. for this reason. counter intelligence is difficult for the public to understand. it s very nuanced. a president can say, listen, i was trying to get peace with putin, trying to see if i could have a good relationship with him, seeing if that wouldn t help the united states. that s all very nuanced. but what the southern district prosecutes, money laundering, bribery, extortion, these are things people understand. and that s what they re looking at up here. is there a chance, as i speak to people who work in law enforcement and in, you know, has knowledge about the justice department, it may be a bigger potential threat, because if
actions are favorable to the president? well, absolutely. see, you can t have it both ways. you re talking about james comey, the reason why his decision-making process was flawed is because he usurped the power of the attorney general. see, he was all the things that your prior guest was talking about, i debris, he was formerly a prosecutor, the top prosecutor in the land. top prosecutor at fdny. but when he was the head of the fbi, he was an investigator who was under the umbrella of loretta lynch, then the attorney general of the united states. and in that role, he usurped it by going forward with the press conference and then coming back later, perhaps whiteout a basis to reopen an investigation on hillary clinton s e-mail in a different way. in that way, the criticism is fair. but the president of the united states critique of james comey
attorney/client relationship, and then expect to give the benefit of the privilege. and finally, don, the privilege belongs to the client. even if they did have a client and attorney relationship, it would be for sean hannity to say he can talk about it, not michael cohen to assert it and try to protect himself from disclosure. brian, before we go any further, the chances that michael cohen helping hannity without the president s knowledge or without trump s knowledge is hard to believe. and it s important, i think, to understand this relationship between hannity and the president. so let s play this and then we ll discuss. i will say this. you have been so great. and i m very proud of you. all of the accomplishments of the president, keeping his promise, checking off his list. and hannity, how good is hannity, you say? and he s a great guy and he s an honest guy. take a look on your screen, right there. here is a list of president trump s accomplishments for 2017. to trump
what you re seeing here is his attempt to have double speak. on the one hand, it may be self-serving to protect some of my communications, so in the event that it s useful to me, maybe i did mean to have my conversations to be confidential. but on the other hand, you cannot say that you never had an attorney/client relationship, and then expect to give the benefit of the privilege. and finally, don, the privilege belongs to the client. even if they did have a client and attorney relationship, it would be for sean hannity to say he can talk about it, not michael cohen to assert it and try to protect himself from disclosure. brian, before we go any further, the chances that michael cohen helping hannity without the president s knowledge or without trump s knowledge is hard to believe. and it s important, i think, to understand this relationship between hannity and the president. so let s play this and then we ll discuss. i will say this. you have been so great. and i m very proud of