WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF
THE GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO RETRY
THOSE 10 COUNTS.
MERCEDES COLWIN.
MERCEDES, I WANT TO START WITH
IMPLICATION FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP?
>> CERTAINLY MICHAEL COHEN.
THE ADMISSION IN OPEN COURT THAT
AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
CANDIDATE HE PAID TO THESE TWO
DANIELS AND HE PLED GUILTY TO
CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS
DIRECTLY RELATED TO THOSE
PAYMENTS IN WHICH HE ADMITTED IN
OPEN COURT HE MADE THOSE
PAYMENTS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
CANDIDATE.
HE DIDN'T MENTION THE NAME.
BUT IT IS THE * AND IT
INFLUENCED THE 2016 ELECTION.
THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
CHARLES: THIS HOW I WAS
CONFUSES.
IS HE GUILTY OF MAKING THE
PAYMENT OR GUILTY OF LYING ABOUT
THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THOSE
PAYMENTS WITH THE DISTRICT
CALLED THE QUOTE-UNQUOTE SHAM,
AN INVOICE FROM 2017?
THAT'S THE PART I'M NOT CLEAR
PAYMENTS OR GUILTY BECAUSE HE
AND I APPROPRIATELY FILED THE
WRONG PAPERWORK TO GET
REIMBURSED.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE INSTRUMENT,
WE DON'T HAVE THE DOCUMENTS IN
FRONT OF US.
BEING MADE FOR THERE TO BE AN
INFLUENCE OF THE 2016 ELECTION.
THAT'S PRESUMABLY WHAT WE'LL
HAVE TO SEE WHEN WE SEE THE
PAYMENTS THEMSELVES.
HOW IT'S SPELLED OUT.
BUT UP UNTIL NOW, ACCORDING TO
THE DESCRIPTION BY THE
PROSECUTORS, IT SEEMS TO BE
THE 2016 ELECTION.
CHARLES: PRESIDENT TRUMP ON HIS
WAY TO WEST VIRGINIA.
HE DID SPEAK WITH THE PRESS.
HE DIDN'T MENTION MICHAEL COHEN
BUT HE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT PAUL
MANAFORT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT DOESN'T
INVOLVE ME, BUT IT'S A SAD THING
THAT HAPPENED.
IT HAS NOTHING TO .WITH RUSSIAN
COLLUSION.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO.
IT'S A WITCH HUNT AND A
DISGRACE.
CHARLES: WHAT ARE THE UP REPLY
CASES FROM THE MANAFORT, 8 OUT
OF 18 GUILTY.
10 MISTRIAL.
FOR BOTH OF THESE, WHAT ARE THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION?
>> ON BOTH COUNTS, I THINK THERE
IS SOME IMPLICATION ON HIS
ATTORNEY TOEN.
BUT ON MANAFORT, NOT YET.
BUT THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE AS WELL.
HE'S GUILTY ON 8 OUT OF THE 18.
HE'S FACING A TOTAL OF 80 YEARS
OUT OF ALL THOSE CHARGES.
THEMSELVES TO SEE WHAT THE
THINGS.
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS ONE NEVER
KNOWS WHEN THE CONVICTIONS AND
SENTENCES HANDED OUT, WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO DO IN EACH
ONE OF THESE CASES.
CHARLES: WE HAVE A STATEMENT
FROM RUDY GIULIANI QUOTE THERE
IS NO ALLEGATION OF ANY
WRONGDOING AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
THE GOVERNMENT'S CHARGES ARE
AGAINST WILL CONE.
MR. COHEN'S ACTIONS REFLECT A
THROWING HIM UNDER THE BUS WHILE
REIMBURSEMENT FOR THESE
PAYMENTS.
AND TO WHAT DEGREE DOES THAT
PAYMENT TO INFLUENCE THE
CANDIDATE.
THAT'S TELLING.
AND IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THAT.
HOW THAT WORKS OUT AS MERCEDES
SAYS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PAPER.
WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN?
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE MOST OF
DIFFICULT OF ALL WHAT HAPPENED
IN BOTH COURTS TODAY.
>> THE PROSECUTOR IS GOING TO
LOOK AT COHEN AND SAY WE ARE
GOING TO USE HIM AS THE CORNER
STONE OF OUR PROSECUTION IN THE
FUTURE?
WE ALREADY KNOW THERE ARE LOTS
OF INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS
MICHAEL COHEN MADE IN THE PUBLIC
REALM.
HE SAID THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT THE PAYMENT.
THEN HE SAID HE DID KNOW ABOUT
THE PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS.