GOING ON RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT OUR EYES ON A LOT OF
DEVELOPING STORIES. >>> BUT I WANT TO START TONIGHT
WITH DONALD TRUMP ATTORNEY MICHAEL COHEN.
AT THE END OF MAY MICHAEL COHEN CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD BEEN ASKED
BY SHOWS AND SENATE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE
TRUMP-RUSSIA AFFAIR, ASKED IF HE WOULD TESTIFY AND HAND OVER
DOCUMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION.
AND MICHAEL COHEN SAID NO. SAID HE WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH
THE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES INVESTIGATING THE TRUMP-RUSSIA
MATTER, WOULD NOT TESTIFY, WOULD NOT HAND OVER DOCUMENTS.
HE WAS THEN SUBPOENAED, NOT JUST ASKED BUT ISSUED WITH A SUBPOENA
TO TESTIFY AND AFTER HE GOT THE SUBPOENA, HE SAID OKAY, HE WILL.
BEFORE MICHAEL COHEN WAS A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE TRUMP-HUSH
SHA INVESTIGATION, HE WAS A LONG STANDING TRUMP ORGANIZATION
EXECUTIVE. HE HAD BEEN DONALD TRUMP'S
SOMETIMES PERSONAL LAWYER. AND WHEN DONALD TRUMP FIRST
CONSIDERED RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT THIS TIME AROUND, WHEN HE FIRST
STARTED KICKING THAT AROUND IN 2015, MICHAEL COHEN WAS
BASICALLY HIS TOP, HIS ONLY POLITICAL ADVISER FOR THE EARLY
DAYS OF HIS CAMPAIGN. AND IN SOME COMBINATION OF ALL
OF THOSE ROLES TRUMP ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE PERSONAL
LAWYER TO DONALD TRUMP POLITICAL ADVISER TO DONALD TRUMP WHO
MIGHT RUN FOR PRESIDENT, IN SOME COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE
ROLES, IN THE SUMMER OF 2015, SO NOT THAT PAST SUMMER BUT THE
SUMMER BEFORE, MICHAEL COHEN DECIDED TO GIVE A COMMENT TO A
REPORTER WHO WAS WRITING A STORY ON DONALD TRUMP FOR THE DAILY
BEAST. AND THAT STORY CONCERNED
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP THAT HAD BEEN MADE ONCE UPON A
TIME IN A SWORN DEPOSITION BY ONE OF HIS EX-WIVES.
NOW MICHAEL COHEN SPOKE TO THE REPORTERS WRITING THAT STORY,
DEFENDED TRUMP FROM THOSE CHARGES, BUT THEN IT GOT WEIRD.
MICHAEL COHEN TOLD THE ACCOUNT DAILY BEAST" REPORTER THAT IF
THAT STORY RAN, QUOTE, I'M GOING TO MESS YOUR LIFE UP FOR AS LONG
AS YOU'RE ON THIS FREAKING PLANET.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE JUDGMENTS AGAINST YOU, SO MUCH MONEY.
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW TO GET OUT FROM UNDERNEATH IT.
QUOTE, REST ASSURED, YOU WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.
YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU WANT TO RUIN YOUR LIFE AT
AGE 20, YOU DO THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SERVE IT RIGHT UP TO
YOU. QUOTE, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU
AND I MEET ONE DAY WHILE WE'RE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND I WILL
TAKE YOU FOR EVERY PENNY THAT YOU HAVE AND I WILL COME AFTER
THE DAILY BEAST AND EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW.
I'M WARNING YOU TREAD VERY F'G LIGHTLY BECAUSE WHAT I'M GOING
TO DO TO YOU IS GOING TO BE F'G DISGUSTING.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME? SIGNED, MICHAEL COHEN.
TRUMP ORGANIZATION LAWYER. TRUMP'S PERSONAL LAWYER FOR MANY
YEARS. THE MAN WHO MANAGED TRUMP'S
EARLY POLITICAL MANEUVERING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
MICHAEL COHEN COMING TO A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO YOU.
DUE TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
INVESTIGATING THE TRUMP-RUSSIA MATTER.
HOPEFULLY THEY'VE GOT A BLEEP BUTTON IN THAT COMMITTEE IN IT'S
GOING TO BE ON C-SPAN. AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS
HAD TO HIRE SOME NEW LAWYERS, NOT JUST FOR THE LEGAL JOBS IN
THE ADMINISTRATION, HE'S ALSO HAD TO HIRE NEW LAWYERS FOR THE
JOB OF REPRESENTING HIM IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATIONS.
I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN FROM THE MICHAEL COHEN
EXPERIENCE WHAT TRUMP LIKE TO LOOK FOR IN A PERSONAL LAWYER.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO WATCH THIS NEXT PIECE OF VIDEO WE'RE
GOING TO SHOW YOU. HE'S FREE ON $100 MILLION BAIL
AFTER BEING CONVICTED ON 14 COUNTS OF CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD.
PROSECUTORS HAD ASKED EVER HIM TO BE REMANDED INTO CUSTODY
SAYING HE WAS A FLIGHT RISK BUT THE JUDGE GRANTED BAIL ALTHOUGH
HE WILL REMAIN UNDER HOUSE ARREST WITH ELECTRONIC
MONITORING OF HIS WHEREABOUTS. HIS ATTORNEY PROMISED TO APPEAL
THE CONVICTIONS. CNBC CAUGHT UP WITH MR. DOWD
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO. >> GET THE [ BLEEP ] OUT OF
HERE. THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR CNBC.
>> THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR CN -- THAT GENTLEMAN, JOHN DOWD IS ONE
OF THE LAWYERS WHO PRURCH HAS BROUGHT ON IN A PERSONAL
CAPACITY TO REPRESENT HIM IN A TRUMP-RUSSIA INVESTIGATIONS IN
WASHINGTON. THAT WAS CNBC'S COVERAGE FROM
AFTER DAUD'S CLIENT, A HEDGE FUND BILLIONAIRE RECEIVED THE
LONGEST PRISON SENTENCE EVER HANDED DOWN BY ANY COURT IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR AN INSIDER TRADER INVESTIGATION.
NOW THAT HEDGE FUND GUY'S LAWYER IS ON TRUMP'S RUSSIA TEAM.
BUT THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEAM IS A DIFFERENT LAWYER, A LAWYER NAMED
MARK KASOWITZ WHO PRESIDENT TRUMP BROUGHT TO WASHINGTON TO
LEAD HIS PERSONAL REPRESENTATION ON ALL THINGS RUSSIA.
MARK KASOWITZ IS A LITTLE LIKE MICHAEL COHEN IN THAT HE'S
REPRESENTED TRUMP FOR YEARS. REPRESENTED HIM IN THE TRUMP
UNIVERSITY FRAUD FIASCO. HE REPRESENTED TRUMP IN AN
EFFORT TO KEEP SECRET TO PROCEEDINGS OF ONE OF THE TRUMP
DIVORCES. HE WAS THE ONE WHO WROTE TO THE
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" THREATENING TO SUE THE TIMES FOR PUBLISHING
INTERVIEWS OF WOMEN WHO SAID THEY HAD BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
OR HARASSED BY MR. TRUMP. TRUMP THREATENED TO SUE EVERY
ONE OF THOSE WOMEN AS WELL AS THE "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
HE NEVER DID SUE ANY OF THE WOMEN OR THE "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" BUT THE THREAT TO SUE THE SOMETIMES CAME FROM MARK
KASOWITZ. MARK KASOWITZ IS A LONG TIME
TRUMP LAWYER BUT NOW HE'S BEEN SHIPPED DOWN TO WASHINGTON TO
BECOME THE LEAD LAWYER FOR THE PRESIDENT IN THE MOST SERIOUS
NATIONAL SECURITY FOREIGN INFLUENCE SCANDAL TO EVER HIT
THIS PRESIDENCY OR ANY OTHER AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.
AND LAST NIGHT AT ALMOST EXACTLY THIS TIME ON THIS SHOW I
MENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING SIGNS OF SOME PROBLEMS
BREWING, A LITTLE SHAKINESS AT THE TOP OF THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL
DEFENSE TEAM. FIRST WAS THIS REPORTING FROM
THE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" THAT MARK KASOWITZ IS CONSIDERING
RESIGNING AS TRUMP'S LAWYER IN THE RUSSIA MATTER.
TODAY MARK KASOWITZ PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING THAT "THE NEW
YORK TIMES" REPORTING WAS NOT TRUE.
BUT FOR WHATEVER IT'S TRUE IT EXISTS.
AND THERE WAS THIS PIECE PUBLISHED.
IT'S SOURCED TO MORE THAN TWO DOZEN CURRENT AND FORM HER
EMPLOYEES 0 MARK KASOWITZ'S FIRMS AS WELL AS FRIENDS AND
AKWENT TENSES OF MARK KASOWITZ. REPORTING IN DETAIL ON ONE
STRANGE FACT ABOUT THIS LAWYER, MARK KASOWITZ WHO IS LEADING THE
DEFENSE OF THE PRESIDENT IN THIS HIGHLY SENSITIVE NATIONAL
SECURITY FOREIGN INFLUENCE SCANDAL.
AND THAT ONE STRANGE THING TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
LAWYER, IS THAT DESPITE THIS CASE THAT HE'S WORKING ON AND
THE SENSITIVITY OF IT AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT, THE PRESIDENT'S
LAWYER IN THIS CASE DOES NOT HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE.
HE DOESN'T HIMSELF HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE AND HE SAYS
HE DOESN'T INTEND TO GET ONE. WHICH MEANS, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
THAT IF THERE IS ANY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT IS INVOLVED IN
EITHER THE CASE AGAINST HIS CLIENT OR THE DEFENSE, HE IS
GOING TO TRY TO MOUNT FOR HIS CLIENT, HE CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT
THAT INFORMATION. HE CAN'T EVEN HAVE IT DESCRIBED
TO HIM. IF HIS CLIENT OR SOMEBODY ELSE
RELEVANT TO THE INVESTIGATION ENDS UP BEING ASKED TO TESTIFY
IN A CLASSIFIED SESSION SOMEWHERE, MARK KASOWITZ CAN'T
EVEN GO INTO THAT ROOM. PROPUBLICA SAYS, QUOTE, NO
QUESTION IN ANY MIND IN ORDER TO REPRESENT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN
THIS MATTER YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF
CLEARANCE BECAUSE OF THE ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING RUSSIA.
BUT MARK KASOWITZ DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
AND THE REST OF THE PIECE IS ABOUT WHY HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
TO GET A SECURITY CLEARANCE IF HE WANTED TO.
AND THIS GETS INTO PERSONAL STUFF ABOUT DRINKING AND REHAB
AND WHAT SOUNDS LIKE KIND OF A TREMENDOUS BAR FIGHT.
IT'S LURID STUFF AND IT IS SOURCED UP THE WHAT ZOO.
AND THIS WOULD BE PERSONAL IN NATURE AND WOULDN'T BE OUR
BUSINESS IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT MARK KASOWITZ IS NOW
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYER. AND THIS STUFF DESCRIBED, IT MAY
AFFECT HIS ABILITY TO GET A SECURITY CLEARANCE WHICH REALLY
MAY AFFECT HIS ABILITY TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION
TO THE PRESIDENT. I TALKED ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY LAST
NIGHT AROUND THIS TIME AND THEN SOMETHING NEW HAPPENED.
I'M GOING TO RECOUNT THIS. WE'RE GOING BACK TO REPORTER
JUSTIN ELLIOTT AT PROPUB LA KA. QUOTE, MARK KASOWITZ, PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY THREATENED A STRANGER LAST
NIGHT. THE EXCHANGE BEGAN AFTER THE MAN
SAW OUROUR STORY FEATURED LAST NIGHT ON THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW
ON MSNBC. THE EXCHANGE OF E-MAILS ON
WEDNESDAY BEGAN AT 9:28 EASTERN WHEN THE MAN SENT THE FOLLOWING
MESSAGE TO MARK KASOWITZ' FIRM ACCOUNT, MEANING HIS E-MAIL
ACCOUNT AT HIS LAW FIRM. THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGE SAYS
MARC, YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I DON'T KNOW YOU BUT I BELIEVE IT IS IN
YOUR INTEREST FOR YOU TO RESIGN FROM YOUR POSITION ADVISING THE
PRESIDENT REGARDING PENDING FEDERAL LEGAL MATTERS.
NO GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS AND IN FACT YOUR NAME MAY END UP
BEING A DISPARAGING FOOT NEAT TO THE PRESIDENCY OF DONALD J.
TRUMP. FIVE MINUTE LATER MARK KASOWITZ
RESPONDED. IT WAS A SHORT RESPONSE.
F YOU. THESE GUYS DON'T KNOW EACH
OTHER. I THINK THIS IS ADORABLE.
HE USED AN ASTERISK FOR THE U. WE DID NOT ADD THAT.
HE DID THAT. THEN 15 MINUTES LATER, THE OTHER
GUY DOESN'T RESPOND TO THAT BUT 15 MINUTES LATER MARK KASOWITZ
IS STILL STEWING AND HE SENDS THIS, QUOTE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW
ME BUT I WILL KNOW YOU. HOW DARE YOU SEND ME AN E-MAIL
LIKE THAT. I'M ON YOU NOW.
YOU ARE F'G WITH ME NOW. THIS TIME HE SPELLED IT OUT.
LET'S SEE WHO YOU ARE. WATCH YOUR BACK -- WORD THAT
RHYMES WITH DITCH THAT STARTS WITH B.
THEN AT THIS POINT THE GUY WHO INITIALLY STARTED THIS EXCHANGE
RESPONDED SIX MINUTES LATER AND HE DOES NOT MATCH THE ESCALATED
TONE THAT MR. KASOW KASOWITZ HA THROWN AT HIM.
HE RESPONDS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND REPLY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND REPLY. I MAY BE IN TOUCH AS
APPROPRIATE. THEN TWO MINUTES LATER, THE
PRESIDENT'S LAWYER, MARK KASOWITZ CONTINUES TO GO NUTS.
QUOTE, CALL ME IF YOU WANT A CONVERSATION.
I WILL HAVE IT WITH YOU. YOU ARE SUCH A PIECE OF
[ MUTED ]. CALL ME.DON'T BE AFRAID YOU
PIECE OF [ MUTED ]. COULD ME.
NO RESPONSE FROM THIS OTHER GUY TO THIS E-MAIL.
BUT MARC KASOWITZ IS NOT DONE. THAT DID NOT HELP HIM BLOW OF
ANY STEAM. HE'S ALSO NOT BUSY.
FIVE MINUTES LATER HE'S STILL RESPONDING.
I'M JEWISH. I PRESUME YOU ARE TOO.
STOP BEING AFRAID. CALL ME OR GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER
AND I WILL CALL YOU. I ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.
I'M ON YOU. YOU MIGHT AS WELL CALL ME.
YOU WILL SEE ME. I PROMISE.
BRO. BRO?
SO THAT'S THE PRESIDENT'S LEAD LAWYER ON THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION. THE GUY HE WAS THREATENING
THERE, HE SAYS HE HAS NOW FORWARDED THIS EXCHANGE TO THE
FBI. BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I AM
NOT A LAWYER, THE I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE AND YOU WILL SEE ME,
THAT IS NOT AWESOME FOR THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYER AS TO WHETHER
THIS WILL BE INTERPRETED AS A LEGIT AND CRIMINAL THREAT.
NOW MARC KASOWITZ HAS SINCE PUBLISHED AN APOLOGY.
I SHOULD MENTION, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY FROM HIM.
IT'S FROM A SPOKESMAN FROM HIM WHICH IS A HARD WAY TO
APOLOGIZE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE KNOW HE DOESN'T WORK NIGHTS.
BUT HE SAYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAYS, QUOTE, MR. KASOWITZ, WHO IS TIED
UP WITH CLIENT MATTERS SAYS HE INTENDS TO APOLOGIZE TO THE
WRITER OF THE E-MAIL REFERENCED IN TODAY'S STORY.
WHILE NO EXCUSE, THE E-MAIL CAME AT A LONG TIME.
THE PERSON SENDING THE E-MAIL IS ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION AND I
SHOULD NOT HAVE RESPONDED IN THAT INAPPROPRIATE MATTER.
I INTEND TO SEND HIM AN E-MAIL RESPONDING JUST THAT.
THIS IS ONE TIME WHEN I WISH I COULD REVERSE THE CLOCK BUT
CAN'T. THIS IS HILARIOUS.
HOW DO YOU FIND PEOPLE LIKE THIS, LET ALONE A WHOLE STABLE
OF THEM. THIS IS LIKE YOU WENT SHOPPING
FOR ALL OF YOUR LAWYERS AT THE BEFORE SECTION OF THE ANGER
MANAGEMENT COMMERCIAL. RIGHT?
BUT LIKE -- BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PRESIDENT, ANY
PRESIDENT, REALLY DOES NEED GOOD REAL REPRESENTATION.
AND I SAY THAT AS A MAT ARE OF ME BEING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND
WANTING WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COUNTRY.
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A TRUMP SUPPORTER AND YOU'RE HOPING THAT
THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN, EVEN IF YOU'RE HOPING THOSE ADMINISTRATIONS ARE
DAMNING AND HE GETS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE, IT IS MY OPINION I
THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE HOPING FOR HIM TO HAVE COMPETENT
REPRESENTATION ALONG THE WAY. WE HAVE AN ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM OF
JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR A VERY GOOD REASON.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOWEVER SERIOUS THIS SCANDAL IS, IT HAS
TO BE RESOLVED IN A WAY THAT THE COUNTRY BROADLY FEELS CONFIDENT
IN. CONFIDENT THAT IT WAS HANDLED
PROPERLY, THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS UNIMPEDED AND UNINTIMIDATED
AND UNBIASED AND THOROUGH. AND FOR IT TO BE SETTLED IN A
WAY THAT IT IS TRULY SETTLED WE'RE ALL REALLY GOING TO NEED
CONFIDENCE THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS WELL-REPRESENTED.
THAT HE GOT GOOD LEGAL ADVICE
THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THAT HIS SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT,
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF IT WAS, WAS HARD FOUGHT AND WELL FOUGHT
BY EXPERTS WHO ARE GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
WHETHER OR NOT HE WINS IN THE END YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT THE
INVESTIGATION WAS FAIR AND HIS REPRESENTATION WAS FIERCE AND
PROFESSIONAL. AND THAT'S WHY THESE WORRIES
ABOUT THESE GUYS BEING HIS LAWYERS I THINK OUGHT TO BE A
BIPARTISAN ABOVE THE FRAY KIND OF THING.
I MEAN, MARC KASOWITZ REALLY DID PUT OUT HIS STATEMENT AS TRUMP'S
RUSSIA LAWYER MISSPELLING THE WORD PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST
LINE. HIS FIRST ACTION AS PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S RUSSIAN LAWYER WAS TO ANNOUNCE HE WAS GOING TO FILE
PROFESSIONAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY, THEN
HE NEVER DID. JUST BLEW IT OFF.
YAHOO! NEWS REPORTED WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THAT MARC KASOWITZ
APPARENTLY RECEIVED THE DONALD TRUMP JR. E-MAILS, HE APPARENTLY
RECEIVED THE E-MAIL THREE WEEKS AGO.
WHICH IF TRUE RAISES SOME REAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE WHITE
HOUSE SO SPECTACULARLY MISHANDLED THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
MEETING AND THE DISCLOSURE OF THE E-MAILS THEMSELVES.
THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS ARE HIS OWN CHOICE.
BUT IT IS ALSO UNFORTUNATELY A CHOICE THAT IS GOING TO MATTER
TO ALL OF US AS A COUNTRY AS WE PLU THROUGH THIS SCANDAL TO ITS
AND AND HOPEFULLY COME TO CLOSURE AS A COUNTRY WHEN IT IS
OVER. AND I HAVE ONE LAST POINT ON
THIS. THE TOP TRUMP LAWYER WHO IS NOT
WORKING FOR THE PRESIDENT BUT IS THE TOP LAW ENFORCEMEORCEMENT
OFFICIAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL RECEIVE SESSIONS, HE TODAY
FINALLY RELEASED, BECAUSE A COURT ORDERED HIM TO, A PORTION
OF THE SECURITY CLEARANCE THAT CONCERNED HIS CONTACTS WITH
RUSSIA OFFICIALS. WHAT THEY RELEASED FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS ONE PAGE, ALMOST ENTIRELY REDACTED
EXCEPT FOR THE PART ON THE FORM WHERE HE CHECKED NO IN RESPONSE
TO A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HE OR ANYONE IN HIS FAMILY HAD HAD
ANY FOREIGN CONTACTS WITH ANY FOREIGN PERSONS IN THE LAST
SEVEN YEARS. HE CHECKED NO TO THAT.
WE NOW KNOW SINCE HE FILED THIS FORM THAT THAT WAS AN INCORRECT
ANSWER. HE HAS SENSE ADMITTED TO
CONTACTS FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DURING THE
CAMPAIGN. THAT MEANS HIS SECURITY
CLEARANCE APPLICATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INCORRECT.
WE SMOKE TONIGHT TO A LAWYER TO HANDLED THIS FOR OVER A DECADE.
THAT LAWYER TOLD US THAT OMITTING THAT KIND OF KEY
INFORMATION ON A SECURITY CLEARANCE APPLICATION WOULD GET
ANY NORMAL ATTORNEY FIRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
FIRED. THAT SAID, THE PHRASE ANY NORMAL
ATTORNEY IS NOT ONE THAT APPLIES EASILY TO ANY MATTER