howie: does did bother you that a lot of reports say lanny davis confirmed this then backed off and recanted. lanny: it does bother me because recanting isn't ease yesterday. i disclosed myself as a source. and i was very unclear in that. so yes. but i thought it was important not to blame cnn or anyone other than myself. i even wrote a book about taking responsibility. so this hasn't been an easy week for me. for everybody who deals with the media, this is a lesson, maybe a teaching moment moment. don't float stories on background which is our expression for anonymously, unless you have a certainty of the facts and you are asking reporters to confirm those facts. howie: you drew flack for an interview with anderson cooper where you said you were not a source for cnn. is that true. lanny: i apologized for saying something that was not intentionally misleading. in my mind i wasn't sure of that story that was published so i didn't think of myself as a source for that story. i'm sorry i didn't explain myself better to anderson cooper. i have no excuse other than it wassing a long day and i shou

lanny davis backed off a bit. where did this investigation go from here?e should know better, his lawyer and lawyers don't lie, right? just joking. no, seriously, i think it distresses credibility. he said he miscommunicated or misrepresented the facts but it is a blatant statement to make and then to retract. it is not believable in my opinion. mike: david, what about that? where is a probe heading at this point? >> probably nowhere from this perspective but it does impact the credibility of cnn as well as lanny davis. do not forget, they said that he, they reach out to them for comment and he denied or rejected giving a comment. now we learn that he is actually a source to it. so you cannot have it both ways. then on the lanny davis but he also said anderson cooper not long ago that he was not the anonymous source and he backtracked off of that.the credibility for cnm and lanny davis, i think it's an important role for a michael cohen attorney paid what we believe from the mouth of lanny davis? >> later this month will be exactly too much from midterm el

where does it stand now after this lanny davis story complete bungle by the network? >> one could think back is no stallically to the 80's where cnn had crossfire, a liberal, conservative, pat buchanan on one side and someone on the other. that's not cnn today. it's one thing to spin the news and interpret it in a manner consistent with your own ideological agenda but it's a completely different thing to have a story in which you are reporting facts, the facts are exposed as false, and you dig your heels in and say that they're true any way. i mean, this is taking fake news to a new level, and it is setting, you may say, almost a newy, standard of deception whih i think will haunt cnn for awhile. >> laura: dinesh, your movie "death of a nation" this is like "death of media." thisug is unbelievable. they claimed they tried to contact lanny davis initially with the story and he declined to comment but it turns out he was initially the source for the story? i mean, this story gets worse and worse the more people marinate on it. >> yeah, lanny davis has told me he never c

. >> nbc tonight confirms a report from the "new york times," they hired lanny davis, a close clintonsented harvey weinstein and bill clinton's scandal-plagued white house. >> davis is known for being friendly with the clintons, which is trump's arch nemesis. trump, we all know, is obsessed with hillary clinton, so to pick someone like lanny davis, to me, is a way of sticking it to trump in a very public way. >> but what he's also doing is hiring a guy who is really comfortable on tv who is as much a press agent as he is a lawyer. he's out there doing all the shows, talking about how michael cohen really is not such a bad guy. >> davis made his debut as cohen's lawyer with a simple pledge about his new client tweeting michael cohen said it's time for him to speak the truth and put his family and country first. i am glad to help him, but just days after taking that high road, davis attacked the president and guiliani on twitter writing next to the word truth equals oxy mormomoron. >> there's a number of surrogates for president trump who were trying to shape a narrative about cohen tha

some or all of the three on the biline had some sort of contact with lanny davis.? >> i have to wonder about that line. what was that line doing in there? what does it make to throw people off the truth? did they put it in there to try to make it look like lanny davis was not the source for that story. if they i wanted put that line in there, they could have said, lanny davis decide -- declined to comment on the record. there's no reason for that line to have been in there. they could have went to michael cohen himself and asked if he wanted to comment. you're right. that's why up to question the claims now there was another source. maybe there was. i don't know. none of us know. the fact that they had that line in there it was disingenuous, has me doubting their claims about another story. >> a lot of questions here. lot of things that you take this one way or next way from what happened. we have to leave this there. thanksup thanks for coming in on this labor day. >>> a terror threat warning as british government says that isis fighters are in afghanistan and com

lanny davis offered no comment. there was no real response. nothing on the court docket. sources for more. >> jon: there were meetings between cohen and robert mueller. do we know about what transpired? >> this report coming from abc news. this is a very big one. it would indicate there's some cooperation going on. there was reportedly multiple interviews and multiple places according to abc news sources. some in washington d.c., some in new york city. apparently these two were not alone. according to the new report, prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office in the certain district of new york were also on hand. the special counsel's questioning of michael cohen reportedly zero's in on all aspects of the president's possible dealings with russia and any ties to alleged collusion to influence the 2016 election. last night things got weird on twitter over this when cohen seemed to tweet about himself saying good for michael cohen and providing critical information to the mueller investigation without a cooperation agreement. no one should question his honesty, voracity or l

, and lanny davis sort of repeated this to the press, that the guy was talking openly about theresident knowing in advance about this very important meeting. it has tremendous political implications, tremendous legal implications for a lot of people, not just the president. it's really, really important. so for lanny davis to then backtrack later and say, you know what, i'm not 100% sure, maybe he didn't hear what he thought he heard, maybe he realized the legal interests of his client were different from what he was portraying it as. and maybe he was just deciding he wanted to get out of the story, in part because his client was sort of being pushed into a corner that may be at odds with what he has told the juch justice department. this kind of stuff happens all the time, there's a certain amount of ambiguity. the president says it's face, it strengthens his case that the press is unreliable, and telling his people, look, if you think it's complicated, that means it's false, which is the great danger. >> a fascinating and important point. i want to turn to the very real effect

we'll hear from lanny davis who once served as special counsel to president clinton. >> when michael cohen came to me, it took me quite a while to listen to him as to why he had changed his mind about donald trump and i took on the representation because he was ready to speak what he felt about donald trump. leland: senator john mccain to be laid to rest this afternoon at the united states naval academy in annapolis. lucas tomlinson is there ahead of the service. >> reporter: senator mccain's body is expected to arrive at the naval academy in 45 minutes. we'll have more on america's news headquarters. leland: we'll go back to annapolis as the arrival ceremony takes place. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington. i'm leland vittert. gillian: i'm gillian turner. president trump touting job numbers this morning on twitter, he's focusing on minority unemployment during his administration. he tweeted out the fact is, african american unemployment is now the lowest in the history of our country, same with asian, hispanic and almost every other group. the democrats have been

. >> jon: attorney, lanny davis says he himself or cnn report that michael : was willing to testify that the president knew about that infamous meeting ahead of time. davis now reveals that he was an anonymous source for that story and admitted he does not know who or when. >> it does bother me because i disclose myself as a source seeking reporters to confirm something i wasn't sure about. i even wrote a book about taking responsibility. this has not been an easy week for me. i think for everyone who deals with the media, and my position this is a lesson. maybe a teaching moment. >> jon: meanwhile, the mueller investigation is moving forwar d with paul manafort heading for his second trial. this one focused on for lobbying work. molly has the latest in washington. lanny davis is a very savvy washington insider, why would he be leaking information about his own client? >> he says he thought the cnn reporters he spoke to would do their own digging and found out if the information was true or not. lanny davis says he did not intentionally lie, he just made a quote, mistake. >> i was never

where i disagree with lanny davis no one should question the motivation that's mueller's job. downloading information from cohen and is he going and seeing how familiar of this can i back up and corroborate. >> dana: he already pled guilty to several other things. what do you know about. this is he going to jail. we know co-son very upset that the president turned on him and turned his back against him and didn't support him when cohen was going through these legal deliberations of whether or not he was going to plead guilty for crimes that could very well involveth president. cohen is upset. he has repeated many times he is loyal to his family. he is making it clear he is not loyal to donald trump. a lot of speculation what he could be trump tower, trump tower meeting. also the unknown of what he could be telling mueller that we publicly don't know if he is opening new leads for mueller, for example, that could be a problem for trump. trump wants this wrapped up immediately. >> dana: opening up new leads not a sign. >> news for trump across the board. the president wanting to

michael cohen attorney lanny davis says he himself is to blame for some outlets running a story about knowing president trump had advance knowledge of the trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer who was offering dirt on hillary clinton. he tells fox news that it was just a mistake on his part. cnn, meanwhile, is standing behind the story. >> i blame myself for not being more clear thought in my mind i did not know the details about that meeting and i should not have encouraged any reporter. >> ed: meanwhile, nike announcing that colin kaepernick will be one of the faces of its 30th just do it campaign. a lot of social media is coming down kind of like a ton of bricks on monet key for this move. there are others who are defending him. former iranian leader who he just waited he's one of the best quarterbacks in the league. yes, the nfl is back, officially kicking off this thursday at a time when the revenues are still humming along just fine but league officials and owners are nervous about declining tv ratings amid all of the controversy over anthem protests. so what did nike just

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lanny davis tweeted this.l cohen providing critical information to the mueller information without a cooperation agreement. no one should question his honesty, veracity and loyalty to his country over potus. rudy giuliani said the president's lawyer, cohen is a professional sdeefr. if anyone believes him it's only because they want to get president trump so badly, they lost any sense of fairness or objectivity. let's bring in our prosecutor, laura coats. why do you think he has been meeting according to the reports for hours and hours on a voluntary basis. there is no cooperation agreement apparently. >> the word voluntary is suspicious. he has not been sentenced yet. he doesn't have an agreement, but he is providing information being cooperative, hoping that somehow when he is sentenced in the future, he will be sentence and have much more of an amicable al cushion by the prosecution, saying this person is deserves a lenient sentence. people have to understand if you were to provide information, you have a co

michael:'s attorney lanny davis as he himself is to blame for some outlets running a story about cohenout the russian lawyer. he told foxnews it was a mistake on his part. cnn is standing behind their story. >> i blame myself for not being more clear that in my mind i did not know the details about that meeting and i should not have encouraged any reporter. >> mikey announced that colin kaepernick will be one of the faces of his just do it campaign. a lot of social media coming down like a ton of bricks on nike for this move, others are defending him. mock madonna dennis god said colin kaepernick is one of the best quarterbacks in the league. the nfl is back kicking off this thursday when revenues are humming along just fine, league officials and owners are nervous about declining tv ratings amid the controversy over and them protests.poor little gasoline oe by naming colin kaepernick as one of their new spokespeople. tonight's panel is back. what do you think of this? >> in 27 years in the army i wore the american flag on my shoulder, over to deployments, i was there when the flag cov

. >> nbc tonight confirms a report from the new york times that cohen has hired attorney lanny davis,ly. >> lanie davis had previously represented harvey weinstein and bill clinton's scandal-plagued white house. >> lanie davis is known for being friendly with the clintons, president trump's arch nemesis and trump is obsessed with hillary clinton. so to pick someone like lanie davis to me is a way of sticking it to trump. in a very public way. >> but when he's also doing is hiring a guy who is really comfortable on tv. who is as much a press agent as he is a lawyer. he's out there doing all the shows. talking about how michael cohen really isn't such a bad guy. >> davis made his debut as cohen's lawyer with a simple pledge about his new client. tweeting michael cohen said it's time for him to speak the trouth and put his family and country first, i'm glad to help him. days after taking the high road, davis attacked the president and giuliani on twitter writing trump giuliani next to the word truth is an oxymoron. >> there's a number of surrogates for president trump who were trying to

lanny davis, attorney for mr. cohen declined to comment. no inference should result from this no comment. any reaction coming in from the white house, any place else? >> we've talked to people close to the president, and one of the things they immediately said they are not surprised. they expect that had michael cohen would probably at some point talk to mueller, despite all the fireworks that -- that michael cohen has caused as a result of his plea deal, but they also expressed that they don't think it's a big deal for the president. they are confident, they say, that michael cohen does not have anything to -- to harm the president. of course, that's what you would expect the trump team to say but you have to think that they are looking back at everything that michael cohen was involved, especially because he was so close to the president for many, many years. the keeper of a lot of his secrets. you have to be prepared for whatever eventuality might come from this. >> assuming that the abc story is correct, what does cohen get from all of

>> what is odd to me that hillary clinton, one of his closest associates is lanny davis.s it one of clinton's closest friend, attorneys, lanny davis is now the attorney for clinton's attorney? i mean, the world is a big place. there are a lot of attorneys out there. how does that happen? that really raises some eyebrows. how does the clinton attorney become donald trump's attorney's attorney? cheryl: do you foresee anything else happening? i'm asking you to kind of guess but you're the expert, happening before the midterms. >> no. cheryl: we're getting very close. it would seem politically motivated if things come out of the mueller probe that would hurt donald trump before the midterms. i think that would put a red flag up. >> there is guidance within the department of justice, within a certain window before an election you don't make any sudden moves. that is what was interesting about comey making all the sudden moves with hillary clinton right before a presidential election, literally days before. i don't think that was, it was accurate. i think he had an obligation t

michael cohen's adviser lanny cohen -- excuse me, lanny davis.ny davis had been on tv making very clear that cohen had information that he was willing to give mueller, that he had stories to tell. they were pick up an auction paddle saying talk to me, both before and after the plea. i don't think this surprises anyone. and i think there's a question if cohen provides valuable information for any of these investigations could he see a reduced sentence? i think that is certainly something his advisers are looking toward. no, i think they're feeling under siege by a lot of these things. i don't expect this is a surprise. >> the relationship between michael cohen -- sometimes tortured relationship between michael cohen and citizen donald trump. >> president trump as roger stone, another trump long-time adviser, had put it to me, the first story i did several months ago. president trump went out of his way to treat michael cohen like, quote unquote, garbage. now, trump is not exactly easy on anyone, as we all know from our reporting. but he could be p

this but do you think that the president's former personal attorney michael cohen and his lawyer lanny davis do you think they will prove key to finding the truth about the truck presidency and you know i think they will be very important in terms of crimes like. you know people before an election keep them quiet to affect an election michael cohen has already pled guilty to that and set the truck was involved in order. yet that's all proven criminal activity whether or not one knows about the russian collusion is a different story and as you know many davis has said one thing and have walked it back a little bit so that. they're going to be very important to the overall structure of what was going on with the drunks you know. i want you to take a listen to what woodward said when asked about the president's accusation that woodward's quotes from top officials are simply fabrications take a listen they are not telling the truth. but look what's going on here and. my old boss at the washington post ben bradlee the great editor used to say the truth emerges sometimes it takes time these people

sensation as many would take it as proof there had been collusion well a few weeks later a man called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c.n.n. a b. he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from tower meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is it your understanding now that the senate. has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter and now we

this but do you think that the president's former personal attorney michael cohen and his lawyer lanny davis do you think they will prove key to finding the truth about the trump presidency. and you know i think very important in terms of minds life. you know people were not lashing quiet to that and lash out my comment is already pled guilty to that and sent the truck was involved in the murder. yet that's all proven. criminal activity whether or not someone knows russia pollution is a different story and as you know the davis has said one thing you have walked it back a little bit so that's less. bearing to the overall structure what was going on we couldn't trust you. i want you to take a listen to what woodward said when asked about the president's accusation that woodward's quotes from top officials are simply fabrications take a listen they are not telling the truth that i know but look what's going on here and. my old boss at the washington post ben bradlee the great deaded there used to say the truth emerges sometimes it takes time these people these are political statements to prote

sensation as many would take it as proof there had been collusion well a few weeks later a man called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c n n a b he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from terror meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is it your understanding now that the set. it has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter and now we k

sensation as many would take it as proof there had been collusion well a few weeks later a man called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c n n a b he's made a mistake and c. is in. side into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from terror meeting with the russians beforehand or you know. is it your understanding now that the senate has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter now we know that mr

sensation as many would take it as proof there had been collusion well a few weeks later a man called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c n n a b he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from tower meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is it your understanding now that the senate. has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter now we know t

sensation as many would take it as proof there had been collusion well a few weeks later a man called lanny davis michael cohen's own attorney comes out and says he was the source for c.n.n. a b he's made a mistake and c. is inside into this complicated matter has been misinterpreted mr davis eventually even appeared on c.n.n. several times to reiterate just that the reporting of this story got mixed up so michael cohen does not have information that president trump knew about the from tower meeting with the russians beforehand or you know does not is that your understanding now that the senate. has been told no michael cohen stands by his testimony he did not know of the trump tower meeting beforehand that's correct and the reporting was a bit garbled but c.n.n. did nothing to warn its audience the story could have been false in fact it even began attacking the man who it once used as a source blaming him for changing his mind as often as the wind however when c.n.n. first broke the news based on a tip off from sources it mentioned that attorney davis declined to comment on the matter and now we

. >> i wrote about this in the first time when lanny davis announced a gofundme-type page for michael cohen. and suddenly huge amounts of money were put into that account. and as an attorney, it really struck me as quite odd because you can have people effectively in a market for witnesses. you can buy a witness effectively by funding them as long as they're saying the type of thing you want them to say. so michael cohen goes out and says, "i'm now out the get the president. i'm going to implicate him in crimes." we see that more and more, where people invest in witnesses, so they become part of this process by making it more likely that folks will not only take a certain approach in testimony, but they're essentially competing against each other in this market. you're going to get more donations. >> i'll one-up you on the threats, yeah. >> you are. and so this whole aspect of gofundme is relatively new. our ethical rules haven't caught up to that. we have all types of rules about the classic situation where someone gives you money for testimony, but this is a new creature for us, thi

we'll hear from lanny davis who once served as special counsel to president clinton. >> when michaelme, it took me quite a while to listen to him as to why he had changed his mind about donald trump and i took on the representation because he was ready to speak what he felt about donald trump. leland: senat

lanny davis admits being anonymous source in cnn report. bret baier. oh well, so much for cnn saying it wasn't lanny. no wonder their ratings are so low. it's fake news. cnn firing back with this. make no mistake, mr. president. cnn does not lie. we report the news. we report when people in power tell lies. cnn stands by our reporting and our reporters. there may be many fools in this story but carl bernstein is not one of them. so says cnn. after cnn's tepid response, the president geared up and let the media have it. saying -- "the hatred and extreme bias of me by cnn clouded their thinking, making them unable to function. but actually as i've always said this has been going on for a long time. little jeff z. has done a terrible job. his ratings suck. and at&t should fire him to save credible." he continues. "what is going on at cnn is happening to different degrees at other networks. with nbc news being one of the worst. the good news is that andy looky -- get it -- is about to be fired for incompetence and much worse. when lester holt got caught fud

. >> jon: attorney, lanny davis says he himself or cnn report that michael : was willing to testify thatpresident knew about that infamous meeting ahead of time. davis now reveals that he was an anonymous source for that story and admitted he does not know who or when. >> it does bother me because i disclose myself as

. >> i texted michael cohen's lawyer to get a response, he texted me back, said lanny davis, attorney for michael cohen, declined to comment. no inference should be taken from this no comment. what are you getting from the trump camp? >> so far they're not commenting on this but one of the things i've heard from someone close to the president, they're not surprised this would happen and they're not concerned at all. that is something you expect the president and his team to say. but i think they know the potential here is problematic. the president and michael cohen were very close, michael cohen knows a lot, as cara was saying, things related to his business dealings, especially any dealings with russians over the last few years. this is something that i think could be of interest not only to the special counsel, robert mueller, but also potentially others, including the new york state attorney general, which we know has reached out to cohen over the last few weeks and allegedly they were simply waiting to finish his cooperation with the federal authorities before they got a chance t

. >>> well, cohen's lawyer lanny davis quickly followed just minutes later explaining that it was, quote, my tweet sent to michael cohen and i asked him to resend to his followers. well that he message limited to twitter. with us tonight to talk about all of it, emily jane fox, senior report for vanity fair. she also happens to be the author of "born trump, inside america's first family." she also happens to be the first to report last week on michael cohen's talks with robert mueller. michael crowley also returns to our broadcast, national security editor at politico. and still with us, former u.s. attorney joyce vance. >>> emily, this is built on your reporting and i want you now to build on the reporting that's out there. what more do we know about these sessions, these questions, and possible answers from cohen? >> so, here's what i have discussed and last friday night i sat with you here talking about how michael cohen had been speaking with robert mueller and in the weeks since what i've learned is that michael cohen has been an open book. he had signalled for months that he was wi

clearly trying to position himself in a way that is both about his public profile and part of the lanny davisge. at the same time, you know, mueller never gave him a cooperation agreement. so that raises a question about how valuable is the information that he has to offer? because generally what you get in exchange for the information that you're going to share when you cooperate is an agreement that says essentially, if you tell us, you know, the truth and give us things that are useful, you know, it will benefit you when it comes to sentencing on the things you've been willing to plead guilty on. that's not what we have here. at the same time, all roads lead back to the trump organization and his long-standing connection to russia, to people like felix saider who is a long-time friend connected to the russian mob, someone who sent him an e-mail and had an e-mail exchange with him about trump moscow, while donald trump was running for the presidential -- in the presidential election. so there's no question that he has a lot he could potentially offer, particularly with regard to the busines

jon: strap in for the headlines sure to come tomorrow when lanny davis the attorney for the president'sr lawyer michael cohen joins howard kurtz on media buzz. he will break his silence about his behind the scenes role of a cnn story that's been denounced by the president. you can watch that at 11:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow morning. >> the funeral for senator john mccain featured emotional speeches from across the political spectrum. here's another look from some of the sights and sounds inside washington's national cathedral. ♪ >> it is an honor to host this service for senator mccain. while we mourn his death, our faith tells us that beyond this life, there is indeed more life. and god never lets us go. >> i'm here before you today saying the words i have never wanted to say, giving this speech i have never wanted to give, feeling the loss i have never wanted to feel. my father is gone. he was a great fire who burned bright. my father was a great man. he was a great warrior. he was a great american. i admired him for all of these things, but i love him because he was a great father

lanny davis says good for michael cohen for providing critical information without a cooperation agreement should question his honesty, veracity or loyalty to his family and country over president trump. that element of not having the cooperation agreement, he has a plea deal. officially mueller was not a part this. what do you make of the news? >> well, it makes a lot of sense to me that michael cohen who is facing a long jail sentence would do his utmost to try to ingratiate himself into law enforcement officials programs. because he wants a reduced sentence. maybe they would say something at his sentencing. so he is talking to everybody as much as he can. he has a lot to say. things that could effect mueller's investigation into alleged russian interference. he has a lot to say about the trump foundation. according to the new york state attorney general it didn't adhere to new york state you laws. and he has a lot of things to say about trump's business activities. not to mention stormy daniels and that whole thing. so michael cohen is a time bomb for the president of the united states.