there's one other thing in the cohen filing, which is a newha contact cohen had with the russians.his was in november of 2015. it's detailed by the pros autors. that russian national who claimed to be reprenting the federation offered synergy with government toru connect the campaign with russia, try to set up a meeting between trump and vladimir putin. cohen didn't accept the meeting, dn'tpont. but it's another example of the russians try tonfiltrate. >> there were more russians as well as that one. robert: so not collusion. co if michaewent provided all of this information to robert mueller's investigation, why ar osecutors still being so tough on him? >> part of this has to do with the cases involving the tax issues that are separate from the mueller investigation, and they basically said that michael coe went was using -- cohen was lying about it. and then when he was being caught wasn't beg wholesome about the truth. in that p articular case, t federal prosecutors are saying michael coe went doesn't deserve any leniency because he flagrantly broke the law to the tune of millio