[Text:] LET'S GET AFTER IT.
[Cuomo:] The big story, you saw first on CNN, evidence that suggests the President's team was dangling pardons. Michael Cohen clearly thought a pardon was in play in April of last year. Why? Because he got this email, and it relayed that the President's then newest lawyer named Rudolph Giuliani wanted Cohen to "Sleep well tonight" because he had "friends in high places." Now, both sides can argue, and will, over who brought up pardons to whom. But the conversations happened. These emails prove that. There was talk of a "back channel" to the President, one the Trump Team hoped would continue. And we know the conversation went all the way to the White House. So, you can decide for yourself how this squares with Cohen's testimony before Congress. But, as I've said, it's less about what he can say and more about what he can show, ergo, the emails. Now, this shows plenty especially in context. The person sending the emails is somebody named Robert Costello. Why is he interesting? Because he was not Cohen's attorney. That's key here. He was pushing his services claiming close ties to Giuliani. The timing of Costello showing up in all this, also key. The Feds had just searched Cohen's homes and office. Giuliani had only been on Trump's legal team a few days at this point. Cohen was trying to figure out if he should stick to a joint defense agreement with the President or if he should, as he eventually did, flip. At the same time, Costello was emailing Trump Cohen. Same time Costello was emailing Cohen, Trump was tweeting how he always liked and respected Cohen, and didn't see Michael flipping. Now, it's true. The word pardon isn't in the emails. Costello says it's utter nonsense to read that into his words. And he says Cohen asked him to go to the President about this. But wait. Why would Cohen not ask his own lawyer to do that? And why would Michael Cohen, the President's lawyer, not call the President directly? Unclear. What is clear, people on the President's side were worried about what Cohen was going to do, and they wanted him to remember his close relationship, one that is now gone, thanks to what Cohen calls, "His decision to tell the truth." So, prosecutors made a big move today. They made Paul Manafort pardon- proof just minutes after today's sentencing. I'm talking about New York State Prosecutors. State charges can't be pardoned. Is this legit? Cuomo's Court takes it up.
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