Transcript for Michael Cohen expected to plead guilty to lying to Congress: Sources

This is an ABC news special. George Stephanopoulos. Good morning we are coming and they are now with a major breaking news in the rush investigation. Michael Cohen president trumps former attorney longtime fixture has reached a new plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. He is appearing in federal court in Manhattan at any moment expected to plead guilty for false statements to congress. After dozens of hours of testimony to Muller's team centered on the key issues of collusion of the Russia. And obstruction of justice by president trial. In his earlier plea deal prosecutors in New York Cohen implicated president chopping campaign finance felonies this book cooperation potentially even more damaging to the president. Cohen now the most pivotal public witness in the Muller investigation. He reported directly to president trump for more than ten years was a fixture trump tower in New York. And was actively pursuing a trump tower in Moscow during the presidential campaign. Want to bring in our chief legal analyst Dan Abrams Dan. Cohen once promised take a bullet for president trumpet back in July he told me he's putting family and country first. And now he poses a double barreled threat to the president. And I think as you pointed out a moment ago this is the more significant threat. Moral to this point we've been talking about Michael Coen and implicating the president in campaign finance violations. Basically helping to call cover up the payments. Spector is stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal and the timing of and how that relates to the election itself. All of that important significant possible campaign finance violations. But you're you're talking about the heart of the Robert Moeller investigation. Talking about Russia you're talking about the presidents but potentially the president's knowledge about. What he knew when he knew it connected to Russia totally different game here. And this is voluntary cooperation by Michael Cohen also expected to get. A letter from the council the special counsel Robert Mueller detailing. His full measure of cooperation in the value of that cooperation that could also be very significant to Colin. Julian when you point out about the voluntary nature of this remember he pled guilty to the eight count speech seeing U 46 this 63 months. Behind bars in connection we back case. But you know it was an actual deal it was a guilty plea. And and that's what made it so powerful. And so I think that that ferber. Becomes an issue here as well because it is clear now that he knew cooperating with bowlers. You know want to bring our Chief Justice course doctor Thomas for more on that. Not only is cooperating also are learning that he will continue to cooperate and we know that Mueller has really in meticulous investigation. That's right George sources familiar with these discussions about a possible guilty pleas say they focus on. False statements Cohen allegedly made to congress during closed door hearings before Intelligence Committees investigating allegations are rushing collusion. Sources familiar with the discussions tell ABC news. Cohen spent about more than seventy hours with a mullet team. With questions focusing on context would question doing the campaign close business ties to Russia obstruction of justice and talk a possible pardons. The significance here is that the mullah probe now has a cooperating witness from trucks inner circle. Who's providing details specifically rated relating. To issues or Russia connections and joy because Colin statements were made before congress. It raises questions about what other associates of the trump campaign. Told congressional committees. Mo is working toward a conclusion and matters may only into the fire doors stuff final moments of such deals are blew it. Dicey even but this appears imminent. This does appear in a hundred snow making ours our senior White House correspondent as well we don't know what president knows about this if anything until right now but we do enough for the last 24 hours he's been very. On increasingly combative on Twitter for days prior Karen George in a row now he has had attacks on Moeller more than eleven cents money just an hour ago he said this is a Joseph McCarthy. Style witch hunt that is shattered so many lives. But this is huge news it is impossible to overstate the relationship between Michael Cohen in Donald Trump he was among his most. Loyal in zealous defenders for years and we also know that the president has really. Painted him out to be a liar he has set any Michael Cohen will do anything. To get out of trouble I would imagine when we do hear a sponsor president truck it will be along these lines again. Okay the news just coming in Michael Cohen in federal court in Manhattan today expected to plead guilty to false statements to congress after seventy hours more than seventy hours of cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller who is valuing that cooperation. When cover this all day long back to Good Morning America in the rest of nine states. This has been a special room.

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