person to keep information from becoming public. he said that he was later then paid by that candidate in restitution for those funds.fun. the judge asked him, did you know what you were doing was illegal? he stood up and he said yes. so michael cohen pleading guilty to eight counts. the hearing is still under way, nicole, but i think the most serious counts as relates to the president is count 7 and count 8 where it sounds -- we don't have the court paperwork. but it sounds that the president of the united states was directly involved with michael cohen in two payments to two women at two separate times and that that second payment, the payment made in october of 2017, he said was paid by that candidate. to be clear, the president's name was not mentioned in court, but because of our prior reporting the information that has since become public, and public statements, it sure does seem it involves president trump. >> is that your client, michael avenatti? >> count 8 relates to my client,