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The anonymous source who leaked michael cohens financial records to the press is coming forward. a law enforcement official tells the new yorkers ronan farrow he was the source and motivated to leak cohens financial records after he saw two documents, documenting suspicious financial transactions, had just disappeared from a government database. >> cnns mj lee to lay out whats going on with this. >> what were talking about here are suspicious activity reports and these are reports that banks are...

The fbi investigation into trump that was primarily about comparing that investigation -- looking at how it evolved and the code name was cross fire hurricane which is a fantastic code name but was looking at how that investigation evolved and how it compared to the clinton email server investigation. i dont think its a surprise that anyone close to the president is seizing on one corner of it and trying to turn that into the entire argument. i also dont know it will be successful. >> lets talk ...

The person leaking some of michael cohens records came forward and said he did it because hes alarmed because two very sensitive reports related to cohens finances were supposed to be in a treasury department database and theyre missing. laura, how unusual is that? >> extremely unusual. suspicious activity reports are generated because banks have an obligation to report to the government anything they suspect might be fraudulent activity, money laundering, tax related issues, the things to keep ...

I think he should pack up and get his toothbrush and get ready to go. >> ann how serious is this. >> its serious. we talk about last week. they were putting michael cohen as personal banking information everywhere. and its up to the investigators and the people behind closed doors to figure out if a crime is it committed. that kind of information shouldnt be public. and so the thing that i find troubling about this is that lets say he thought that two were missing. first of all its possible that...

In the new yorker. he spoke with the law enforcement official who leaked michael cohens confidential financial records. he says he did it because he had grown alarmed after being unable to find two reports. so he released the remaining documents. what do you make of that, jack? >> you know, it is concerning that these documents were apparently missing. i mean i take that on faith for the moment. you know, this individual is clearly trying to turn himself not into a leaker but into a whistle-blow...

Doing right now, he simply says hes terrified. he told ronan to say im terrified right now would be an understatement and this is a terrifying time to be an american to be in this situation and to watch all of this unfold. making it clear that he knows that he has taken a big personal risk but he felt that it was important to do it any way. >> thank you for the important reporting. lets go back to our panel and ann, let me begin with you from a legal perspective, given what she just said and eve...

>> no the ability to take out or remove would be extraordinary. >> if anybody actually -- i assume its on a computer database if anybody actually accessed them and tried to print them up or something i would imagine there is a record. >> there is a record no question there is a record. remember these are just suspicious activity reports. >> doesnt mean there is a crime. >> any time there is a transaction over $10,000 or anything unusual for an account these things get flagged. >> everybody thank...

About these suspicious activity reports. its very legally restricted to even acknowledge the existence of these. so if there were ever a scenario in which there was undue political influence on the decision by fincen to restrict these files, certainly there could be an investigation and you could likely restore them by going to the banks. >> how worried is this whistle-blower about potential legal action against them? >> i think this is an individual who has been in law enforcement a long time a...

Lock him up, the leaks have been going on too long this is a law enforcement official doing this. i mean and the more he talks in the media the more he starts working with information, the closer they get to him. i think he should pack up and get his toothbrush and get ready to go. >> ann how serious is this. >> its serious. we talk about last week. they were putting michael cohen as personal banking information everywhere. and its up to the investigators and the people behind closed doors to fi...

Motivation. ronan farrow joins us now. wow. this article that you just published is incredible. lets go slowly through it. it is dense. last week several news outlets reported michael cohens llc, there was money coming out from places like novartis, columbus nova. >> a korean aerospace company. >> yes. and at&t. the source of that leak has now come forward to you about his or her motivation for doing this. what is it? >> this whistle-blower says that upon searching a government database that is ...