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Check, i dont think they even paid any money to the tabloid. okay? i dont think we made a payment to that tabloid. >> whether or not they made a payment to that tabloid, ami, remember, michael cohen did pay stormy daniels to keep quiet. and when the president tries to muddy the waters on what happened in that meeting in august of 2015, remember, he was right there in the room where it happened. prosecutors describe that meeting in their agreement with the parent company of the "inquienquirer "en...

The contribution itself is not illegal. but the fact he didnt report it is illegal. on the other case, a.m.i., its a corporate contribution, somebody else, if he directed it you have a different story. that is an illegal contribution. so i think theyre two different things. i dont know all the facts of the a.m.i. i dont think we know that yet. but to me the most damaging thing is the fact the president isnt coming -- hasnt come clean over the course of time. >> anderson, anderson, putting aside ...

Making this deal for reduced time and everything else. do me a favor. put these charges on. >> reporter: the presidents view is at odds with the facts. it is a criminal investigation and a crime that michael cohen pleaded guilty. the president is not acknowledging any of that. he said his lawyer, he hired him to take care of all of this, he also distanced himself from the payment from ami. there are implications here at the white house. who will stiff tfill the chief f role? it makes it less lik...

We begin tonight with two pieces of breaking news. a new investigation, this time the presidents inaugural committee over how it spent the more than $100 million it raised and whether it accepted donations from people looking to gain influence or access to new administration. well have more details on that. but first, the other breaking news tonight, more evidence that shows the president seems incapable of telling the truth about almost any aspect of the hush money payments that just sent his...

Meeting with michael cohen and david pecker, the head of the company that owns "the national enquirer" as pecker offered to help the campaign identify negative stories about his relationships with women, stories that would then be killed, kept from the public. this is from a court document in the immunity deal that the company, ami has reached with prosecutors. one sentence caught our eye when this story came out yesterday. im quoting. in or about august 2015, david pecker, the chairman and chie...

Trumps word versus now michael cohens word and amis word, this seems to be a really clear case of the president doesnt have his story straight. i say that because i know that maybe everyone has heard these sound bites, these quotes, these statements from the president before, but i want to play them again because i think its really important to hear what the president has said when asked about the hush money payments past and now present. listen. >> did you know about the $130,000 payment to sto...

Enquirer" parent company. the president of ami. michael cohen will break his silence in an interview with "good morning america." here is jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: christine and dave, we sgin -- we begin here at the white house. so much as happened this week. much has to do with michael cohen. of course, the presidents long time lawyer and fixer. the president speaking out in direct terms saying he did not direct michael cohen to do anything in terms of hush money payments. as...

Trump. he had time to think about after cohen was sentenced and after ami came forward with its legal arrangement, and this is what the president is now saying. >> let me tell you. i never directed him to do anything wrong. whatever he did, he did on his own, and hes a lawyer. he is a lawyer. he represents a client. i never directed him to do anything incorrect or wrong and he understands that. >> its interesting to hear the president give his version as michael cohen says one thing, max, and fe...

Exists, if hes on a contemporaneous tape recording saying what his intention is, then its not going to be very clear, but that evidence hasnt all been presented yet. >> i was just going to say, you have the president going after michael cohen, calling him a liar here, right, and he has a record of lying. its a fair question. but the fact is there is a second witness to this, is there not, that in the person of ami thats the parent company of "national enquirer" because they are substantiating th...

Meetings happening. the other thing the president should be very worried about, to me, is the biggest news of the week as far as he is concerned, which is the ami non-prosecution agreement. because that is what totally apart from michael cohen, corroborates the fact that the president was doing this, paying the hush money payments because of the campaign. that is huge. and secondly, it means the southern district of new york is going after this case. there is no reason to meet a non-cooperation ...