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Corporation, ami. or the agreement that it led to. if thats the case, that could potentially spell trouble in terms of president trump himself having violated campaign finance law. >> harris: all right, the president said he did not direct. so you have a case of "he said, he said." although, michael cohen set up prosecutors have substantial information to corroborate" that he is telling the truth. what you make of that? >> if its true, that, of course, helps the prosecutors in making their case....

If he didnt know what campaign finance laws were, and now we have a recording of the president demonstrating very well he knows what the campaign finance laws were. is that argument shattered now because of that recording? is that recording something lawyers can look at one day and say you do know what the law was? >> i will start by saying it wasnt a credible argument based on all facts we have out in public including the fact that donald trump himself lied about whether he even knew about the ...

Kill. the president denied knowing anything about any payment. >> i dont think, and i have to go check, i dont think they paid any money to that tabloid. i dont think we made a payment to that tabloids. i was question the question, i dont think we made a payment. then you have the other situation and every lawyer, look, trump didnt violate campaign finance laws and neither did the president. >> joining me now former executive at the national enquirers parent company, ami. stu, its nice to have y...

Of 2015, had them meet with russian government officials, and then this is quoting from court documents today. after their visit, butina sent a russian government official in russian translated as saying, we should let them express their gratitude now. we will put pressure on them quietly later. given the role of the n.r.a. in u.s. politics, if senior n.r.a. officials participated in this kind of russian influence operation, is that itself a matter of national security concern, separate and apar...

He directed deals and phone calls and meetings with his self described fixer michael cohen and others. im joined by jim rootenberg and mimi rocca, former assistant u.s. district attorney and msnbc contributor. let me ask you this, jim, about the relationship with trump and ami. what is the deal all these years? >> well, the deal was in august of 2015, david pecker, michael cohen and mr. trump, we had heard this happened in trump tower, cooked up a deal that basically went like this. pecker said ...

Included in whatever transactions took place. weisselberg wrote the checks. between these two guys there may be stories we dont even know about. >> weve talked a time or two about this idea prosecutors dont just rely on the idea of the uncorroborated word of one witness. michael cohen will never take the stand in a future case and testify without any backup. instead what prosecutors do, well have layer and layer of evidence that confirms and reinforces the strength of their case. and thats what ...

Going rogue. i thought this was all about russia and russian involvement. so for people who arent following this page by page, minute by minute, what in the world is going on here? >> great question. what we have here is we have robert mueller essentially when he took over the investigation if you will into the trump campaign, into russia, this question of russia interference in the election, basically he said give he all of your cases. new york, give me all of your cases, washington, d.c., east...

And preparing to take office. the role that the president had in the inauguration was to raise his hand and take the oath. same thing for first lady. she wasnt engaged in this process. >> with that lets bring in our lead off panel. peter baker, chief correspondent for "the new york times." maya wiley former district attorney for the southern district of new york, professor at the new school, and daniel gold man former attorney with the southern district of new york. maya, id like to begin with y...

Was karen mcdougal. joining us now her former lawyer. i wonder looking back if the justice department thinks donald trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in the case but they cant indict a sitting president. what is the process for accountability? is there one? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me back on your program. let me start by saying what a difference nine months makes. >> yeah. >> when we sues ami nine months ago arguing this was an illegal catch and kill contract. the defense...

Legal fees. now, we dont know how much of these details trump knew or didnt know, but putting him in that room suggests, one, he may have infact directed it. but certainly the fact pattern we know to date suggests a criminal -- absolutely that he may be involved in the crime. this is the president of the united states of america. >> daniel goldman, the president keep uses -- keeps using that word "civil" to describe this. basically same question to you. how does this david pecker meeting add to ...