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Parent company ami admitted to its role in the cover-up close to the presidential vote. >> take a moment and listen to this tape from september of 2016 right before the election. its a recording where michael cohen and then candidate trump discuss dealings with david picker. david picker, pictured there, the head of ami, which owns national enquirer. the president tells cohen, quote, get rid of this, referring to the karen mcdougal story. then says, in two weeks its fine. then this. >> i need to...

About the russia investigation telling yahoo news our strategy is to do everything he can to wrap the damn thing up, and if he has anything, show us. here are the acts on what mueller has done so far. four pea sul sentenced to prison, and seven people with guilty pleas, and 192 criminal counts filed overall. >> that seems like a lot. leaves us a lot to discuss. joining us, legal analyst, max boot and john avlon. i think this is all of a sudden different for president trump because of this deal...

In transaction. this was around the time stories were coming out about karen mcdougals allegations about trump. are you following along with me? first stormy daniels and then karen mcdougal. heres what karen mcdougal told my colleague anderson cooper. >> well, then, the republican he won the republican nomination and ami was interested in the story again. >> once donald trump won the republican nomination. >> right, correct. >> youre saying ami suddenly came back to you with interesting stories?...

Forthcoming as you indicated in your excellent summary before from ami, and that company is owned by one of donald trumps closest friends, david pecker, that says the purpose of that conspiracy was to influence the outcome of the election. it wasnt hush money as rudy giuliani has said for simply silencing a mistress so that he would avoid embarrassment. it was a violation of the campaign finance laws and very possibly other laws like money laundering and bank fraud. >> you know, an interesting t...

So you just cant believe it. in there he says cohen was convicted on things that have nothing to do with me. thats not true. read the filing. it says that he conspired with individual one, the president, and ami. everyone else has agreed. trump says it has nothing to do with him. lets take one step back and say, you know what, maybe they will go in and be able to make it on a technicality that he didnt necessarily break the law. this is a guy paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to porn stars...

From the president or his lawyers on the specifics of the ami agreement yet. and i think its because, perhaps, it undercuts so many of the arguments they have been making in the last few days. and rick was suggesting the fec wont even look at this as a violation. officials say that payments to women to silence them wouldnt be seen as a campaign contribution. it would be seen as personal. but what the ami agreement spells out and what prosecutors clearly are trying to prove and say they have evid...

Election. they are admitting this is done not for trumps personal family situation, not to not embarrass him, but for the purpose of influencing the election. that is now a second witness. and another key point in this is that this cooperation agreement, it says in there that they are required to cooperate for three years or until all prosecutions arising out of this conduct are final. that leaves it open that this investigation is not over and that now, in effect, prosecutors have all of the do...

This. in or about august 2015, david pcker, the chairman and ceo of a.m.i. met with like l cohen and at least one other member of the campaign. why is there a campaign person involved in something that was just a private matter? barrett, my point is this. i dont know if its an f.e.c. violation. i know michael cohen pled guilty to it. i think he did that for several reasons. and i dont care. i care about the lying to federal prosecutors. the president lied to the american people about this. we kn...

Violations. republicans have backed the president when it came to his word against cohens. we heard that over and over. what are they likely to do with his word against cohens and amis now? >> well, i think if past history is any guide, theyre going to do the same thing they have been doing, which is keep defending the president, but i think that you make an important distinction between yesterday when he stayed silent and today when he felt the need to lash out on twitter and make his case publ...

Volunteers to hand out fliers. the presidents campaign paid a lot of money to make sure that the fact that he paid off a porn star and paid off a playboy playmate, not to disclose their affairs to the american people, did that have an impact? i have run for re-election a number of times. im guessing if that were a story about me, it might impact my re-election. and of course, this was a presidential election that was won by tens of thousands of votes, and certain very specific localities. howeve...