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It is not a crime, that campaign finance law is not a crime, it most certainly is a crime. harry litman may disagree with me on this. i might suggest that campaign finance law, this particular violation is defensive bull, and history shows us through the john edwards case that these cases may be defensible in the sense that they dont always result in a conviction because it is difficult to prove the actual willfulness of the conduct. but thats a totally different inquiry than whether or not it i...

I would have predicted. but whats clear from amis -- what they have attested to. is that this was all designed for his political purposes and that is the almost textbook definition of a campaign finance violation. >> youre right about that, nicolle. by the way, this is only the latest iteration of his defense. as i recall, the first defense was, i have no idea what in the heck youre talking about. this never happened. so were at a different defense. and its also unavailing. i think hes also -- h...

Post," white house bureau chief phil rucker and senior fbi official, daniel goldman, and were going to start with nbc news investigative reporter tom winter who has just broken a significant development. you very humbly point out that were matching what "the wall street journal report"ed. this feels like a big, big deal. >> i think -- so lets go back to where this started, back in august of this year. michael cohen pled guilty to criminal information inspect that criminal information it said the...

Has that given him leverage in order to use that immunity to talk about certain things? and then of course the big one, which is what all does he know, what other illegalities could be involved with the trump organization and he would be in a position to talk about those things. >> we talked about the fact, youve been reporting on this, the initial plea agreement was quite narrow. >> yes. it could change feasibly if the seriousness of the campaign finance violations has been established. before ...

Payment was ever made to ami. lets go to the tape in which cohen is recording the president as they are having a conversation about this payment. first of all, read what he said. im sorry. first donald trump saying what he said and youre going to have michael cohen in that secret recording. listen. >> i dont think and i have to check. i dont think they paid my none to that tabloids. i dont think we made a payment. i was asking the question. >> i need to open up a company for the transfer of all ...

Law, in this case directs an operation to violate a law, is this a crime? would someone say its not bad enough to put him in jail now? >> prosecutors look at evidence in the totality. we dont just look at one piece of evidence to see what it proves. now weve got cohens testimony, the undercover tape in which the president is virtually admitting hes complicit. ami and david pecker saying, by the way, catch and kill, that was for political advantage. and weave allan weisselberg, the chief officer ...

Youre from britain and you see nothing but peace and happiness in the political system over this there. >> i love the civility. >> lets talk about yesterday and talk about what happens next. it is clear that theyre building a case against donald trump and you do wonder how long republicans, all these senate republicans, especially, can sit back and pretend that a felony that they know would put them all in jail, that this felony is much ado about nothing? >> you put together the ami news and the...

Werent available. so the jury didnt get to hear about why these payments were made. and by contrast in the trump manner, you have the chairman of america media inc. and ami itself that made one of these payments. theyre in the prosecution agreement in which theyve acknowledged the purpose of the payment was to influence the election. >> were not talking about one difference, were talking about four. all of those are significant. i want to have you respond to what paul said and also to what we ju...

Publisher of the national enquirer tells prosecutors the company also took part in an illegal scheme to protect trumps election bid. and it looks more and more likely that nancy pelosi will reclaim her position as the most powerful woman in washington. were going to explain the deal that could make her madam speaker again. ♪ good morning, everyone. its thursday december 13th. im ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian and louis burgdorf. first, another ally of president trump came for...

Failed to push back against revelations in july that mr. co help had recorded a conversation with mr. trump discussing the mcdougal payment. the recording seemed to support the notion that ami was complicit in an illegal campaign finance scheme. its true we heard everything in that recording, im going to get the papers, im going to get the papers. it sounded like a mob recording to me. tell me the story in your past about david pecker and ami and how that forms your opinion, and does this sound ...