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And that deal basically said that he was not allowed to tell his story about what he thinks he knows about this affair which may have led to a child born out of wedlock that the president would be the father of it. hes remained quiet about this for some time but now said hes been released from this agreement, which would have meant that if he spoke about what he knew about this alleged affair, he would be forced to pay up to $1 million. now, its important to point out that this deal, which he re...

Organization, and david pecker, a longtime friend and publisher of "the national enquirer," cutting deals with prosecutors, granted immunity to cooperate in the cohen investigation. now, overnight, we learned that peckers company, american media inc., paid that former doorman $30,000 to keep his mouth shut, essentially. ryan nobles with us now from the white house. what are you learning about this so-called catch-and-kill contract, ryan? >> reporter: well, christi and victor, this is an indicati...

Cant seem to explain. >> a lot in jeopardy either way, depending on which way the president goes. also, cnn learning about this ex-doorman for trump revealing another alleged affair. any response from the white house on that? >> the white house has not responded to questions about this. aside from salacious details released from what the doorman alleges to know about donald trump, what this speaks to is a broader problem for president trump. this is an individual that worked as a doorman at the ...

Executives in connection with cohens payment to porn star stormy daniels. trumps legal team declined to comment but trump made it clear what he thought about immunity deals during the campaign. >> if youre not guilty of a crime, why do you need immunity? >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. >> all right, here with me now cnn political commentator and assistant editor at the "washington post" david swirlick. david, you first. all of these people flipping, talking, you know, to prosecutors. i...

Affair trump had years ago with his former housekeeper. the doorman claiming that relationship produced a child. now, if the doorman had breached that confidentiality agreement with a.m.i., the parent company of "the national enquirer," he would have owed that company $1 million. but hes now free to speak about these allegations because the deal has been scrapped. we dont know exactly why, like you mentioned, but it comes as david pecker, the chairman of a.m.i. and a personal friend of trumps, h...

Taking aim at jeff sessions. trump clearly frustrated after news some of his most trusted allies are turning on him including former attorney michael cohen, chief financial officer for the trump organization alan weisselberg, and publisher ryan howard, and now cnn has exclusive reporting on a former trump doorman making accusations about the presidents past. including an alleged secret affair with a former housekeeper. ryan nobles is at the white house. another nondisclosure agreement coming to ...

Learning about his deal this doorman entered into with ami, american media inc., the parent company inquirer. ami paid trumps former doorman $30,000 during the election to stay silent about the story, but the doorman would owe ami $1 million if he made public the allegations against trump. ami has now released the doorman from that confidentiality agreement as the company comes under intense scrutiny from investigators looking into the way this company participated in a series of alleged cover-u...

Mcdougal. why? it appears from the cohen court proceedings that ami, the parent company of the "national enquirer" was not repaid for purchasing her story to help trump. so those payments by david pecker, the man given immunity, which means hes talking to the prosecutors, could be construed also as a loan or an illegal corporate contribution, neither of which was disclosed. what else? conspiracy. if trump knew about, and even instructed or directed, as cohen says, the payments that were made to ...

We learn the former doorman was paid $30,000 in exchange for silence over what he claimed to know of an affair trump had with a former house skeerp years ago. the doorman claims that relationship produced a child. now american media, inc, ami, the parent company of the national enquirer would have collected $1 million from the doorman if he breached the confidentiality agreement while in effect. signed in november 2015, several months after trump launched his presidential campaign. while we dont...

Men, for whatever other reason, doesnt have to be about sex, it could be about business deals, it could be about a whole bunch of things, but were they done in order to quiet someone to come forward before the election? and remember, he benefitted from this stuff. it worked. he won. so those i think are the inquiries that the prosecutors are going to continue looking into. >> gabe, last question to you. how healthy is american media at this point? it was in bad financial shape. we talked about i...