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Its a big deal he got immunity and he is the second person -- we know david pecker did, too. >> jeffrey toobin joins me on the phone. prosecutors do not hand out immunity easily. they think you have something wor worthwhile to their case to do that. he was named on that recorded call that michael cohens lawyer hanned ov ed handed about, where the president and michael cohen are talking about paying off ami, $150,000, to keep this story quiet. they mention allen weisselberg. >> he knows where the...

There is a case when they paid karen mcdoogle. and there was a time they silenced a doorman. it clearly put ami in legal jeptjep jepordy. given the proximity to the election, it could get them in hot water. it is not such a surprise there is at immunity deal. >> what was the nature of the relationship? >> dozens of employees said they were really close. pecker would identify stories to be killed for trump, we know how

I read interesting analysis that the first emt gives the press wide latitude but there may have a legal line stepped over here by ami in terms of whether what it did was a direct campaign contribution. >> i think the legal line is if this company or mr. pecker knowingly took steps to make the payment look like it was coming from somebody else or being used for something else, that crosses the line. they can buy the story. what they cant do is make it look like somebody else paid for it or that t...

>> allen wiseleberg is the trump organizations chief financial officer, david pecker and talking about the karen mcdougal catch and kill arrangement. there is a report that they kept a safe on other damaging stories it killed, as part of its relationship with donald trump. here to talk about it, jeffrey toobin. you wrote a lengthy piece in "the new yorker," i recall, about david pecker. >> i did. >> what do you think about this, that theres a safe, potential information that david pecker or ami ...

Ami or at his direction. this is not a positive development by any stretch of the imagination for donald trump. its obvious to me that these documents that are being referenced would already be in the hands of government prosecutors and investigators, and, again -- >> you think -- >> only a matter of time. >> theres a concern that, well, theyre been moved and they may never be heard from or seen again. you think they already have? >> well, i think they absolutely already have them unless they we...

There is a report that they kept a safe on other damaging stories it killed, as part of its relationship with donald trump. here to talk about it, jeffrey toobin. you wrote a lengthy piece in "the new yorker," i recall, about david pecker. >> i did. >> what do you think about this, that theres a safe, potential information that david pecker or ami would have on donald trump -- >> is enormous. >> david pecker is very open with me including talking about karen mcdougal saying, we supported donald ...

That. they have the stories what is the expression -- >> catch and kill. >> neil: do a lot of publishers -- >> ami, the owner of the national inquirer, they own practically ever tabloid, this is their thing. they do this in hollywood. they buy the rights for lives and stories and put them in a drawer. >> neil: when they do a catch and kill, the cynical view is here that theyre very close to donald trump. dont want to do anything to embarrass donald trump. so just table it. >> yeah. look, the nat...

Having done someone a solid already. thats the power. >> now that david pecker is reported to not only be cooperating with prosecutors but to have been granted immunity in conjunction with doing so, and the type of leverage youre describing here relates to the serving president of the united states, it raises all sorts of very big questions that are more than about the enquirers competitive advantage in the marketplace. one of the things im wondering, whether there is a financial element, a busi...

I dont know what the benefit would be but definitely theyre the money behind ami. >> and if that ends up being relevant to the story, that story will now be told to federal prosecutors if mr. peck ser cooperating under a promise of immunity. jeff horowitz with the "associated press" with an interesting scoop tonight. congratulations on this. >> youre welcome. all right. and actually while i was talking to mr. horowitz, we have more breaking news. concerning a new potential prosecution. its kin...

Filled with documents on hush money payments it made for and damaging stories it killed about one donald trump. the man who reportedly kept that safe was just granted immunity for cooperating with law enforcement. a source telling nbc news that david pecker, ceo of the parent company america media, inc. was granted immunity for providing ins in the probe of cohen. according to other outlets, the editor-in-chief for the enquirer dylan howard got a similar deal. they report the two the men fearful...