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That media company to secretly try to buy people off and bury their story. and thats a legal no-no, to use a legal term. we spoke to mcdougals lawyer about this. take a listen to what hes been saying. a lot of different reporters have been working different angles of the story on what does look very shady. take a listen. was the national inquirer acting as an arm of donald trump and michael cohen? and is there something wrong with that in. >> we strongly suspect they were. if the lawsuit continu...

Story is they paid her $150,000 and killed the story and tried to tie her down with that contract. presumably they said this story was going to run. you dont pay $150,000 for a dog and then they didnt run it. and the only person who profits from that is candidate trump. they did that in august. so these conversation in september, only a month later seemed to fit naturally with an ongoing scheme. should we pay her directly? should we buy the rights to the story from ami and the inquirer? that sho...

These payments were made. and i happen to agree with you, by the way, your observation that cash was even on the table was even an option when youre talking about a $150,000 payment. that in and of itself is disturbing. >> okay. and let me ask you, emily, to respond. "the new york times" is updating the updated story saying giuliani called back. he said trump and cohen were discussing buying the rights to mcdougals story from the "enquirer," effectively reimbursement. there is a large body of re...

Everything you just heard, what is the legal significance? >> well, in terms of the law the campaign violations are an obvious one. but in terms of the strength of the evidence to show that, i thought the times story just before the quote that you had was significant because it shows knowledge of both men, cohen and trump, of what ami is doing with playmate mcdougal. he says, should we buy her story directly or should we buy it from ami? and then the question is should we pay in the check or sho...

Cohen recorded a discussion with trump discussing a payment to the former "playboy" model karen mcdougal, according to rudy giuliani. mcdougal claimed she had a nearly year-long affair with the president after melania gave birth to barron in 2006. >> i was attracted to him, yeah. hes a nice-looking man. you know, i liked his charisma. >> reporter: mcdougal has said trump tried to hand her cash after their first night together. >> after we had been intimate, he tried to pay me. i didnt know how t...

Raided cohen including one from september of 2016 when cohen, then-candidate donald trump, were talking about paying off former playboy model karen mcdougal who as you know alleged an affair with mr. trump about ten years prior. while melania trump was pregnant and even after the birth of their son. money above and beyond an arrange nlt with the "national enquirers" parent company, ami, to buy miss mcdougals story and kill. this conversation took place two months before the election, september 2...

Of whats in there and why the trump team seems to like it, renato. heres what they say that you need to combat for the purposes of our discussion tonight. the transcript makes it clear that trump is finding out about this after the fact. so he didnt set it up. the transcript makes clear that he was thinking about buying back what ami, the parent company of the "national enquirer," had through a legitimate corporate entity. so it shows its not a campaign violation. and there is no proof that he e...

>> what is your concern about exposure for the president when it comes to the corporate vehicle to re-buy or buy back different types of intellectual property and stories or whatever that ami, the parent company, had? >> well, theres no criminal liability there. the potential is political embarrassment. conceivably, depending on the facts, a violation of some, you know, election law act. but in the end, you know, this story just doesnt help the president. and the more of it that comes out, parti...

Or suppressing information. it remains to be seen him we dont know what another information may be available. we know there were millions of documents seized from his office and his home. we dont know what they reveal about what trump and michael canen were doing leading up to the election. we do know from the tape, from the deal that ami and karen pittsburgh dougeal and the payment to stormy daniels, that trump had real issues about alleging affairs. he didnt want those stories to break before ...

Karen mcdougal and who knows how many other people out there, fred, so thats really what the issue is going to boil down to here. the source of the funds. and when giuliani says, oh, this is great for us, well, it really isnt. because the discussion with cohen is, are we going to buy this from ami? in other words, ami gave her, mcdougal, $150,000 to be quiet. now trump and cohen are saying lets buy this -- these rights from ami, which looks like a payback to them for making the payment in the fi...