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And that was, one, the national enquirer. and the other one was the kkks newspaper. so that really tells you everything you need to know about the president of the united states. right? one of the newspaper is a newspaper promoting white supremacy. and the other one is its becoming clear in the reporting thats coming out today and that many reporters have been working on that he basically controlled. which confirms his theory about fake news and fake media. the national enquirer in a way is fake...

All very serious. we do have a statement from ami so i want to read that. it says it is unfortunate and disconcerting that disgruntled and terminated ex-employees who had no access to how editorial decisions are made and without any access to the companys top executives have been given a platform, hiding behind the protection of being an anonymous source to grind their ax on the back of their former employer. obviously being very critical of these ex-employees that they think are talking but als...

That sort of seemed to suggest his father had a connection to lee harvey oswald. the president ran with that. so this is programs the least surprising thing we have heard come out of this, but it is yet another component of this symbiosis between him and the pa pay-for-play tabloid. >> michael cohen -- you can talk to a news organization if you want to call it a news organization. >> i guess i dont. >> if he is directing them in the news coverage, then it is a contribution and then they run into...

Into the white house. just to give you a sense of how much editorial control were talking about, stories would only be published if trump preapproved them. he would regularly make changes to either cover photos of himself or headlines he thought were not flattering and trump would also suggest articles about either himself or his opponents, including hillary clinton, and that he could also preapprove those stories about other people, not himself, as well. the context here, of course, that weve t...

>> "washington post" story is saying, they cited three sources who know that the "national enquirer" had given michael cohen advanced stories and given during the campaign. is this a campaign finance violation? was it a gift in kind to the campaign? american media, the parent company of the "national enquirer" has given us a statement. i can read from that. they say its unfortunate and disconcerting that disgruntled and material natured exemployees had no access to how editorial decisions are ma...

The largest canaries you have seen in your lifetime. >> dan goldman as someone who used to do these investigations we havely, your handicapping on mr. michael avenattis analysis? >> the interesting thing is the first amendment issues. there are hurdles that you must clear in order to subpoena a news organization. i dont know exactly what they are categorizing ami, but by subpoenaing them they have clearly done that. ami indicated that they are going to claim some first amendment privileges to pr...

He didnt have legal standing or a role. take that in context to donald trump reading out of the national enquirer michael cohen playbook to attack hillary clinton on her health. >> she also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis. >> took a short circuit in the brain. >> hillary clinton failed every single time as secretary of state. now she wants to be president. hillary clinton doesnt have the fortitude, strength, or stamina to lead in our world. >> do you view this as a potentia...

>> umm, they -- they didnt want to hurt him. >> you think its because of a personal relationship with the guy who runs ami, is friends with donald trump? >> correct. >> president trump has denied an affair with mcdougal. ami has denied paying ms. mcdougal to suppress her story. according to two sources, cohens decision to cooperate with prosecutors is, quote, a moving target and any decision would be weeks away, depending on what if any charges michael cohen will be facing. and what prosecutors ...

Order to suppress it, to help the trump campaign. he said they had other interests in karen mcdougal to do fitness reporting. that i think was somewhat more questionable. but whether donald trump, david pecker, michael cohen, anyone committed a crime here, is far from clear to me. >> we should say ami forcefully denies that they engage in whats called catch and kill. >> right. >> but employees there have told a different story, former employees. >> and its hard to see why they would have paid $1...

Subpoenaed. people familiar with the matter say prosecutors in the michael cohen case are investigating whether the payment for the rights to her story about a purported affair between then-candidate trump and a playboy model could have violated campaign finances laws. why do you think they squashed the story? >> back then, or now? >> now. >> umm, they -- they didnt want to hurt him. >> you think its because of a personal relationship with the guy who runs ami, is friends with donald trump? >> c...