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Would be weeks away, depending on what if any charges michael cohen will be facing. cnns jeffrey toobin joins us now. as someone who knows more than most about ami and its inner working, i wonder what you make of this latest "wall street journal" story. >> its not surprising that law enforcement would be interested in this subject. but it is also not clear whether any crime was committed by anyone here. david pecker, who was the ceo of american media, is a very close friend of donald trump. and ...

American media, is a very close friend of donald trump. and when i interviewed him for "the new yorker," he was very open in saying we use "the national inquirer" to help donald trump get elected president, we were supportive of him. he was less clear on what the basis was of the $150,000 payment, because he didnt say it was a catch and kill story. he didnt say that they bought the story in order not to -- in order to suppress it, to help the trump campaign. he said they had other interests in k...

>> and its hard to see why they would have paid $150,000 to karen mcdougal for any other reason except to help donald trump, because even by "national inquirer" standards, thats a good deal of money. it was right in the middle of the presidential campaign. and they barely used her at all for any of the american media magazines. so it seems hard to imagine any other purpose for this payment, other than to suppress the story. but in fairness, david pecker says thats not why they bought it. >> if a...

Other purpose for this payment, other than to suppress the story. but in fairness, david pecker says thats not why they bought it. >> if ami and michael cohen did collude or have some sort of an agreement to suppress information about the president during the campaign, what kind of trouble could they actually be in? a fine? >> i mean, it is conceivably a campaign violation in the sense that giving the money to karen mcdougal was in effect an in-kind contribution to the trump campaign. i think th...

Alleged in a suit against the ami. she believed ami conspired to kill her story with the help of davidson and cohen. mcdougle later settled her case with ami and never sued keith davidson. he admits he called cohen after brokering the deal with ami even th cohen was not an official party to the case. >> it just seems o up thene to michael cohen and say hey. >> i understand the questions. and why you may think that or other people may think that, but thats not the case. >> now, davidson points ou...

And for white people, its -- what is it? >> ami, american indians, and thats pretty much about it, aint it? >> theres three different types of mexicans. and we can sit with serenos and we can sit with pices. dont ask me why. but we cant play with the black folks. i would get beat up. youd get in a fight over it. thats just the way it is. theres more racism here than there is in, you know, in civilization for sure. if you dont come in prejudiced, you might leave prejudiced. >> anything we take fo...

A prosecutor who could be out to get him and being a go-between between that person and trump? >> michael cohen has a very thick rolodex of reporters that he also knows and as we know, he had conversations with "in touch" and david pecker who owns a.m.i., "national enquirer." this is someone who also grew up in new york in that world in the 80s and 90s and 2000s too relating to tabloids and other reporters and news outlets. and so it wouldnt be shocking if there was a relationship there. but the...

Thick rolodex of reporters that he also knows and as we know, he had conversations with "in touch" and david pecker who owns a.m.i., "national enquirer." this is someone who also grew up in new york in that world in the 80s and 90s and 2000s too relating to tabloids and other reporters and news outlets. and so it wouldnt be shocking if there was a relationship there. but the way it is described, this relationship, i have more questions than answers. >> and you know, paul, lets get to this. durin...

He was such an easy guy to get to comment on the record about anything. >> he was like that during the campaign. >> yes. but they had to stop calling him. >> just lastly, would michael cohen have ever been involved? was he in the middle of those transactions? since trump had a direct relationship with these tabloids. this lawyer finds out the information. he goes to a tabloid, who goes to cohen. was it typical for cohen to be that kind of fixer, in the middle of the tabloids giving dirt on essen...

Columb -- viktor vekselberg and columbus nova is so interesting. is viktor vekselberg using columbus nova to funnel money out which all of the oligarchs want to do and get it over to the united states and into dollars which is much more desirable than the ruble. when youre looking into all these businesses, absolutely are they being layered? is it for something else? and so the russian angle of this is one critical picture. and then there is all of michael cohens exposure. and what came out that...