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Elliott broidy and with a hush payment to former playmate i think it was or playboy model. it does seem to be really, his client is trump. >> i dont think michael cohen is spending late nights rifling through legal documents and journals and codicils. he is a fixer and he has been donald trumps fixer for the last so many years and what the government is arguing, ann would know better than i, is that he is hardly a lawyer at all. that much of what he does has nothing to do with lawyer in the trad...

And perhaps he doesnt hold himself this that matter. can you imagine if you for example had been shown up as a client in a situation like this. if he is not a client, why do these lawyers say he was. so raises all kinds of questions. >> ann, if you havent paid somebody and you consulted them for advice, sean hannity claims about real estate primarily, can you automatically say it is privileged? >> you can still be a client even if you havent paid a lawyer yet. and sometimes you get advice and pa...

>> my point is your read on the news of the day is highly selective. >> also steven -- >> i got to say i find it indisingenuous that you say okay i dont know if a guy -- a businessman having tons of files with salacious and damaging information on trump donald trump that they clearly didnt want. >> i dont know the information they have. >> well, you know what some of the allegations are. >> thats not a source when i was at the wall street. >> apparently its somebody the president turns to becaus...

Indisingenuous that you say okay i dont know if a guy -- a businessman having tons of files with salacious and damaging information on trump donald trump that they clearly didnt want. >> i dont know the information they have. >> well, you know what some of the allegations are. >> thats not a source when i was at the wall street. >> apparently its somebody the president turns to because he he is close friends. but as an intellectual exercise you dont believe that gives a person power if nef files...

$130,000 or the agreement itself? >> the president was not aware of the agreement. at least michael cohen never told him about the agreement. i can tell you that. you asked a whole bunch of questions. let me cover that. >> mm-hmm. >> you asked about 12 days before -- >> what about the money? >> he was not aware about any of it. >> okay. >> he was not aware. >> okay. >> wasnt told about it. michael cohen left the option open. thats why he left the option open. an option to go to him. he chose not...

Day, there is some other thing that keeps it in the news? >> i think you can surmise that because president trump is being tight lipped about this, hes been told this is something he needs to be cautious about. whether or not theyre worried, whether or not this is actually going to turn into a violation of campaign finance laws, is something hard to come by, but the idea is, the president usually punches back. he usually has been on twitter rants. usually, hes not shy of calling someone a liar. ...

Would define as a service to the campaign. getting rid of an unfavorable story in order to help candidate trump. under campaign finance laws individuals can only give $2700 of in kind contribution for election. all are required to be reported to the campaign to help monitor. if it is considered to be an inkind contribution, the payment exceeds the limit by more than $127,000 giving cohen and the trump campaign some serious legal questions to answer. the white house and the presidents lawyer deny...

Before the supreme court who said hes not going to take that job. what about any other changes? >> not that i know of, but its interesting the presidents tweet says the special council was appointed to find crimes. the special counsel was appointed to investigate possible meddling and if anything resulted from that to file charges. so you may think thats the same, but precision and these issues matters. >> this is the first time that the word impeeach was used by some of the republicans as well....

Its so bad. judge jeanine: lets talk iran. we just gave them $150 billion and you think some of that money is being used to lobby in the united states? i bet it is. steve: the senators and the members of congress they take all these things and they listen and then they its -- theres so much of it that goes on. ann: which is why i think they should be a law to prevent people who work in government from ever lobbying again. its based on projects. >> thats a good idea. ann: they will never pass a l...

>> absolutely. [inaudible conversations] steve: will not win an argument but in principle point here seems to be that it feels so noncontroversial for a country to have a border and protect it with a physical barrier and why is that so controversial? ann: because it will work. these are the new democratic voters and for the employers these are the very low-wage workers driving down wages. the object to it not because wont work but because they know it will. >> its not a big, beautiful wall. woul...