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Mirks. thats the "national enquirers" parent company and it describes amis role in making a $150,000 payment to a woman before the 2016 presidential election. donald trump keeps making the argument, youll remember, that the hush money payment michael cohen made on his behalf had nothing to do with the election, but there are now a bunch of other people saying very definitively otherotherwise. heres a portion from southern district. as a part of the agreement, ami admitted it made $1,950,000 paym...

The idea that checks are just being written and donald trump who is notoriously stingy is like, whatever. >> right. how can we figure out what exactly that meant when michael cohen said that in court? it looks like from the very early stages of his campaign he was, mr. trump was concerned about he and his advisers concerned about potential women coming forward and he reached out to his friend david pecker in august 2015 and the rest is outlined in our story is history. >> what you outline in the...

And they had previously done a lot -- they have a business relationship thats gone back, weve written about this before. but in august 2015, as we have written about in our story today, michael cohen arranges a meeting for david pecker and donald trump in donald trumps office. at this time donald trump has risen to the top of most polls and he meets with david pecker in his office and says how can you help me with my campaign. david pecker says, one thing i can do is something they call catch an...

Deny the under lying claim. and again given the best information i had at the time sfwl the best information she at the time. wasnt very good information. keeping him honest in august. cohen admitted he made payments at the direction of a candidate to influence the election. the president was involved in or briefed on nearly every step of the hush money agreements. wall street journal has one of the by lines on the reporting. he joins us now. extraordinary reporting. according to it this goes ba...

Met in august 2015 with david pecker ceo of the company that owns the "national enquirer." pecker offered to pay the silence of women who might publicize sexual affairs. the bottom line here this stormy daniels saga isnt going away. some trump supporters turn up their nose and say what are you doing this. but if you look at what happened with the stormy daniels saga, it uncovered michael cohen who is now been prosecuted or indicted i should say by the southern district of new york. it has also m...

Immunity deal. so i dont know that that case is going to go much further. but it is a certainly evidence of a conspiracy. >> so this is according to the "journal," john barrett, trump met in august 2015 with david pecker ceo of the company that owns the "national enquirer." peck erg offered to pay for the silence of women who might publicize sexual affairs. . the bottom line here this stormy daniels saga isnt going away. some trump supporters turn up their nose and say what are you doing this. t...

Care of a personal matter, why would it occur to you to go through one david pecker? >> david pecker is the chairman of american media, which is the publisher. >> they own -- >> they own "the national enquirer." >> yes, heard of them. >> now every time i pass the "national enquirer," it has a different meaning to me. he has been a friend of donald trumps and michael cohens actually for decades. they had previously done -- a business relationship that goes back. weve written about this before. in...

One david pecker? >> david pecker is the chairman of american media, which is the publisher. >> they own? >> they own the national "enquirer "enquirer." he has been a friend of donald trumps and michael cohens actually for decades. they had previously done -- a business relationship that goes back. weve written about this before. in august 2015 as we have written about in our story today, michael cohen arranges a meeting in donald trumps office. at this time donald trump has risen to the top of ...

After the access hollywood tape in october 2016, weeks before the election, there were behind the scenes efforts to figure out if they would play stormy daniels and theres this key moment that we highlight up top and explained later in the story that then candidate trump directs michael cohen to get it done. get the payment done and take care of it. >> shepard: that wasnt the only one. >> correct. he had been part or been aware of efforts to pay or to have ami, american media, pay karen mcdougal...

Earlier this year. world patent marketing promised to help inventors get patents. according to the attorney general, people paid thousands and thousands and got nothing in return. jessica, whitakers involvement in world patent marketing. explain that for me. >> right. brooke, he was quite involved. he was on that 12-member advisory board. its now shut down. but court documents show he got very involved. in fact, listen to this. in august 2015, matthew whitaker sent an e-mail response to a disgru...