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And the private llc to free her from the non-disclosure agreement, say its not binding, he didnt sign it, free me from it. as he tries to make that case hes trying to force people around the president to respond. they either have to deny it or let her speak and as he does that, listen to michael avenatti raising the stakes, if july? new the line of work of defending women who have had sexual relationships with the president that hed like to keep quiet, have more women come to you? >> yes. >> how...

Miss clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly. the white house denied allegations of a relationship between the president and stormy daniels. im joined by katie phang. there seems to be a lot of volunteer action. lawyers from all over willing to open up their checkbooks and write big checks or find the money to get to the person in this case stormy daniels. and willing to sign contracts, nondisclosure contracts and now we have the latest word of somebody e...

Money. its not a great analogy but if you have a binding contract you first have to prove its not binding. you cant just offer to give money back and then speak. >> the key is whether or not that was indeed a binding contract, theres a huge legal dispute over that. preet bharara, thanks, as usual, for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. just ahead, more breaking news, president trump fires secretary of state rex tillerson, names cia director mike pompeo as his replacement saying theyre on the same wa...

The president didnt know about it. the president cant be a party to an agreement he doesnt know about, no party can be. theres so many reasons this is null and void, aside from the fact that he didnt sign it. courts of rule, sometimes an unsigned agreement can be binding if both parties operate as if it were valid. here, no parties are operating as if its valid. >> i dont mean this in a snarky way. this is why people should wonder, why does the president always say, im surrounded by the best peo...

>> well, yeah. >> and foolish. >> he did. what he also did -- >> ask here we are talking about it. >> what he did by saying what he said, which is i paid the money from my own private account, the president didnt know about it, i did it to protect him, that violates the canons of ethics of new york state, its illegal. hes saying publicly, this agreement that i have is an illegal agreement. the president didnt know about it. the president cant be a party to an agreement he doesnt know about, no p...

Paper saying she wouldnt talk about this. now shes talking about this and she wants more. now theres some saying her point is, number one, her attorney has talked, therefore, it freeze hs her up to talk. the lawsuit she filed in los angeles said donald trump never signed the agreement so therefore its not binding. and now her lawyer is saying they have 24 hours and shell send the money back. and she said they would keep anderson coopers interview from airing. but there was always the possibility...

Took the money and acted in a way to waive his signature because she took the money, then she cant have it both ways. she cant take the money and then claim the agreement was invalid. as i told you, i have the leading case on this subject. >> let me ask you, im going to go on. so she -- what if she forfeits the snn still it is -- >> well -- >> legal and bind sflg. >> no, the conduct spells out a waiver of the need for him to sign the agreement. it spells out how her condoning the fact that he di...

Network and you said, in agreement, you need the signature of both parties. if theres no signature by him, its not valid. >> i have to acknowledge that i was incorrect. a study of the jury instructions says even though the signature was not there, if she took the money and acted in a way to waive his signature because she took the money, she cant have it both ways. she cant take the money and claim the agreement was invalid. as i told you, i have a leading case on the subject. >> im going to go ...

Fact that he didnt need to sign the agreement. unless the agreement says it doesnt become binding until its signed by the party, he can waiver, estople. it means what it sounds like. you cant assort a right. >> you think she will lose this case. >> she will lose the case, without question. >> why so? >> because these agreements are upheld. a party can waive the first amendment rights. the fourth amendment, fifth amendment. constitutional rights can be waived. and she chose to sign the document, ...

Toobin, kirsten powers and jason miller. >> you know, she is portraying herself as a victim here. she took $130,000. and in return for her silence, that is a contract. that is binding. and she could suffer consequences. >> binding even if president trump through this alias did not sign the contract. >> that is the question. if he didnt sign it, then there is no contract. then she could do what she wants. she can say whatever she wants. she did say the money, so she did think there was a valid co...