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Critic michael cohen alleging mr. trump gave him $130,000 in 2016 to buy daniels silence. >> this is about donald trump being held accountable for his own dirty deeds. plain and simple. >> reporter: while tonight cohens former legal adviser robert costello asked to testify at the request of mr. trumps legal team, blasting cohens credibility. >> if they want to go after donald trump and they have solid evidence, so be it. but michael cohen is far from solid evidence. >> reporter: this weekend the...

Of charges that trump might be facing. so this underscores the lengths that republicans are willing to go to defend the president. and really is an extraordinary move for republicans to be trying to intervene in an ongoing criminal probe. but republicans are standing by their move. take a listen. >> what changed? president trump announces hes running for president. and so now, some bookkeeping error from seven years ago, a misdemeanor. it makes no sense. >> but you dont know the charges? >> what...

Our great reporters are back at the table and so lets listen to jim jordan, again, donald trump says he expects to be indicted and arrested this week. we dont know if thats going to happen. were waiting. already jim jordan says to the manhattan district attorney i want to talk to you behind closed doors it for an interview. >> president trump announced he was going to run for president again and suddenly here they go now coming after him for some alleged bookkeeping error. youve got to be kiddin...

Criminal violation. a judge decided and prosecutors charged him with a crime as a result of this orchestration. its not a bookkeeping error, not under reporting some contributions, not something that can be corrected later. theyre saying a crime was committed and the president of the united states was involved with it. >> prosecutors, natasha, said he directed it. is this an explanation why for months now we have heard from those who know that the president has more reasons to fear cohen than mu...

About it, he was on air force one and he was taken by surprise. since then, we have seen an evolution from trump denigrating michael cohen. in fact, trump memorably tweeted once that if youre looking for good legal counsel, whatever you do, dont go to michael cohen. his explanations have evolved as the legal peril has increased. he has acknowledged that hes had to be out there and acknowledged that there was some degree, he knew where the payments were, but he tried to suggest it was a civil mat...

Most of us make mission takes when it comes campaigns end up paying fines and penalties, but i think its too early to say one way or the other on this one. i think we have to wait and see what ultimately comes down the pike." and, john heilemann, that is what passes for threatening comment for the president. i mean, because there are other republicans out there like orrin hatch saying, no problem. john thune is not saying, no problem, hes saying we have to wait and see. >> well, we have to keep ...

The cohen filing that revealed the president was an unindicted coconspirator. most of us make mission takes when it comes campaigns end up paying fines and penalties, but i think its too early to say one way or the other on this one. i think we have to wait and see what ultimately comes down the pike." and, john heilemann, that is what passes for threatening comment for the president. i mean, because there are other republicans out there like orrin hatch saying, no problem. john thune is not say...

Heard president trump essentially say that michael cohens guilty plea is akin to the simple fine the obama campaign received a few years ago. weve heard that from the president and a number of folks, ab attempt to compare the two. is there a comparison? >> there is no comparison between the two. the obama error was a bookkeeping error. this was a deliberate use of campaigns to affect the outcome of an election, and that makes it very different from a bookkeeping error. so this one deserves a muc...

That he knew would have substantial effect. now this is not just a bookkeeping error on the part of a campaign finance. that happens and the president is right when he says on twitter that, you know, a lot of campaign finance violations are dealt with through civil means and a fine as opposed to some sort of a criminal case. in this case theres a criminal case because michael cohen pleaded guilty to this and about to be sentenced for it. thats a crime in a court of law. what the prosecutor said ...

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