Good evening, im ali velshi sitting in for lawrence odonnell. We have a very good last word for you. Trumps tangled web. From russia collusion, to the president s tortured relationship with the truth. Well look at it all over the course of this hour. The day began as a growing web of deceit between president and shifting stories between the president and Rudy Giuliani to clean up Rudy Giulianis nowinfamous fox news appearances. Youll remember he revealed that the president reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 Hush Money Payment. There are new details that just broke within the last half an hour about when the president learned of that payment to Stormy Daniels. According to the New York Times President Trump knew about a sixfigure payment that michael d. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a Pornographic Film Actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard Air Force One in april, according to two people familiar with the
arrangement. The times report
arrangement. the times reports it is not immediately clear exactly when the president learned of the payment that michael cohen made in october of 2016. but, quote, three people close to the matter said mr. trump knew mr. cohen had succeeded in keeping the allegations from coming public at the time the president denied it. also breaking, new developments from the wall street journal about michael cohen s growing access to cash during the presidential campaign. the journal reports, michael cohen gained access to as much as $774,000 through two financial transactions during the campaign as he sought to fix problems for his boss, public records show. those transactions could factor into a broad investigation of mr. cohen s business affairs being conducted by manhattan federal prosecutors and the federal bureau of investigation. according to the wall street journal, in february of 2016,
speaking of taking a look, here is is what the president said on air force one back on april 5th, which the new york times referred to in its report tonight. did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? no. then why did michael cohen make it if there was no truth to the allegations? you ll have to ask michael cohen. mike s my attorney, and you ll have to ask michael. do you know where he got the money to make that payment? no, i don t know. meanwhile, there is new reporting tonight from the wall street journal about michael cohen and how he obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars during the election. the journal reports that public records show that cohen, quote, gained access to as much as $774,000 through two financial transactions during the 2016 presidential campaign as he sought to fix problems for his boss. those transactions could factor into a broad investigation of mr. cohen s business affairs
trump s personal lawyer, gained access to as much as $774,000 through two financial transactions through the during the 2016 presidential campaign as you saw the to the fix problems for his boss. those could factor into a broad investigation of mr. cohen s business affairs being conducted by manhattan federal prosecutors at the fbi hob are examininging whether mr. cohen violated any laws in his efforts to raise cash and can conceal negative information about mr. trump including transactions tied to his credit line and taxi medallions. how does this complicate the case? if he gained access to these funds but he s saying the source of the $130,000 hush money to stormy daniels was a home equity line of credit, as a former prosecutor, what does this say to you? it s very disturbing because if you say false things in order to get a bank loan, that is a violation of law. and you re not supposed to do that. and what is he doing with the $700,000 just sort of floating around? did he get qu
investigation of mr. cohen s business affairs being conducted by manhattan federal prosecutors at the fbi hob are examininging whether mr. cohen violated any laws in his efforts to raise cash and can conceal negative information about mr. trump including transactions tied to his credit line and taxi medallions. if he gained access to these funds but he s saying the source of the hush money to stormy daniels was a home equity line of credit as a former prosecutor what, does this say to you. it s very disturbing because if you say false things in order to get a bank loan, that is a violation of law. and you re not supposed to do that. and what is he doing with the $700,000 just sort of floating around? did he get questions by financial institutions? did he answer truthfully? when the search warrant litigation was proceeding, there were all of these black boxes in the government s pages that were redacted. and through stories like this it seems like we re getting a sense as to the serio