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What daniel was trying to -- daniel was sort of making the best argument for what giuliani might be trying to do here, but if that was indeed what he was trying to do. my understanding of campaign finance law the cohen payment would then be considered a loan, right, daniel, and they would have had to disclose that so out of the frying pan and into the fryar if giuliani was trying to get it to say it wasnt this kind of campaign violation but they may have opened themselves up to a different campa...

The truth and whether you can expect your leaders to tell the truth and whether they instead display a disregard for it. giuliani had said that his admission that the president did indeed pay the $130,000 to keep adult film star stormy daniels quiet, that was, quote, carefully coordinated with president trump. quote, you wont see daylight between me and the president. but that cracked wide open today, though very little with illuminated. just minutes he issued a statement on the stormy daniels h...

Seemed totally dismissible way back when. >> a reality tv star had an affair with -- >> he had an affair with someone whos a porn star. okay, no one voted for donald trump because they thought he was the outstanding moral -- you know, the example of moral turpitude in america. >> well, some people did. they said that he was forgiven and he had asked for forgiveness. >> true. $130,000. that cohen payment is so central to everything that comes after it. because its different in kind than what we k...

Fully -- mr. trump fully reimbursed cohen in 2017. the category of value would be $100,001 to $250,000. they had to do it by category. but in another footnote, the office of government ethics said information related to the cohen payment is required to be reported. earlier today, stormy daniels attorney michael avenatti said this about the disclosure. >> i think the president disclosed this on the form because he realized at this juncture, based on advice of the people around him, that he was le...

Reads, quote, in the interest of transparency, while not required to be disclosed as reportable liabilities in 2016, expenses were incurred by one of donald trumps attorneys, michael cohen. mr. cohen sought reimbursement of those expenses and mr. cohen fully -- mr. trump fully reimbursed cohen in 2017. the category of value would be $100,001 to $250,000. they had to do it by category. but in another footnote, the office of government ethics said information related to the cohen payment is requir...

$100,001 to $250,000. they had to do it by category. but in another footnote, the office of government ethics said information related to the cohen payment is required to be reported. earlier today, stormy daniels attorney michael avenatti said this about the disclosure. >> i think the president disclosed this on the form because he realized at this juncture, based on advice of the people around him, that he was left with no other choice but to disclose it on the form today. and ive said it befo...

Why? he says he didnt believe it. well, unlike all the other allegations he said/she said, this is a payment of $130,000. so i think that what youve seen with stormy daniels has emboldened these other women that were now seeing come forward to say, wait a minute, i had a very similar setup here. i want to also be able to tell my story. so, yeah, its fascinating because the stormy daniels thing seemed totally dismissible way back when. >> a reality tv star had an affair with -- >> he had an affai...