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You were in a public integrity unit, and most of the prosecutions are not the president of the united states. their state reps, city council members, members of congress sometimes. if someone comes to you with this set of facts and this evidence, these people with a city council member or a state rep, a member of congress who does this, theyre probably getting prosecuted. >> absolutely. theres no question. again, the only reason that president trump is not getting prosecuted is because he is pre...

>> to help his campaign. >> to help him and the campaign. >> heres what michael cohen said in that interview about why federal prosecutors believe him now after he has pleaded guilty to lying to congress. >> the special counsel stated emphatically that the information that i gave to them was credible and helpful. theres a substantial amount of information that they possess that corroborates the fact im telling the truth. >> president trump has to be worrying what that corroborating information i...

More often than not in federal cases it pays off. >> our team has been working on the story around the clock. i want to go to something that nbc news has confirmed -- we confirmed that trump was the third person in the room when cohen and david pecker discussed how the tabloid could actually help put a lid on these negative stories about trumps alleged affairs with women. >> how bad is this new intel. is this revelation more damaging to the president than we initially thought? >> i think theres ...

Of america, the people of the world, dont believe what hes saying. the man doesnt tell the truth. and its sad that i should take responsibility for his dirty deeds. >> heres the thing about it, as we have been talking about. its not just michael cohen. its michael cohen now and ami that are corroborating, at least part of the conversation that were having. what do people do with this? >> you know, i think unfortunately, we live in a world where we want to know whats happening right away. this sp...

Presidents attorney for his answers or other attempts to try to dissuade the mueller probe has not actually been fruitful. they have been trucking right along and they are collecting clues as they find them and corroborating later. >> so listen, let me get this right. the trump, now its a trump organization, right? the inaugural committee, the foundation, right? and trump university that have all been investigated. correct? and some of those there have been people who were indicted and guilty. s...

Cohen, its because he knew he was doing something wrong and was being directed to do it by the man he gave undying loyalty to. >> what is astonishing is the agreement. you have a third party that is cooperating with the government and coming in and saying we did this and did it for the primary purpose of the election. it becomes not only evidence of a crime but -- >> again, the agreement with the american media, what that does is bolster, its evidence to back up and corroborating for what michae...

Statements not corroborating, saying i didnt know about it and then theres evidence he did. theres a problem for the white house they need to address and regain confidence. but i am less concerned about the campaign finance angle, because i dont believe its a violation. >> many were lying about what the president knew. >> you will see the rare opportunity to see a prosecutor and defense attorney agree. the key question is whether it was a campaign contribution or something else. was it designed ...

End. you know, the intent here is going to be crucial because a lot of what the president and his allies have been saying is that this was purely personal, that they have admitted the payment was made, admitted that there was an attempt to conceal this affair, but saying that it was only in order to protect his personal life, which in the very similar case involving presidential candidate john edwards and his payments to make a mistress disappear, thats what convinced the jury that he wasnt guil...

Notions that this -- the delay tactics by the president to turn in his answers, or attempts to dissuade the mueller probe have not been fruitful. they have been trucking right along and they are collecting clues as they find them and corroborating later. >> so, listen, let me just get this right. the trump -- now its the trump organization, right? the inaugural committee. the foundation. right? and trump university that have all been investigated. correct? >> yeah. >> and of some of those, there...

The charges they want, but who will take them seriously? >> melissa: the truth about what? he says the president directed them to do it. if thats true, that basically clears the president because he used his own money in order to do this. you are allowed to spend as much money on your campaign as you want. a second point -- i cant believe that george stephanopoulos did not ask cohen if he has done this before. i would but the president has paid off other women. in which case, its not necessarily...