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Executives in connection with cohens payment to porn star stormy daniels. trumps legal team declined to comment but trump made it clear what he thought about immunity deals during the campaign. >> if youre not guilty of a crime, why do you need immunity? >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. >> all right, here with me now cnn political commentator and assistant editor at the "washington post" david swirlick. david, you first. all of these people flipping, talking, you know, to prosecutors. i...

And obstructed. it is irrefutable. the evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible.. we also know that fisa judges were lied to. russian lies bought and paid for by hillary, and we know warrants were issued, that if the judgesw knew the truth and the facts, all of the people in the so-called department of justice at the highest levels signed off on it, they signed off without verifying and corroborating. they are not allowed to do that. if i lied to judges, if i destroyed evidence that was sub...

Know, mr. picker being granted immunity is another very bad sign for the president because immunity is being granted for one of three reasons. either david pecker having a privilege against self-incrimination can perhaps provide incriminating information about the president or he can provide corroborating information about the story michael corner has provided or my moneys on number three which is both. so again, i think this is another sort of difficult development for the president. >> we shou...

Saw fit to apply for that exception. then the deputy attorney general would have to make a decision. to answer your question, you know, mr. picker being granted immunity is another very bad sign for the president because immunity is being granted for one of three reasons. either david pecker having a privilege against self-incrimination can perhaps provide incriminating information about the president or he can provide corroborating information about the story michael corner has provided or my m...

Money payments. what is the latest? >> reporter: this is yet another trump friend causing potentially serious problems for the president. david pecker is emerging as an important player in all of this. while the president and his allies have been hard at work trying to discredit michael cohen it is clear that pecker backs cohen up on allegations including that trump knew about payments to the women while they were being negotiated. tablo tabloid hancho david pecker granted immunity to provide in...

Because we could use that knowledge then to keep them off balance, to press them and to make them tell us more than they would otherwise be willing to tell us. i think when it comes to michael cohen in terms of collusion and other things that mr. mueller and others are investigating i think they know an awful lot. and so i think they will actually be able to get to the truth no matter how much mr. cohen is incentivized to embellish his story for his own personal gain. >> you know, a guy i consul...

Whether its text or emails with president trump and with michael cohen, and certainly with executives at his media company. but the thing is, but it goes back to is, will voters be surprised, and will it change how they feel. i think the answer to both of those -- >> there are two separate issues here. i agree that the electorate by and large, and the guy at the inquirer has to have something that is corroborating. >> they are following the trail of the money. >> but they are being charged with ...

Be corroborate and to the extent that hes got corroborating information and there are millions of documents that have been seized from him and there are tape recordings that apparently he has, this is corroboration. and this is what prosecutors do. they start with a statement, and they get leads. cohen may be able to point them in directions that they hadnt thought of or cement ideas that they had been thinking of with some recollections. so this is all very important. cohen was with him for a l...

Campaign. today he saturdays this is all about the campaign. >> exactly. done to influence the campaign. so this is something that is specific to the campaign. involves american media, the "national enquirer." so you have got a lot of different players that have been talked about in president reports before. we have been hearing about this for six months or longer. and everything that everybody says wasnt true, you played the clip of the president saying i didnt know about that payment and today...

So you have got a lot of different players that have been talked about in president reports before. we have been hearing about this for six months or longer. and everything that everybody says wasnt true, you played the clip of the president saying i didnt know about that payment and today you have the personal attorney saying the president was personally involved. it is a he said he said. and you have other corroborating evidence that can back it up. >> corroborating evidence that was coordinat...