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Campaign. back in march, i spoke with caring mcdougal about how the deal came about, where ami bought her story of an affair with mr. trump only to kill it. why do you think they quashed the story? >> back then or now? >> now. >> they -- they didnt want to hurt him. >> you think its because of a personal relationship with the guy who runs ami is friends with donald trump? >> correct. >> do you think -- i mean, you wouldnt know this, but do you think donald trump would have been aware of -- of th...

To cohen, is that these payments could very well just be the tip of the iceberg in terms of any other, in cohens words, dirty deeds, that he and the president may have been involved with. >> of course. you can only go back to cohens own secret recording where he talks about all of the things, all of the stuff that david pecker would need to know and resolve in case he was hit by a bus, for example. >> right, they were talking about getting all of it away from david pecker. they were worried if d...

Deal came about, where am ix bought her story of an affair with mr. trump only to kill it. why do you think they squashed the story? >> back then or now? >> now. >> they -- they didnt want to hurt him. >> you think its because of a personal relationship with the guy who runs ami is friends with donald trump? >> correct. >> do you think -- i mean, you wouldnt know this, but do you think donald trump would have been aware of -- of this deal? that they were doing him -- taty they were allegedly doi...

Resolve in case he was hit by a bus, for example. >> right, they were talk bing abo about getting all of it away from david pecker. they were worried if david peck e as trump said, hit by a bus, who knows where the files would end up? >> all of the stuff doesnt include simply one particular payment to karen mcdougal. you can -- obviously david pecker also has immunity to discuss things as part of ami as well, so you can look at this scenario and think to yourself, well, obviously tip of the iceb...

Involvement and, perhaps, the presidents in facilitating this payment, in getting it done in time for the campaign, that made -- certainly cohens was criminal and trumps involvement is certainly highly suspicious and, perhaps, prosecutable. >> but, jeff, in the statement of facts that ami has now signed off on, there was a meeting between pecker and cohen and i believe it was described as another person, at least one more person from the trump campaign. so other people were aware of this in the ...

That was a part of a nonprosecution agreement that came out today. but certainly, the cohens involvement and, perhaps, the presidents in facilitating this payment, in getting it done in time for the campaign, that made -- certainly cohens was criminal and trumps involvement is certainly highly suspicious and, perhaps, prosecutable. >> but, jeff, in the statement of facts that ami has now signed off on, there was a meeting between pecker and cohen and i believe it was described as another person,...