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Trump organization as well? >> were asking the judge to declare -- issue a declaratory judgment that trumps activities are violative of the constitution and to enjoin him from continuing in them. its that simple. >> all right. maryland attorney general brian frosh, one of the two attorneys general involved in the emoluments case. thank you for your time. lets end the hour with a look at the markets right before the close. we were talking about tech stocks a little earlier. the dow jones industri...

Judgment so now you have the defamation, we just covered that. now you have the declaratory judgment. this is an iron solid contract. it is a contract. she signed the contract. she received the benefit of the contract. it was signed by the other party. >> meaning she received $130,000. >> absolutely. and signed on the other side. so the judge will look at this contract say what are you talking about here? you had an attorney present also attorney who negotiated it. >> there are some crucial issu...

Agreement -- and of course thats what weve done -- we get discovery and a jury trial. a jury trial. wait a minute. a jury trial in the federal district court on this particular issue, and we get expedited discovery. >> hes making up his own law. >> its ninth circuit precedent. >> the judge is going to look at this case -- >> yeah, thats if it gets past the initial stages. this judge is going to throw this case right out. this is a frivolous case. by the way, your client has already breached the ...

Discovery and a jury trial. a jury trial. wait a minute. a jury trial in the federal district court on this particular issue, and we get expedited discovery. >> hes making up his own law. >> its ninth circuit precedent. >> the judge is going to look at this case -- >> yeah, thats if it gets past the initial stages. this judge is going to throw this case right out. this is a frivolous case. by the way, your client has already breached the contract, so im not even sure why you need the declaratory...

Client was in the dark and mr. trump knew nothing about it. it is laughable. its absurd and the mere suggestion is an insult to the american people. >> then we get into the law. the even if argument dilemma for you. even if youre right about all of that. it is what many think it will look like on its face. it doesnt make your case about her being coerced into this deal. cohen says, one, he didnt go to her. she came to him through counsel. and that the number was of their reckoning. and she made ...

Its not believable. it doesnt make sense. >> do you view the money that ms. daniels received as campaign contribution regardless of who the money came from, do you view it as a campaign contribute sngs >> anderson, we dont view it one way or the other. i think individuals that are far more qualified and educated on those laws and regulation s are ultimately going to opine on that. ultimately, if they conclude that in fact it was, katie, bar the door. i dont know where that ends, but if in fact t...

To say. but doesnt she have unclean hands in this? she took the 130 grand. she made her deal. bring michael back. i cant see his head. i dont know if hes hearing what im saying. you only half believe me. youre like in silhouette. what are you, mickey spillane? she took the 130 grand. she made the deal. she doesnt like the deal. but thats not the way deals work right now. when they went to arbitration, the arbitration judge said, yeah, youre not supposed to talk about this deal. you cant seek leg...

>> i think there is good evidence there and theyre doing the right thing by seeking declaratory judgment by a court and thats when one party is unclear about their rights and responsibilities and go into court to get a judge to issue an order about what they can or cannot do. so now once theyre into court, the judge basically has two options. he or she can set it for an evidentiary hearing and allow that to go forward or, according to this hush agreement, it calls for a binding arbitration in th...

Relationship between the two of them, in court documents, and that the documents say that this was all about the election. and that is a problem for the federal election campaign laws. >> sara sidner, a lot there. thank you very, very much. panel members alice stewart and bakari sellers are back. and joining us we got some counsel here. legal and national security analyst former fbi special agent asha rangappa. i just got a hold of this and have been poring through it. i dont know if youve had a...

I just got a hold of this and have been poring through it. i dont know if youve had a chance to look at this right now. what strikes you? >> well, so this lawsuit is about a declaratory judgment. shes not looking for money. what she wants this court to do is basically say one of two things. that this contract was never completed. it was never formed because donald trump, under his alias or as donald trump never signed it. there were three parties to the agreement. stormy daniels, donald trump, a...