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>> the criminal charge against you then states that executive one forwarded your invoice to someone referred to as executive two, presumably donald trump jr., whos signing this check at executive two, correct? >> i believe so. >> as federal prosecutors laid out in their criminal charges, payments like this check resulted in numerous false statements in the records and books of the trump organization. its important for america to understand this, nothing to do with collusion, this is garden varie...

Manhattan, did the manhattan u.s. attorneys office that the -- that officers of the trump organization are implicated. weve reported that executive one who is named in the documents is allen weisselberg, the companys long-time cfo and we know michael cohen is going to testify tomorrow and has already told prosecutors that weisselberg was involved in trying to cover up this stormy daniels payment. we also have reported that sdny since michael cohens guilty plea broadened the organization to look ...

Cohen. you are up next, i guess let me start there congressman rakhan. what questions do you want to s ask? >> the checks that he offered and i am going to question him on that. thats direct evidence that the president directed illegal scheme thats part of the criminal investigation in the southern district of new york. i am going to ask him to expand on what he knows about that and what he knows about executive one and executive two. >> reporter: the republican in this committee paints him as a...

To his charging documents when he pled guilty to these two campaign finance felonies. if this was all done, if this was all covered up through the presidents business, whats the significance of the president as an officer of that business versus allen weissleberg who is the chief financial officer at the trump organization, how is the presidents business potentially implicated here as a business entity? >> well, i think we know already from the charging documents from august that were filed in t...

It is a check for $35,000 and it is dated march 17, 2017, after the president took office. its right now on the screen. do you see it, sir? >> yes, sir. >> to be clear, the trump revokable trust is the trust the president set up to hold his assets after he became president, is that correct? >> i believe so. >> do you know why you were paid from the trust as opposed from the presidents personal account? >> i dont know the answer to that. >> did you think it was odd that he paid you once from his ...

About things specifically like what was happening during the inaugural period. i think one of the most interesting aspects of this, don, is the fact this is going to relate to an investigation that endures after the mueller investigation. i would argue its going to go on into the next electoral cycle. so as youre watching what hes saying, anticipate that in addition to the illegal stuff all the shameful stuff he talks about about people who may hold positions of power right now may lead to legal...

Lead to legal action that goes well into next year. i think thats one of the stories here. its not just law. its politics. >> elie, michael cohen worked with the president and his family for years. im wondering if maybe the children should be worried because theyre there in the business with their father alongside him. >> the trump org is in the crosshairs here. that hush money -- those hush money payments went through the trump org and if you look back through the documents one thing i still ha...

The direction of the president. i hope members of the committee dig deep on that and who was was involved? the documents talk about executive one and two who were involved in the payments. on the false testimony, the documents also make clear there was a process of preparing and circulating the false testimony. so that suggests clearly to me that others were involved. i would start with those things. >> sarah sanders at the white house released a statement about how they feel about this. let me ...

Been some coordination and that have been discussions about it, whether or not theyve agreed on everything. but you know, there is -- there is certainly things that michael cohen has already testified about, even in the southern district under oath, not testified but statements under oath that i think would be fair game because we already know about them but it is a question of further details. if he said trump directed and coordinated these payments, what does that mean? were there conversation...

President. this is what manhattan federal prosecutors said about that in particular back in december. quote, as cohen himself has now admitted with respect to both payments he acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one, who is believed to be donald trump. hes indicating hes got the receipts to prove it. what would that look like? >> it may look like the documentation from the trump organization. remember, also in that indictment, there is a listing of executive one and exe...