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Office of government ethics to be materially disputing something in the disclosure that theyre releasing to the public? >> the entire thing is extremely unusual, the back and forth where the president inserts that footnote and says im not required to tell you this, but im going to anyway, and the office of government ethics says well, actually, no, you were required. none of that is usual, but what matters is that the president doesnt get to decide what he should or shouldnt report. the office o...

That sometimes gets prosecuted? >> it really depends on the state of mind which which its done. if its inadvertent, nobody is going to be criminally prosecuted, but it is a crime, a criminal offense to omit something from a presidential financial disclosure report knowingly and willfully. and i think there are facts out there that we know about how the repayment to michael cohen was structured, how it was funneled to use mr. giulianis term to mr. koby through a law firm that indicated there was ...

Honorable rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general of -- deputy attorney general of the united states. quote, dear mr. rosenstein, i write to you in connection with the complaint by citizens for ethics in washington with the department of justice and with the u.s. office of government ethics. specifically, the complaint requested that doj and the office of government ethics investigated whether a payment made by michael cohen to a third party cuted a loan to the pet gnat should have been reported...

Seems to be saying that the president is wrong there, that the president didnt have a choice about whether or not to disclose this, that he was required to and in fact he was required to not this year, but last year. how unusual is that for the office of government ethics to be materially disputing something in the disclosure that theyre releasing to the public? >> the entire thing is extremely unusual, the back and forth where the president inserts that footnote and says im not required to tell...

Serving president of the united states, a headline like that oar anything even remotely like it would be enough to sink any other presidency in the history of the republic. but in this presidency, it barely breaks the top ten of scandals for today. the president has previously denied any knowledge of the supposed affair with adult film actress stormy daniels. he has also specifically denied any payment to her, but he is now admitting in black and white, its acknowledged, a little awkwardly, 40 s...

Dont, under the rules, have the power to charge him. that is an actually stunning, aka super trag thing -- >> for reals. >> -- to state as your public defense. its not were innocent. its that even if were guilty, theres a footnote in the doj from 20 years ago that says you cant charge us. >> there are two responses to that. one, criminal defense attorneys will try to argue whatever they can. what works best for their client. and, two, trump is playing to his base and he doesnt appear to be conce...

Definitely dreaming. then again, dreaming is how i got this far. now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. breaking news. the president officially admitting his payment to michael cohen. the white house today releasing 92 pages of financial disclosures. signed here by the president. and tuck ed away at the bottom f page 45, sort of a footnote. the formal athat the president paid michael cohen back for the 130 thourkts quot...

Kmup communication did michael cohen have with the president relating to this liability around the time that that form was completed. because if they discussed purposefully excluding this liability from that form or if any acts were taken to further keeping it off the form, that would be a serious, serious problem for the president. >> when did you first figure out that this would be an avenue for you? and if part of your job is to litigate and figure out what moves your opponents are contemplat...

Also working with wilbur ross and a bank of cyprus that was full of russian money pip mean, i feel like kerry mathison a little bit on "homeland." now need a big board and lots of stripg to put all of this together. and we see with the financial disclosure form coming out today, that footnote is very telling. the only thing different than what they saw last year and this year is michaels intervention. and i think they were obviously trying to cover up some of that last year and they couldnt do i...

Statement or a comment from this white house on the disclosure form that we just have gotten our hands on, but, michael, again, for folks who might just be joining us. this is a 92-page disclosure form weve been poring through and this is at the bottom of -- what page is this, ben? >> page 45. >> page 45. a footnote, in the interests of transparency, while not required to be disclosed as reportable liability on part 8 in 2016, expenses were incurred by one of donald john trump attorneys michael ...