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Pecker/ami may have in a safe or on donald trump? >> the reporting ive done is about these two payments that were made through ami. an additional one directly. >> and also, an additional payment to a trump tower doorman to suppress knowledge he claimed he had about a supposed trump love child that resulted from an affair. to be clear, we didnt uncover evidence that that claim was true, we did uncover the money, the actual payment during the election cycle. and a lot of people saying it was desig...

To publish it, but to bury it. >> in this case, as a favor to donald trump and in this case also to not have a negative story hurt his electoral -- >> well, so, i reported personally on two payments of this type by a.m.i., the "national enquirers" parent company, to suppress stories about donald trump. and at the time, as you pointed out, they claimed adamantly to me and to you when you did interviews around this, that this was purely a matter of journalistic integrity, that they had elected due...

Truth. and that to me is doing the most political damage right now. i dont believe, particularly the stormy daniels piece, is problematic at all from the standpoint of the law. the a.m.i. thing might be a little bit more because the stormy daniels contribution is not -- is not a violation of itself. the violation is he didnt report it. the contribution itself is not illegal. but the fact he didnt report it is illegal. on the other case, a.m.i., its a corporate contribute beiion, somebody else, i...

David pecker saying this, its theyve agreed to have other employees give all the information that they know or talk about all they know, correct? >> there were a number of ami employees who were directly involved in these transactions, and were in regular receipt of pretty sensitive information about donald trump. dillon howard is another senior ami person who is party to this agreement with prosecutors. that makes a lot of sense. he knew a lot. >> this agreement is pretty open ended? they have ...

>> its open ended in terms of the information ami is being asked to give to prosecutors. this gives prosecutors to ask about everything. >> they cant ask about anything and give information if they have it? >> that appears to be what theyre saying. >> its fascinating. thank you so much. see what chris is working on for prime time. >> theyre going to have to continue to ask, answer questions from prosecutors for this nonprosecution agreement. thats what triggered everybodys eyebrows. what else ...

Of trump across the tabloids entire website. anderson? >> randy, thanks very much. one of the journalists who reported extensively about the relationship between donald trump and david pecker long before any others, new yorker magazines ronan farrow. given all your reporting on this, youve been leading the way on this story, were you surprised that donald trump was actually in the meeting that david pecker and michael cohen had? >> not even slightly. this was very clearly a close relationship. t...

The contribution itself is not illegal. but the fact he didnt report it is illegal. on the other case, a.m.i., its a corporate contribution, somebody else, if he directed it you have a different story. that is an illegal contribution. so i think theyre two different things. i dont know all the facts of the a.m.i. i dont think we know that yet. but to me the most damaging thing is the fact the president isnt coming -- hasnt come clean over the course of time. >> anderson, anderson, putting aside ...

About donald trump. and at the time, as you pointed out, they claimed adamantly to me and to you when you did interviews around this, that this was purely a matter of journalistic integrity, that they had elected due to their own discretionary calls not to run these but in each case, we spoke to numerous sources around us that said otherwise, exactly what ami is admitting to now. it was designed to influence the election. >> what weve seen over the last two years or so, so many people say one th...

Meeting with michael cohen and david pecker, the head of the company that owns "the national enquirer" as pecker offered to help the campaign identify negative stories about his relationships with women, stories that would then be killed, kept from the public. this is from a court document in the immunity deal that the company, ami has reached with prosecutors. one sentence caught our eye when this story came out yesterday. im quoting. in or about august 2015, david pecker, the chairman and chie...

Surprised that donald trump was actually in the meeting that david pecker and michael cohen had? >> not even slightly. this was very clearly a close relationship. these were catch and kill operations that trump had direct knowledge of, according to every source i talked to throughout this reporting. and this was a long-standing arrangement that they had by all accounts. >> and whats so fascinating, they denied catch and kill. i mean, first of all, explain what catch and kill is. but they also --...