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Michael avenatti claim this months ago. how involved was trump. organization with the over all agreement and discussion. you now have exposure not only for the campaign but the organization itself that says what role did you have in trying to facilitate or make a campaign contribution on behalf of candidate donald trump. suppressing information would be part of an inkind contribution and if theres a cfo up trump organization as a handyman, they have increased liability. >> should he be concerned...

Months ago. how involved was trump. you now have exposure not only for the campaign but the organization itself that says what role did you have in trying to facilitate or make a campaign contribution on behalf of candidate donald trump. suppressing information would be part of an inkind contribution and if theres a cfo up trump organization as a handyman, they have increased liability. >> should he be concerned about getting subpoenaed and getting dragged into this? >> he should be concerned ab...

Buzzfeed is reporting on, this a former facebook executive saying something about what their site does and how they connect people and he, in part, says about facebook anything that allows us to connect more people more often is de facto good. despite the fact that they had concerns that doing this could even allow someone to coordinate a terrorist attack or even expose someone to bullying. so, tucker, it is a bad week to be facebook. >> tucker: yeah. and it should be. im glad that other people ...

Data out but were going to let you have it because we favor your campaign. that turns it into potentially illegal contribution. >> tucker: how would that not be illegal and not be a crime. >> if they made this data available to nibble who wants it, well then, of course, any campaign to get it but the fact that they specifically had rules against this, does make it an inkind contribution. contrast this with what they did with cambridge analytica, remember, cambridge analytica when they found out ...

We dont normally give this data out but were going to let you have it because we favor your campaign. that turns it into potentially illegal contribution. >> tucker: how would that not be illegal and not be a crime. >> if they made this data available to nibble who wants it, well then, of course, any campaign to get it but the fact that they specifically had rules against this, does make it an inkind contribution. contrast this with what they did with cambridge analytica, remember, cambridge ana...

Buzzfeed is reporting on, this a former facebook executive saying something about what their site does and how they connect people and he, in part, says about facebook anything that allows us to connect more people more often is de facto good. despite the fact that they had concerns that doing this could even allow someone to coordinate a terrorist attack or even expose someone to bullying. so, tucker, it is a bad week to be facebook. >> tucker: yeah. and it should be. im glad that other people ...

Would define as a service to the campaign. getting rid of an unfavorable story in order to help candidate trump. under campaign finance laws individuals can only give $2700 of in kind contribution for election. all are required to be reported to the campaign to help monitor. if it is considered to be an inkind contribution, the payment exceeds the limit by more than $127,000 giving cohen and the trump campaign some serious legal questions to answer. the white house and the presidents lawyer deny...

>> go ahead, jack. >> the bottom hasnt fallen on president trump. >> don, he is not the first politician -- this isnt the first office to say thats an old story. bill clinton did that for many years. i dont think they owe any explanation beyond what theyve said. this did not happen by -- in the campaign. it happened ten years earlier. michael cohen never. >> jack the payment happened. >> in the campaign. >> during the campaign. >> but -- but michael cohen absolutely positively did not work for t...

Bill clinton did that for many years. i dont think they owe any explanation beyond what theyve said. this did not happen by -- in the campaign. it happened ten years earlier. michael cohen never. >> jack the payment happened. >> in the campaign. >> during the campaign. >> but -- but michael cohen absolutely positively did not work for the campaign. and thats very relevant. >> it could still be an inkind contribution, jack. >> there was an f.e.c. inquiry on it. he answered it. and he outlined he ...

It sounds like stormy daniels doesnt harn it anymore? >> it sounds like a lot of critics are saying there were campaign violations. finance violations. >> because it would be seen as an inkind contribution. >> he did it for the president for donald trump. >> whether or not it was coordinated. he talked about he held off because he was trying to get in touch with trump. thats what the "wall street journal" reported. he wanted to get to trump. >> i spent my life hearing about people who never get ...