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Instead, she said it was simply preparation for her pending divorce. >> and i told the attorney about it. and the attorney said, whoa, youre good because, he said, thats good evidence. >> she wanted to be able to just have leverage and be able to embarrass him. >> reporter: danielle told the detectives another reason was plain old curiosity. >> i had to see for myself that it was a girl. it broke my heart. >> how did you -- >> i dont know why because i was cheating on my husband. >> and thats th...

Chairs and they are going to go to nadler. >> well see what happens today in terms of nadler and matt whitaker. >> adam schiff put out a list of fum items to look into and one is the presidents financial dealings to see if other countries have a financial interest and leverage over him. whats the significance? >> hes not recognizing trumps read lin red line, for one thing. hell go right across it. given trumps reaction thats a sensitive area for him. its also one of the most telling. with waterg...

The news gathering process broadly defined, even though its deeply sleazy. and i could see prosecutors hesitating to sort of get in the middle of this. its disgraceful journalism. its disgraceful behavior. whether its an actual crime, i am frankly not prepared to say at this point. >> what -- what are the -- what is the difference between what theyre doing and what you would think of as extortion or blackmail? theyre saying you published something in your paper, i mean, its like a kidnapper sayi...

Its like a kidnapper saying you publish this or im going release these -- >> right. but they would argue is were just trying to get "the washington post" to report accurately, and were using the leverage we have. now, you know, its certainly a deeply shabby way to do that, but thats a little different from me saying to you give me a million dollars or ill kill you. thats sort of the classic extortion scenario. the, you know, print this or we print these photographs, i just dont know. it might be...

Pertains to any credible allegations of leverage by the russians. >> laura: caped crusader himself, congressman adam schiff announcing his expansion into the investigation into the trump campaign, family, businesses, whatever else he can throw. he said it was in the pocket of the president. here to respond, former house intel chair congressman devin nunes. >> this was clearly an investigation without a crime. we looked for two years and didnt find anything at all. what was amazing is we havent s...

Ruined his life? what more harm could they him? if they come to him initialae maybe more leverage. but where theyve already revealed the affair, there seems to me no reason why they would have thought theyd get away this. and then why would more than a record for bezos to go ahead and publish? >> as astounounding as roger st putting in yieting things he put in writing. threats to witness withes. >> weve been having a lot of debatsz about billionaires. what leverage could you have on him? jeff be...

Absorbing this information about someone whose rar cooperating witness with what are you thinking? >> if im robert mueller i actually already know about this blauzer because the cooperating witness has already told me everything thats come up. it is surprising to the average reader, shock even when you read what bezos revealed how ama and "the national enquirer" operated and thank you to him for being the first person who could stand up to this kind of blackmail. en the we have to look at is thi...

Saying this is a waste of time, lets get out of here, beyond it being a bad look, is it a good strategy? >> the strategy i dont think is to win the battles but to bring them. i agree. not much lvreverage. the leverage here is with the executive branch and their secret card is the knowledge that if it comes to a court battle, its going to take a long time and might even take longer than this congress will take before it winds it way up and there wont be a definitive answer. thats why they want to...

Actually already know about this blauzer because the cooperating witness has already told me everything thats come up. it is surprising to the average reader, shock even when you read what bezos revealed how ama and "the national enquirer" operated and thank you to him for being the first person who could stand up to this kind of blackmail. en the we have to look at is this just how they operate? what could they be thinking that would have had enough leverage by someone who they havallred a ruin...

Revealed the affair, there seems to me no reason why they would have thought theyd get away this. and then why would more than a record for bezos to go ahead and publish? >> as asounding as roger stone putting in yieting things he put in writing. threats to witness withes. >> weve been having a lot of debatsz about billionaires. what leverage could you have on him? jeff bezos in publishing this and putting this throughout said other people have come to him and said they couldnt afford not to cap...