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Jury as to that payment. the meaning of the this conversation, whether or not it implicates any criminal belaif y haif -- behavior. it really looks like its the presidents own legal team that put this out to get ahead of this story. and maybe in so doing may have reduced the chance that is michael cohen will turn evidence against the president. the prospect that the president will end up about these types of payments and cover-ups, it has to be an uncomfortable process. and that brings us to one...

Up paying for something in cash versus who brought up paying for something with a check is directly opposite. >> so giuliani is saying part of the reason is that the president want today pay by check rather than cash. >> it is transparent to do so. >> and from the other side people close to cohen are saying it was me saying you should pay by check. >> correct. i ran it by mr. giuliani. he said he saw the transcript which was created by three different lawyers clearly identify this as mr. trump h...

2016. so a month before this taped conversation we learned about today. the question is exactly how? they paid her for exclusive rights to the story of her alleged long affair with candidate trump. they didnt publish that story. bottom line, it is hush money. a few weeks later trump gets elected president. but theres open questions as to the nature of that payment and potential criminal liability that may attend to that payment. now the new york times has broken the story that a tape

Realized it may be a pretty ugly thing. so today the presidents lawyers themselves appear today have leaked the existence of this tape to get out ahead of this story. and so, yeah, the story appears to be real. today is the day where we get this headline about the fbi seizing a tape of a president discussing a payment to a playboy model. you should know the reason we got those headlines is because the presidents legal team decided you should see this story today. they did it themselves. you can ...

Exists of them talking about that payment. theres one part of the story that is really important now to understanding why we have all learned about this today and what it might mean and who might be in trouble because of it. deep into their story today the times noted mr. cohens lawyers discovered the recording as part of the review of the seized materials and they shared it with mr. trumps lawyers. so theres this open criminal investigation into the presidents lawyer michael cohen. part of that...

>> we felt we were going to win the race. we had a significant lead going into the last three or four weeks. high approval ratings. i cant tell you if this hacking had anything to do with the eventual loss by 1.1%. it slipped away pretty fast. >> and we dont flow -- and i dont mean to suggest that you were definitely the victim here. you were the one sited in this indictment. have you ever been contacted by law enforcement about it? >> i have not. >> your opponent who defeated you in november 20...

In fact a recording of the president and michael cohen discussing payments made to a former playboy model. a woman who says she had an affair with the president. he denied having any knowledge of any such payment made to her. joining us is senior reporter at vanity fair who reported out an important new piece of this story. >> i spoke with the presidents

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