Sdny Probe News Today

. and were back with a rare look inside these new york investigations involving donald trump. the sdny in new york has been something that trump allies say could be even worse than mueller. now were hearing directly for the first time from a witness who is involved in the sdny probe. you may have heard of him, keith davidson represented both stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. we were discussing how extensive his communication has been with the sdny investigators. >> about 1,500 pages of non-at...

Could be even worse than mueller. were hearing directly, for the first time from a witness, vo involved in the sdny probe. keith davidson. we were discussing how extense imp his communica ive his communication has been. >> about 1500 pages i gave to sdny upon their request. i will make that available to house judiciary committee. i sat down with the sdny prosecutors. they were about the most comp tent attorneys i met. for a time period of three separate meetings of about 20 hours in total. >> 20...

Now we turn to a big interview with a first-time guest on "the beat," a man at the center of the sdny probe into michael cohens election crime benefiting the trump campaign. keith davidson was in on the secret payments during the election. davidson negotiating the now-famous ndas between drutrum and those women dealing regularly on cohen and dealing with the "national enquirer" on other matters under investigation by the sdny prosecutors. that is a lot. mr. davidson has mostly kept his silence d...

Analyst. from a legal point of view, this is clearly designed to prevent that kind of miscarriage of justice. >> and is that something thats good for the rule of law, im curious if you think? >> i think its probably good for the rule of law. its very unusual, lets not forget. >> i think that well see where it goes, but it could go in a way that is ultimately very good for the rule of law. >> i think we have to be very thoughtful, because i think this could be very good for the rule of law, or it...

I think this is like a russian nesting doll. you keep opening one and you find another one inside. were going to find who is at the very center of this. it might be the president. >> its fascinating and you could reverse the nesting dolls and say you have mueller and andrew weissman and now you have sdny and now you have cy vance. you have prosecutor nesting dolls. >> dah. >> dont forget the attorney general of new york. >> i would never. great to have you both here. why did he lie? were staying...

Elsewhere of we would -- we would hear multiple things and there would sometimes be multiple versions of events. we would say if it wasnt clear, x, y, z, says this, but abc says that. you and th and then use pieces of information that overlapped but were related and cut aside anything else. because the sources were such unreliable narrators in other contexts. >> do you feel you are increasingly on a crime beat, criminal beat? >> no, were covering the white house. i think if this ends up having o...

I interviewed him many times. i was never -- he said to me at least a dozen times that he made the decision on the payments and he didnt tell you. he told me personally. >> yeah, he did. an made the decision and remember this, he is an attorney. whatever decision he makes, he is supposed to -- you rely on the attorney to make a decision. >> reporter: so sean hannity trying to lead him in that question just made himself a witness in the sdny probe and congressional injur congression congression c...

Person heard from cohen, but when you look at all of it together, might it be used, the whole thread, to charge someone, the president, with being a co-conspirator? >> certainly a possibility. if theres any silver lining in yesterday, its what president trump just picked up on. michael cohen could not help connect the dots with respect to russia collusion which is a very general term. it doesnt even have its own legal significance. thats all i saw as far as the silver lining. i dont see how any ...

I think hes lying. what do you think? >> i think the question of whether it rises to level of perjury here. im glad you played that clip because when people asked this question over the last couple weeks they focused on another quote in the same hearing when he said the white house didnt ask for and provided no, quote/unquote, promises or commitments about it about the sdny investigation. that was actually in his opening statement, it seemed to be rather carefully parsed. i dont think theres a w...

Of what we need to know. why did he and his folks lie about russia and why did he do so much to mess with a probe that he keeps saying could never hurt him. you get those answers, assuming the presidents new pal in the doj will allow you to learn the answers and many other questions will be answered as well. thats all for us. thanks for watching. please get right to "cnn tonight" with don lemon. >> can you explain to me, what does lasagna of lies mean? >> when you make a lasagna, you start with ...