what role the president, himself and his aides paid in terms of the payments. obviously, michael cohen has been sentenced to 36 months. this really is bad news, every all of these people who used to be so close to the president open his side are now turning on him and working with prosecutors. if i m president trump, you know, i m sweating this. it s more than close the case about michael cohen and david pecker. these are people who had in one case, at least, michael cohen s case, recordings. in the case of dividend pecker said to have a safe full of information on everybody. he would engage in this so-called catch and kill of stories, which is what this is about. that s right. ami and national enquirer specifically had been suspected of doing this for many, many years and going back to 2016 with a story of trump s doorman, look, ami is a business that has
how he doesn t understand that the only protection he has is to the extend that doj policy keeps mueller from indicting a sitting president. he may avoid formal indictment, but mueller can tell the story of trump s conduct through his indictments. he s issued these detailed indictments about hacking that have told a complete story. there s no reason to believe that trump might show up as an unnamed, unindicted but clearly identified coconspirator when mueller issues his final package of indictments. so, josh, you guys have led the way on the, let s call it the walls closing in reporting, there is, as i just kind of back referenced, a lot of evidence of that this week. oh, yeah, there s a number of indications that people who are or were close to the president could be facing indictment sh t shortly. i also began to pick up other indications from folks, officials close to the mueller
he may avoid formal indictment but mueller can tell the story of trump s conduct through his indictments. he s issued these detailed indictments about hacking that have told a complete story. there s nole reason to believe that trump might show up as an unnamed unindicted but clearly identified co-conspirator when mueller issues his final package of indictments. so josh, you guys have led the way on the let s call it the walls closing in reporting. there is as i just kind of back referenced, a lot of evidence of that this week. oh, yeah. there s a number of indications that people who are or were close to the president could be facing indictment shortly. i also began to pick up other indications from folks, officials close to the mueller investigation that it was working its way towards some sort of crescendo. i know that the president and the white house are describing it as moving towards a conclusion. that s never exactly what i picked up.
protection he has is to the extent that doj policy keeps mueller from indicting a sitting president. he may avoid formal indictment but mueller can tell the story of trump s conduct through his indictments. he s issued these detailed indictments about hack having that told a complete story. there is no reason to believe trump might show up as an unnamed, uninindictmented but clearly identified co-conspirator when mueller issues his final package of indictments. so, josh, you have led the way on let s call it the walls closing in reporting. there is as i kind of back-referenced, a lot of evidence of that this week. oh, yeah, there s a number of indications that people who are or were close to the president could be facing indictment shortly. i also began to pick up other indications from officials close to the mueller investigation that it was working its way
reimbursement was done through that. leland. leland: just about an hour away from the president s remarks, we ll see if he addresses any of this. ellison barber at the white house. thank you and liz has got more. elizabeth: here with more white house reporter for the washington examiner, gabby, thank you for joining us. thanks for having me. elizabeth: i want to start with the stormy daniels news and i don t want to harp on it. i want to get your take, the job rates is lowest level, 3.9% and then a story of trump s denial of hush funds. the juxtaposition is incredible. there have been so many accomplishments for this administration on economics and seeing the way the economy is flourishing right now. it s disappointing for a lot of white house officials to constantly deal with the questions and the legal troubles that the president is facing now with not only his personal