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The key thing here is one of the purposes, not the only purpose, correct? >> exactly. so even when the president says things like, oh, it was done for personal reasons to avoid embarrassment to his wife or whatever, that doesnt get him out of the edwards precedent, which as you say, one of the purposes being to influence an election. number two, the documentary evidence here and the witnesses in the trump investigation are very, very different than the 101-year-old key witnesses who couldnt even...

Quick to compare hush money payments over two alleged mistresses that compare to the case of one person, john edwards. back in 2011, edwards was indicted on six counts related to allegations he accepted illegal campaign contributions to cover up an extramarital affa affair. the presidents allies argues any possible case against the president would end like the edwards case, without a conviction. he was acquitted on one charge and there was a hung jury on the other. hold on. this is serious stuff...

Those words were written by neal katyal and george conway. one of these men joins me now, neal katyal. so you wrote an entire op-ed looking at the edwards case and comparing it to this. i wont make you go through the whole thing word for word, but the main points, why do you see this case as stronger than the one against john edwards. >> we think the edwards case boomerangs on the president. we think it was a mistake for rudy giuliani to invoke it. the reasons are three-fold. number one, that co...

In the history of this nation given the razor-thin win by trump, and the timings of the crimes. those words were written by neal katyal and george conway. one of these men joins me now, neal katyal. so, you wrote an entire op-ed looking at the edwards case and comparing it to this. i wont make you go through the whole thing word for word, but the main points, why do you see this case as stronger than the one against john edwards. >> we think the edwards case boomerangs on the president. we think...

Edwards case actually said, when you look at it, that it is a federal felony to take hush money if one of the purposes of that hush money was to influence the campaign. >> one of the purposes, not -- the key thing here is, one of the purposes, not the only purpose, correct? >> exactly. so even when the president says things like, oh, it was done for personal reasons to avoid embarrassment to his wife or whatever, that doesnt get him out of the edwards precedent, which is, as you say, one of the ...

But with new members, it is an open question what happens if and when this latest case goes all the way to the top. now back to the potential legal trouble for president trump. defenders of the president are quick to compare questions of hush money payments over two alleged mistresses that compare to the case of one person, john edwards. back in 2011, edwards was indicted on six counts related to allegations he accepted illegal campaign contributions to cover up an extramarital affair. and hid...

of morn relations talked about the danger faced by his family and what he calls the lawlessness in china. >> what i am most concerned about is also the most important question is the state of law in china, it is still very much being tram pelled on and more specifically after i left my home the local authorities have been having retaliating against my family in a frenzied way. please think about this. >> just in to cnn a couple minutes ago the syrian government is denying any involveme...

there may be another debt ceiling crisis. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the obama camp today launched an all-out assault on mitt romneys years as a high-powered investment company leader. vice president joe biden slammed romneys business record saying bane capital piled up cash while killing middle-class jobs. jim acosta is out on the campaign trail in florida in st. petersburg right now. heres the question, is mitt romney start...

its known as sb 1070. the law requires local police officers to check a persons immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. heres the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws particularl...