we are back. you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. it is tied to hush money payments. prosecutors say michael cohen coordinated for president trump, the parent company of the national enquirer has cut a deal, requiring ami to own up to the deal with karen mcdougal, the president s mistress. brian, first to you. on this american media, this is the owner of the national enquirer. he also own as bunch of other magazines like men s fitness and very well known for their pro-trump position. during the campaign, this magazine was unabashedly anti-hillary and pro trump and they were working to support trump s candidacy to help him get elected through these
campaign trail this year because democrat load leaders are worried. quickly, the report in the washington post that michael cohen would get articles before they appear nd the national enquirer, have a chance to review them, the suggestion is perhaps this was an in kind campaign contribution, which would have reported. certainly we don t know why federal prosecutors might be looking into h, but one of the most interesting things is that the so-called catch and kill deals by which the national enquirer allegedly puchlsed exclusives about the president and chose not to run them. the president s mistress, karen mcdougle, somebody he had a relationship with during his marriage to the first lady, this is what happened to her. one of the stories didn t run. what do they say about the president.