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This money to influence the election. in the trump case we had two witnesses now saying that. michael cohen and david pecker. marks got a point. if donald trump wasnt the president, if he was just donald trump the businessman, he wouldnt be under all this scrutiny and theres a relentless momentum when you have a special counsel who has one case and one target essentially. hes also the president of the united states. we hold him to a higher standard. and he hasnt released his tax return. the firs...

Approval, by the way. in the cohen court documents they describe a meeting between donald trump and michael cohen about approaching the russian government. so that clearly contradicts what trump is saying about, i didnt have any dealings with russia. >> joyce vance, can you weigh in on the significance of this from a legal perspective, if we do know the president lied about this during the election? >> i think ken makes a really important point when he talks about the john edwards case and remin...

Global settlement, global plea deal for him. just based on the publicly known information. theres good reason to believe that there are criminal charges against the president ranging from campaign finance to obstruction. we havent seen all of the information about the foundation and inauguration yet but that looks problematic as well. and so the presidents repeated cries of witch hunt or theyre out to get me. at some point that wears very thin as layer upon layer of wrongdoing and misconduct is ...

That. but thats not something that this moment, as you and i are talking, that im focused on. at some point, maybe. >> do you think that president trump should be primaried? >> i do think that weve got to remember what the republican party is. >> thats not a yes or no answer. >> so i dont know that -- i want to get away from here and think about it. this isnt an everyday in the hallway question. i want to get away from here and think about that. what is happening right now is not the standard re...

They describe a meeting between donald trump and michael cohen about approaching the russian government. so that clearly contradicts what trump is saying about, i didnt have any dealings with russia. >> joyce vance, can you weigh in on the significance of this from a legal perspective, if we do know the president lied about this during the election? >> i think ken makes a really important point when he talks about the john edwards case and reminds us it was a jury that ultimately decided john ed...

Theres no outrage calling for senators to take action. and that, i think, has been the legal strategy that trump has played to all along knowing that its very unlikely that there will be an indictment. that mueller will seek a formal grand jury indictment against him because of the longstanding doj policy that weve talked about. so this notion that its the american people sitting as a jury and that the mounting lies, the question becomes whether at some point theres a tipping point where people ...

Just based on the publicly known information. theres good reason to believe that there are criminal charges against the president ranging from campaign finance to obstruction. we havent seen all of the information about the foundation and inauguration yet but that looks problematic as well. and so the presidents repeated cries of witch hunt or theyre out to get me. at some point that wears very thin as layer upon layer of wrongdoing and misconduct is weighted down by the presidents changing stor...

Said when asked if he believes trumps explanation. heres orrin hatch earlier this week. >> i think the democrats will do anything to hurt this president, anything. >> this is the southern district of new york, the u.s. attorney thats making this allegation. >> you think hes a republican, do you? >> hes employed by the president. employed by this president. >> okay, but i -- i dont care. all i can say is hes doing a good job as president. >> he later said in a statement in part, i made comments a...

Witnesses now saying that. michael cohen and david pecker. marks got a point. if donald trump wasnt the president, if he was just donald trump the businessman, he wouldnt be under all this scrutiny and theres a relentless momentum when you have a special counsel who has one case and one target essentially. hes also the president of the united states. we hold him to a higher standard. and he hasnt released his tax return. the first president in modern history to have a lack of transparency. he ha...

>> and you even see it with this argument where its gone from -- he didnt do it to, if he did it its not breaking the law. so even the terms of argument from trump on air force one to trump now is different. now hes conseeding, yeah, so i paid her, but so what. so i think that having truth from the white house is an important on this one. >> i get the sense to the point about republicans that the shift may come if there is actually a shoe in the russia collusion question. thats when they may sta...