2016 about an alleged affair. three people close to the matter says mr. trump knew mr. cohen has succeeded in keeping the affair public. maggy what do you make of this? the reporting is that the president was not telling the truth there, that he actually knew about it months before that though the exact date is not clear. >> well, you can certainly lie to the press and have a credibility crises. but you cannot lie and put yourself in the position for more legal liability and expect not to have criminal exposure. the problem with telling lies is you have to keep them all straight and you have to remember when you gave it and the day. he talks about perjury traps and with inability with mueller. i'm still waiting on the real big question here, and that is, it's one thing to have phone about the payment, but the federal campaign finance laws