the change in his language today saying, look, i never directed my personal attorney, then michael cohen, to do anything wrong and part of statute is the president would have to willingly, knowingly violate campaign finance law but it's hard to imagine that the president wasn't privy to these payments were made and even the way in which trump was paid back by the trump corporation was all through the llc. if it's something they believe was lawful it raises the question why didn't they just cut a check to pay back michael cohen? it doesn't add up. one defense was it wasn't about the campaign. it was to embarrass him.