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That details suspicious activity surrounding the hush money paid to the adult film star by michael cohen, the president's long-time attorney. joining us is michael avenatti. great to see you. >> good morning. >> why do you want to see this suspicious activity report from the bank? >> we think it is going to show the flow of the money, alisyn. it is going to show exactly what happened in connection with this $130,000 payment. >> don't we already know the flow of money. michael cohen paid stormy daniels the $130,000. what more is there to say? >> we think it may show where the money came from, w...

Mr. cohn relating to the transfer of the money, the flow of the money and what exactly happened here. the fact that the sahr was filed in this case is a big deal and it's an indication that the bank sees a b problem here. suspicious activity report. how is it going to help your client's case if you have your hands on it? >> well, if in fact the narrative portion indicates that the money did not come from a home equity loan as mr. cohn claims or that it initially came from a home equity loan, that could very easily be a bombshell in this case. and for validating the agreement. >> the treasury d...

Can you explain why $130,000 would have triggered a suspicious activity report? >> there are treasury regulations that are in place to guard again money laundering and financial crimes. these regulations hold when a bank determines that a particular financial transaction is suspicious they are obligated under the law to prepare and file what is called a suspicious activity report otherwise known as a sar. first republic bank repaired a sar, suspicious activity report, relating to this incident of the $130,000. they transmitted that sar to the financial crimes enforcement. it is a division of t...

First republic bank prepared a sar, a suspicious activity report relating to this transaction, relating to the payment of the $130,000. they transmitted that sar to the financial crimes enforcement network. it's a division of the u.s. treasury. we don't know what that sar shows because it's not public information. but here's what we do know. we know that the president and his appointee, the treasury secretary, control fnsn. they could very easily release this sar. >> michael cohen today issued a series of statements much his bottom line, there's nothing unusual in any of this, saying it's not ...

Equity line of credit, there was a suspicious activity report put out. can you explain that that means? >> there are treasury regulations in the united states that are in place to guard against money laundering and financial crimes and these regulations holds that when a bank particulates a series of financial transactions that are suspicious they are obligated under the law to prepare and file a suspicious activity report otherwise known as a sar. at some point after the date of this transaction in late 2016, first republic bank prepared a sar relating to this transaction, relating to the pay...