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made its way to our doorstep right here in aalbuquerque, new mexico. fundamentally at the end of the day this was about a right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested today, and someone who did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement, which is turn that to violence. >> wow. saddest of all perhaps is that such incidents of dangerous domestic extremism are starting to feel routine in our country. amid a sharp rise to threats of public officials over the last few years, are any of us even surprised in what plays out almost every day. what ...

Attorney's office. but one of the big headlines here is the fact that for the first time although everyone knew to read between the lines, michael cohen told us that individual one, the person who directed him and coordinated with him to commit a felony offense and circumvent campaign finance laws or attempt to do so by these hush money payments to stormy daniels, to karen mcdougal, he named the president of the united states and he said there was a check that was issued while he was the president. meaning there are was an ongoing felony going on. so the idea that this happened is really, real...

Fact that the payments happened while he was president of the united states is the commission of campaign finance law violations. that's the real kicker. that's the piece we have not seen evidence of until this point including the check with his signature from his personal bank account. now we have to take that further. we have to look at corroborating evidence that shows, you know, he knowingly did this, tried to commit fraud or the finance law violation. and see if there is anything we can do to kind of contradict the claim that they are going to try to make which is that it was a retainer. ...

Avenue, new york new york, it is dated august 1, 2017. he was president of the united states when he wrote this and it is signed with the president's signature on the bottom for $35,000. cohen says this was the reimbursement, part of the reimbursement for the payments to stormy daniels. this is evidence that michael cohen is providing, jeffrey. what does it mean? >> well, this, just to put it in context for people, michael cohen has pleaded guilty to facilitating an unlawful campaign contribution by giving money to stormy daniels for her silence. that is one of the crimes to which he pleaded g...

Intent because you're not -- you are -- you are trying to c camouflage the nature of the payment. so i don't think the -- the account is either -- is exculpatory at all. >> i think the most significant number on this check is the date, august 1, 2017, which is while he was president of the united states. we're going to talk much more about that. jeffrey, stand by, if you will. joining us now is member of congress jackie spears. she's a member of both the house intelligence committee which will speak to michael cohen tomorrow and house oversight committee which will hear from michael cohen alon...