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He's certainly putting his eggs in the right basket. that's an easter reference. >> i saw that. we've heard from stormy daniels. the question is why have we not heard from the president's personal lawyer, michael cohen, a strong advocate for trump and himself. his attorney will make the case for cohen, next. later, i talk to teenagers, including two from parkland about the gun issue and whether they think this movement will end soon. >> do you feel as though all the students and all of the momentum is a movement or a moment? that's coming up this hour. stay with us. -if you told me a year ...

Defamatory. >> the defamatory statement is in that complaint. >> right. >> that case will be dismissed on motions. that case is going nowhere. >> no discover sni. >> no discovery at all. a judge -- on defamation, a judge will look at that statement. it doesn't even pass the smell test. it doesn't come close to defamation. i'm handling a defamation case for michael cohen against buzz feed. there are serious defamatory statements in that case. i hope we talk about that in the future. >> are you acknowledging that he was being defamatory about buzz feed, michael cohen? >> no we're suing. >> i'm h...

>> timing, all right, that's all speculative and guesswork. but it has nothing to do -- >> it's correlative. it may not be causation. >> you hit t there's no causation. >> i'm saying that's the issue. i'm not saying there's no causation. >> that would be a dangerous precedent because every person running for congress -- >> why -- >> because any business transaction that's done could be considered a campaign contribution. do you realize how dangerous that is -- >> it would have to involve the principal of the candidate in this case and done in a way that seems to motivate the campaign during th...

Another time. >> i've made that invitation to michael as well. whether he wants to discuss those things, he'll have an opportunity for that. >> the other exposure of how this deal went down. stormy daniels, her attorney, cannot bring an action against you for campaign violation. that would have to be the ftc. does he still main than that he paid this $130,000 of his own money and it wasn't done with eyes towards helping the campaign? >> first of all, avenatti is litigating that in his papers? what's his end game? >> you're right, it's a federal elections campaign issue investigation. >> it's a...

Of this that -- the daniels and avenatti case. one, this wasn't a legitimate agreement and two the damages clause is unconscionable. this million dollars every time they say it, it won't stand up in court and it wasn't a deal because trump didn't sign it. >> the agreement was between eclc and stormy daniels. >> why -- >> there was a contract, consideration, money paid to stormy daniels. rock solid agreement. there was a signature line for dd to give michael cohen the option if he wanted to make dd a party. he chose not to. two parties to a contract. signed, it was a quid pro quo between the tw...