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What daniel was trying to -- daniel was sort of making the best argument for what giuliani might be trying to do here, but if that was indeed what he was trying to do. my understanding of campaign finance law the cohen payment would then be considered a loan, right, daniel, and they would have had to disclose that so out of the frying pan and into the fryar if giuliani was trying to get it to say it wasn't this kind of campaign violation but they may have opened themselves up to a different campaign violation, but, again, we don't have a clear understanding of what the heck they are arguing. >...

The truth and whether you can expect your leaders to tell the truth and whether they instead display a disregard for it. giuliani had said that his admission that the president did indeed pay the $130,000 to keep adult film star stormy daniels quiet, that was, quote, carefully coordinated with president trump. quote, you won't see daylight between me and the president. but that cracked wide open today, though very little with illuminated. just minutes he issued a statement on the stormy daniels hush money and repayment. quote, there is no campaign violation, the payment was made to resolve a p...

Seemed totally dismissible way back when. >> a reality tv star had an affair with -- >> he had an affair with someone who's a porn star. okay, no one voted for donald trump because they thought he was the outstanding moral -- you know, the example of moral turpitude in america. >> well, some people did. they said that he was forgiven and he had asked for forgiveness. >> true. $130,000. that cohen payment is so central to everything that comes after it. because it's different in kind than what we knew about before. >> let's get to the law lady here. to the lawyer. these women are a triple threa...

Fully -- mr. trump fully reimbursed cohen in 2017. the category of value would be $100,001 to $250,000. they had to do it by category. but in another footnote, the office of government ethics said information related to the cohen payment is required to be reported. earlier today, stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti said this about the disclosure. >> i think the president disclosed this on the form because he realized at this juncture, based on advice of the people around him, that he was left with no other choice but to disclose it on the form today. i will say it again, michael cohen wi...

Reads, quote, in the interest of transparency, while not required to be disclosed as reportable liabilities in 2016, expenses were incurred by one of donald trump's attorneys, michael cohen. mr. cohen sought reimbursement of those expenses and mr. cohen fully -- mr. trump fully reimbursed cohen in 2017. the category of value would be $100,001 to $250,000. they had to do it by category. but in another footnote, the office of government ethics said information related to the cohen payment is required to be reported. earlier today, stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti said this about the dis...