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Audio files, audio recordings, during that raid of michael cohen's residence and law office last week. what are the legal implication of that move? . so new york is a one-party kent state. that me -- consent state. one party can choose to make a recording of it. there's wrong per se with those recordings. what they may turn out to be in the long run is some of the most compelling evidence that the fbi may come across in the investigation that they're undertaking. one suspects part of the reason cohen is so vigorously trying to challenge the search warrant is because what he fears might be cont...

President trump. what his allies are concerned about is when they came into his office, his hotel room, his home this week, they took all of his computers, phones, electronics devices. in those devices were actually the recordings he's made of different phone calls he's had over the years. that's a concerning idea to a lot of people around the president. you know, you have these reportings, what is better evident for the special counsel's office that is actual people talking to each other on tape. >> if he made recordings and played them for associates and also for the president or then citize...

>> so, if he made recordings and played them for associates and also for the president, or then citizen donald trump, i mean, i guess -- was it known that he recorded conversations? i mean, it must have been at least among some people. >> amongst some folks, they've heard him play the recordings, and knew that he did it. i don't know that most people who spoke to him knew they did it. new york is a one party consent state. both sides do not have to agree to the conversation being recorded. that said, the recordings could actually prove to backfire here, if they show activity. one of the other ...

His accusers. what's interesting, though, is that he has a duty to the people of the state of missouri, and one of the duties that he has failed to discharge is to be open, transparent and forthcoming. despite being asked very straightforward questions about, hey, did you take a photograph? >> yeah, but your client recorded a conversation between himself and his former wife where they discussed the photo. is that legal in missouri and will that factor in as evidence? >> answer is simple. yes, missouri is a one-party consent state, so all it takes is one party to a tape recording to permit the ...

Be legal to have tapes in the oval office? >> well, it doesn't violate any law directly. there's actually a law that allows you to tape, oddly enough, if one party consents to it. but there are requirements for him to preserve any of this. so if he is, in fact, taping people, whether on his phone or through some sort of recording device in the oval office, that is something that he is required to preserve under the presidential records act and one would hope that the white house counsel's office would know that that is happening. >> what did he say? didn't he say you're going to be disappointe...