Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181212:01:31:00
Reuters asked president trump about prosecutor's assertions that many people in his inner circle had met or had business dealings with russians. here's how hep respo responded. quote, the stuff you're talking about is peanut stuff. he also tried to shift blame for the payments michael cohen made to two women at his direction on the campaign trail. payments that federal prosecutors say were illegal, but the president told reuters, quote, number one, it wasn't a campaign contribution. if it were, it's only civil, and even if it's only civil, there was no violation based on what we did. okay? but...