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Think that also, they have not profited as richly as many would assume. >> and keep in mind, the money -- the complexity of this scheme. the money for karen mcdougal came from american media, came from the national enquirer parent company. the money from stormy daniels came, at least according to michael cohen, from michael cohen, personally. so this was an elaborate system to protect donald trump in what ronan and others and i are trying to figure out is just how widely this system operated. >> and very quickly, ronan, you don't have to tell us what you're reporting, but have you been contact...

Now, apparently, ami is saying she should go ahead and talk. maybe the whole issue moot now if she can just go ahead and talk. >> you think it is, though, ronan? moot right now? >> well, look, all i can say is what karen mcdougal and her representatives say, which is, behind closed doors, ami, which has been saying to me and other reporters, "she can talk," is actually in fact, telling her, you can't talk, and we'll threaten you with legal action if you attempt to do so. so, which of those readings of the agreement is accurate? i'll leave that to the ongoing proceedings between these two parti...

Relevant since the election. this is the sitting president of the united states and a lot of those sources expressed concern about the national security implications. because this goes both ways. this is a favor born out of the coziness of this relationship. but it also means that an outside private company has dirt on the president. and that potentially, there could be influence there. leverage there. >> you know, ronan, we know that stormy daniels got $130,000. karen mcdougal got $150,000. do you have any idea how much more money, how much more money was paid to other women, potentially? >> ...

Looked like forms. they don't look like they were written just for these individuals. it looks like something that had been used before and after. >> ronan, thanks very much for coming in. we'll have you back soon. jeffrey, thanks to you as well. a programming note. tomorrow night, anderson cooper sits down for an exclusive interview with the former playmate, karen mcdougal. that's tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern, only here on cnn. much more on the breaking news coming up. what do robert mueller's newly revealed questions for president trump say about his vulnerability in the special couns...

Judgments often reflect that value. ami has quite a lengthy statement about this that they have just put out, wolf? >> very interesting. sara, thanks to you. sara sidner, thank you. let's dig deeper. our chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin and ronan farrowfarrow. ronan, what are your impressions of karen mcdougal and why she wants to speak out publicly now? >> you know, she was very reluctant, wolf, to speak at all. in fact, those documents we obtained weren't a diary, they were notes written in the course of selling this story at the behest of several men around her, who she said urged her, t...