commercial. you referred to it as the machinery. that's what it was. i want you to explain to the people how around the time trump was running for president how there were stories of previous alleged sexual -- what's the word i'm looking for -- indiscretions where he was alleged to have been involved and they wanted to have it end. >> right. >> explain. >> in the last several weeks there's been attention paid to trump's personal attorney michael cohen. >> yes. >> finally admitted he facilitated a payment to a playboy play mate to basically keep her silence. to prevent her from telling her story. >> that was the porn star. >> excuse me. >> not the playmate. >> stormy daniels, the porn star. >> right. >> what we have realized in the course of the investigation is that basically the efforts to cover up and silence potentially damaging stories about trump