violating to have criminal intent. he has to know that what he s doing is wrong and everything donald trump has done about this hush money payment suggests that he knew it was wrong. susan, how do you see it? i think that s right. trump has all but admitted that he actually directed cohen to make these payments so now we know that he actually was in the room for discussions. i think any effort to sort of distance himself from this is just going to fall flat. you know, his newest sort of story that, well, there was no reimbursement for this ami payment and therefore it wasn t an illegal campaign contribution, that s not legally relevant. the laws say if you agree to something and take substantial steps towards it, you actually are criminally culpable for that act. the president is trying to convince people that he hasn t violated the law here. the fact is david pecker and