Described at the time as an attack on the nation. I just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, good man, and its a disgraceful situation. Its a total witch hunt. Its a disgrace. Its frankly a real disgrace. Its an attack on our country in a true sense. An attack on our country, wow. The times writes of the significance of todays revelation. The recordings existence further draws mr. Trump into questions about tactics he and his associates used to keep aspects of his personal and Business Life a secret. And it highlights the potential legal and political danger that mr. Cohen represents to mr. Trump. Once the keeper of many of mr. Trumps secrets mr. Cohen is now seen as increasingly being willing to cooperating with prosecutors. Joining us by phone from the New York Times, mike schmidt who broke this story along with his colleagues. Joyce vance former u. S. Attorney now an msnbc contributor. With us at the table, jonathan lemire, Associated Press White H
Legal and political danger that mr. Cohen represents to mr. Trump. Once the keeper of many of mr. Trumps secrets, mr. Cohen is now seen as increasingly willing to consider cooperating with prosecutors. Joining us by phone from the New York Times, mike schmidt who broke this story along with his colleagues. Joyce vance former u. S. Attorney now an msnbc contributor. With us at the table, jonathan lemire, Associated Press White House Reporter and sliding in as only he can do, john heilman is back. Got sechlt entitles im nven ti to read because i didnt think he would be here. If you could, underscore the significance of learning that donald trump was aware months before the election of these hush money payments to Karen Mcdougal. In early november of 2016, w the wall street journal wrote an article about the payment. They said it was news to them. What the article shows is the president clearly knew about it at the time. This is something Michael Cohen updated him on in september. He was