committee tomorrow, this is a check is it clear from the context or from the document itself that this check is in fact a reimbursement for cohen s cohen putting forth money in this illegal scheme as opposed for this check being for some kind of legal fee or retainer as it appears the trump organization might have put it in their books? that s a question we don t yet know the answer to and the context in which cohen puts this tomorrow will make the difference. we do expect him to as you mentioned show a signed check to the committee that is a reimbursement for the payment he made to stormy daniels in october 2016. we don t know if the check is going to be marked for stormy daniels. i would expect that it would not be marked that way, and we don t know if he s going to talk about any conversations that he had
campaign before he was sworn in. you re saying what he s going to provide tomorrow is that the president s criminal involvement in this scheme persisted and extended into his time when he was serving as president. that s right. and it s a key distinction when a lot of lawmakers have raised questions about if you re beginning impeachment hearings or even looking at that, can you examine actions that were done to win election or does it need to be actions that were committed while in office? in terms of the check that mr. cohen is due to show this committee tomorrow, this is a check is it clear from the context or from the document itself that this check is in fact a reimbursement for cohen s cohen putting forth money in this illegal scheme as opposed to this check being for some kind of legal fee or legal retainer as it appears the trump organization might have put it in their books? that s a question we don t yet know the answer to, and i
were not facing life in prison in the federal charges, there are now state charges, too. manafort can t help donald trump. do you find it odd as somebody who has covered donald trump for so long that it was cohen who seems to have so much knowledge about his business that he essentially didn t seem to care what happened to him. well, remember that michael cohen has a problem here. he s undoubtedly committed other crimes that he wants to avoid implicating himself in, where he s acted on donald s behalf. donald has a long history of, you know, faking documents, making unjustified claims. he s lost two different civil tax fraud trials. and so cohen s he s trying to get the prosecutors to alter their position and to come forward and say, gee, he really did cooperate. let s reduce that sentence, which is entirely in their hands, he also has to be careful that he doesn t put himself in more jeopardy because of the things that he s done on donald s behalf.
cohen telling msnbc his client will honor the subpoena he s been served to testify before the senate intelligence committee. it is a major development after cohen canceled testimony scheduled in the house. worried, he said, about the safety of his family. when lanny davis spoke with msnbc s andrea mitchell last hour, he also said cohen s appearance s contingent on getting lawmakers assurance that the cohens will be protected. arguing statements by the president are threats. it s about your attacking his father-in-law, mr. trump. mr. giuliani, you attack his father-in-law and allude to him being a criminal because he s from the ukraine. this is classic mob technique to send a signal to the individual who mr. trump has called a rat for telling the truth. that word rat comes directly out of organized crime. let s go right to intelligence reporter ken dilanian.
2:00 p.m. east, michael cohen who was sentenced to testify before congress has postponed that testimony. a source close to the president says he and his wife and kids are scared. cohen s attorney, lanny davis, issued this statement. due to the ongoing threats against his family from president trump and mr. rudy giuliani as recently as this weekend, as well as mr. cohen continued cooperation with ongoing investigation. my advice of countdosel, mr. cohen s appearance will be postponed to another date. ken dilanian is joining me. the president has been going after cohen online and on twitter telling folks to check out his father-in-law and