Us. Former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock joins the conversation, and Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor, duel role, duncan levin is still with us. I want to call you a slashy in the immortal words of zoo lander, model and actor. Michael cohen on the stand for about four hours now. Vaughn hillyard, bring us up to speed. Reporter currently the line of questioning is around the actual execution of the Nondisclosure Agreement that Michael Cohen says that donald trump was party to with Stormy Daniels and her agent and attorney Keith Davidson, in the explicit question which gets at the heart of the falsification of Business Records arguments in charges against donald trump is currently playing before the jury as we speak. The question directed by the prosecution to Michael Cohen just one minute ago was very explicit. Was this Nondisclosure Agreement for the purposes of paying Michael Cohen as a legal retainer to which Michael Cohen said no and said t
calm him down in fits of rage, but in terms of being able to really counter him, i think she s proven herself to be no not that effective. this is a far cry from promising family leave after the birth of a baby which was one of her linchpin positions to work on. i know she told her colleagues at the washington post, i m a daughter to the president and adviser to the president. i respect in that role i must work incredibly diligently to follow protocol as any other staffer would. how does this duel role make it more challenging for her? is it more difficult? difficult in what way? nobody knows exactly what her role is. of course she says she has to work diligently to create those lines. she is her father s daughter and she does use that position when
party, dance with an orb and some swords and they will back your interest. even if it undermines u.s. interests overseas. there is a clepto kratic tinge to almost everything they re doing. jared kushner coming in not taking the salary. he s in charge of this business roundtable where he s meeting with corporations. he s in charge of middle east policy despite the fact that his family business does business with israeli financiers, he s trying to do business with china. he s got this duel role. we learned this week a few things, that officials in four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate jared kushner by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience. we learned kushner s familiy
well, for a president there s an enormous contingency of all of the things that travel with the president, so a huge operation. in terms of the senior staff what we have seen, the names you mentioned from secretary of state to the national security adviser, the deputy national security adviser, also the speech writing team, chief advisers like steve bannon and the white house chief of staff. the duel role of family and advisers of ivanka trump and jared kushner. h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser, he has been part of the development of the speech that will be delivered tomorrow by the president, stephen miller, the policy and speech writing point person for president trump. he s been handling those drafts which continue to be reviewed and updated and will reflect some of what is happening today in terms of some of the things the u.s. team picks up from