that announcement came the same day donald trump, jr. brokered the meeting just two days before the meeting took place. but as the dots get connected, donald trump blows his top and throws his son under the bus, tweeting this morning, i did not know the meeting with my son donald trump jr. sounds to me like someone, meaning cohen, is trying to make up extorted to get himself out of an unrelated jam. taxicabs maybe. he even retained bill and hillary s lawyer. gee, i wonder if they helped him make a choice. this afternoon, democratic senator patrick leahy said he d like to see donald trump jr. back in front of the senate judicial committee. from the new york times investigative reporter matt apuzzo, matt miller former chief spokesman for the justice department, democratic congressman eric swalwell is here member of the house intel and judiciary committees. he s been investigating russian collusion. with us at the table emily jane
for stormy daniels also locked in a legal battle with the president over hush money says it s not the only potentially incriminating recording out there. he joins us now, we re happy to see him back. also joining the table emily jane fox senior reporter for vanity fair and msnbc contributor. michael, take us through your thoughts on the reporting today. well, nicole, i m not at all surprised by it you predicted it if i remember in one of your early appearances in this program. not only did i predict it, i stated it back on may 30th. i told the world there were trump tapes. i used that phrase. and i had a press conference outside of the courthouse on may 30th, so almost two months ago. i demanded their release. i then went on msnbc and cnn and discussed the existence of these tapes. so, you know, i think it s great that it s getting all this attention seven, eight weeks later. but this really isn t breaking news, nicole. i disclosed the existence of these tapes two months ago.
i didn t do anything wrong. it s really nice. is he still your friend? i always like michael cohen. is he still your lawyer? not my lawyer, any more. but i always liked michael and he s a good person and i think he s been excuse me, do you mind if i talk? you re asking me a question, i m trying to ask it just wonder if you re worried he s going to cooperate no, because i did nothing wrong. not worried because i did nothing wrong, but it s an attack on the nation. we ve been discussing breaking news from the new york times today the fbi has seized a recording of a conversation between donald trump and michael cohen about a hutch money payment to play may karen mook dougal. michael avenatti, the attorney for stormy daniels also locked in a legal battle with the president over hush money says it s not the only potentially incriminating recording out there. he joins us now, we re happy to see him back. also joining the table emily jane fox senior reporter for vanity fai
first lady said, she wouldn t risk her father getting mad at her, which is something she s deeply concerned about, and she couldn t do that. they are baffled by her silence. as one former friend told me yesterday, this is something that s going to stick to her. you know, emily, you just said something that i have to go back to you and sort of recap. that she doesn t want to risk her father getting mad at her. part of being an adviser, particularly at this level, you re the person who can tell the president things that will make him mad because you re trying to improve his policies. the whole world is watching this administration take children from their parents, why is she in the white house if she s afraid of making donald trump mad at her? that s a great question. that s why it had been illegal for half a century for someone in a family to serve in a position. that s why you don t appoint your family members because there s that level of inability
when it comes to controversial issues, her having to speak up against an administrative position she is silent time and time again. i think it s time we all stop expecting her to do the right thing since she hasn t since she has done the administration. amen to that. emily jane fox. thank you for your reporting. new reports suggesting donald trump would like to do something vladimir putin would love, breaking up the european union. sometimes, bipolar i disorder can make you feel unstoppable.