conclusively shown to be false. but ari, i want to put a focus on what i think the real issue is here. and what we really need to look at. in may of 2016, when the prior financial disclosure was filed, there s no question that other people, other than mr. trump were consulted in connection with that, okay? mr. trump, that s not a form that he would fill out on his own. it would make no sense. so other people surrounding him that would know of liabilities and assets would have been consulted. there s little question in my mind that michael cohen would have been consulted at that time, because he would have intimate knowledge of a lot of the details. the president at that point had only been in office four or five months. and furthermore, all of that would have related to the year 2016, which we know that michael cohen was intimately involved with. so michael cohen would have been consulted. and what i think the big question is, what did michael cohen tell whoever was filling out the for
ugly, do you have concerns about your own role, your own safety, your own precautions? well, i certainly have concerns about the safety of me and my client. those concerns have been present. they have reached a heightened level over the last two weeks, relating to death threats and the like. but ari, we re not going to go away. we re not going to pack up and go home. we re going to see this through to conclusion. i think we have incredible momentum right now. we re going to continue to search for the truth. we re going to gather information. and when it s appropriate, we re going to disclose that information. the american people, and they can make their own determinations as to what consequences result, if any. michael avenatti, thank you, as always, for being here on the beat. david copper, my thanks to you. coming up, the other story i mentioned. new details about the first hours of the russia probe and fbi agents making a secret trip abroad. also, why rudy giuliani is as