that president trump has indeed committed crimes both before he took office during his presidential campaign and while in office as president. that evidence came in the form of checks delivered to michael cohen from president trump including one that was signed in the white house by the president. michael cohen testified that those checks were part of an illegal pay off scheme to stormy daniels to buy her silence about her affair with donald trump during the presidential campaign. in february of 2017, one month into his presidency, i m visiting president trump in the oval office for the first time and he says to me something to the effect of don t worry michael, your january and february reimbursement checks are coming. they were fedexed from new york and it takes awhile for that to get through the white house system.
took office during his presidential campaign and while in office as president. that evidence came in the form of checks delivered to michael cohen from president trump including one that was signed in the white house by the president. michael cohen testified that those checks were part of an illegal pay off scheme to stormy daniels to buy her silence about her affair with donald trump during the presidential campaign. in february of 2017, one month into his presidency, i m visiting president trump in the oval office for the first time and he says to me something to the effect of don t worry michael, your january and february reimbursement checks are coming. they were fedexed from new york and it takes awhile for that to get through the white house system. as he promised, i received the first check for $70,000 not long thereafter.
personal income tax returns and the person signing off most of the deals at the trump organization of substance or size. he has long standing institutional knowledge that investigators are looking into things beyond campaign finance, looking into things like tax problems or insurance fraud. alan weisselberg has a front row seat. which why he ll insist on immunity before he testifies. do you think he ll sit on immunity? they ll probably have to give it to him, that s right. let s listen to michael cohen describing his first visit to the white house. donald trump assured him the reimbursements were on their way. in february of 2017, one month into his presidency, i visited mr. trump in the oval office for the first time and he
how significant is that? pretty significant. again, you re talking about a congress that has the question about whether you have a sitting president abusing presidential authority. if he is trying to interfere in crimes by obstructing the acting attorney general to tell the southern district what to do and not to do that, is a clear abuse of his power as president, particularly when it is designed to protect his business interests. i want to we have 30 seconds left. nbc exclusive revealing last night a $70,000 check, a copy of it, that president had allegedly promised to michael cohen, reimbursement for the hush money payments and cohen got in february of 2017. does this damage the argument that the president was not personally involved in authorizing these payments? of course it does.
th what this means. sure, it means when michael cohen went to see the president for the first time in the white house in february of 2017 and the president as you may recall his testimony he looked at all the lovely art. the president was proud of the whole scene and it was very awesome as mr. cohen said. the president said to michael at that time, you will be getting the two checks soon. the two checks meaning the two $35,000 checks. because as you may recall alan, the president s weiselberg. weiselberg said that instead of paying the entire $420,000 up in one lump sum, he wanted to pay it over the course of a year $35,000 even each year. each month, rather. and so, this check, the $70,000 check, which is signed according