been on fallback friday? no, i have not. could it perhaps happen today? it could happen today. a year in we will take you. i would hope to get both of you in some day as well. thanks to each of you for being part of our top of the news coverage here. coming up, new reporting on how trump s legal team says they might, quote, bury michael cohen. michael avenatti is here live. coming out of his court fight in the stormy daniels case. plus, we re debuting a new series today with tony schwartz, author of the art of the deal, and talking about the pressure facing trump. all that, plus, of course, fallback friday and our most awkward moments of the year. you re watching a special edition of the beat on msnbc.
and lets you control your network with the xfi app. it s the ultimate wifi experience. xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. there s news tonight that shows donald trump is genuinely nervous about the risk michael cohen poses. the political world shocked by these leaks that cohen would put cohen squarely inside of a conspiracy to get clinton material from the russians. sabotaging his fixer. his aides are telling reporters they ll bury cohen. calling him a traitor. the daily beast reports trump s furious and swearing about cohen. the attack on cohen is weak was previewed earlier this week by the man who served as trump s lawyer before cohen, jay goldberg on the beat. if you spend five minutes with michael cohen, you know
they must not have good taste. well, everyone s interested in your expanding role, your portfolio, your politics. walk us through what happened in court today because your case still continues. well, we had a very good morning in court today, ari, as you know, michael cohen and the president have sought to place a gag order, have the court place a gag order over me and prevent me from coming on shows like this and talking about the case, and talking about the evidence to you and your audience. and it was a very good morning. the judge took it under submission. he hasn t issued a ruling yet. but i d be shocked if he granted the motion. michael cohen and the president s attorneys were almost laughed out of court. the judge was very critical of the motion. and expressed considerable skepticism on the legal arguments they were making, and for good reason, because they were absolutely baseless. and it reeks of desperation. it seems like they want to silence you. people can understan
he intriguingly mentions it could even include the same tabloid company in the middle of this whole cohen case. there are three additional female clients of mine that have not been disclosed that were paid hush money prior to the 2016 election, whether it be from michael cohen on behalf of the president, an entity that michael cohen formed, or ami, that s what i m saying. those women had a relationship with donald trump. last time i checked they weren t handing out checks to anyone whether they had a relationship or not. michael avenatti, making news. why are you putting out the idea that there are these three women now, and why are you putting it out in this manner without more information or their names? well, i m not putting the idea out there, ari, i m stating a fact. i have three clients that have hired me as their counsel. each of them had a relationship with mr. trump. each of them were paid hush money prior to the 2016 election. and the time had come to
savaging mr. cohen at times could affect people s opinions of him and thus jurors? well, i don t put a lot of credence into that, ari, because, as you know, when it comes to jury selection, the court can guard against any bias that a juror may come to the court with. and usually does guard against that. you know, it s interesting to me that michael cohen s attorney was arguing so vehemently that i should be gagged and should not be able to speak openly. and look at rudy giuliani s comments last night about michael cohen on chris cuomo s show, he called him a pathological liar, he s been saying he has been lying for years, months, weeks, he said a fact finder should not trust him in a trial. those comments were far beyond anything i ve said about michael cohen, why isn t michael cohen s attorney trying to have a gag order placed on rudy giuliani? which would also affect my case,