11 00 a. M. Out west, 2 00 p. M. In washington where the president would like the headlines to be about the economy after good news that the gdp grew by 4. 1 for the Second Quarter. Donald trump took a victory lap on the south lawn of the white house. But it is what he was not willing to discuss this morning that is overshadowing that economic news. Mr. President , is Michael Cohen telling the truth . Is Michael Cohen telling the truth . Mr. President , is Michael Cohen telling the truth . That right there was the voice of my colleague Kristen Welker trying to get answers about the latest in the russia investigation on the heels of a secret recording between donald trump and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. Former lawyer, going public. A source now tells nbc news that cohen is willing to inform Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged russian interference in the 2016 president ial campaign, that donald trump jr. , the president s son, told his father about the 2016 t
cash out, writing checks, deciding about the financial deals, that came through allen weisselberg. and he did it for a very long time. and we now know, i think through these structured payments, to p appears to be involved in masking the money trail. that gets to the part of the way the trump organization was run. it s an al mall ga mation of a lot of trump companies in which trump gets paid and makes payments. to the extent some of these problems emerge around stormy daniels, or jennifer mcdougal karen mcdougal. karen mcdougal, it pierces the veil on these little shell companies and it potentially, if robert mueller or the u.s.