what threads do you want to keep pulling on to this point after listening to michael cohen s testimony today. i think you re pulling on the two most important threats. the payments to stormy daniels, and karen mcdoogle issue that we thought of as a prepresidency problem for him, number one. number two, the direction without explicit direction of michael cohen to lie is a problem for him. particularly if people come to believe that michael cohen is credible that that was his specific intention in doing this. it doesn t matter if you ever say director mr. cohen, please
inquirer for him to drop the charge if there s anything political about their story on him and alleged mistress. chris: is that blackmail? looks like brack mail, i will leave the prosecutors, prosecutors do have a right to look and especially given what you ve described which is a previous deal between the prosecutors and ami, national enquirer s holding company that says they are not to engage in this type of behavior and, again, this is linked to payments to karen mcdoogle. chris: we asked you for questions for the panel and on the whole bezos controversy with the enquirer lynn tweeted this, why would ami, the parent of the national enquirer the
inquirer for him to drop the charge if there s anything political about their story on him and alleged mistress. chris: is that blackmail? looks like brack mail, i will leave the prosecutors, prosecutors do have a right to look and especially given what you ve described which is a previous deal between the prosecutors and ami, national enquirer s holding company that says they are not to engage in this type of behavior and, again, this is linked to payments to karen mcdoogle. chris: we asked you for questions for the panel and on the whole bezos controversy with the enquirer lynn tweeted this, why would ami, the parent of the national enquirer the
inquirer for him to drop the charge if there s anything political about their story on him and alleged mistress. chris: is that blackmail? looks like brack mail, i will leave the prosecutors, prosecutors do have a right to look and especially given what you ve described which is a previous deal between the prosecutors and ami, national enquirer s holding company that says they are not to engage in this type of behavior and, again, this is linked to payments to karen mcdoogle. chris: we asked you for questions for the panel and on the whole bezos controversy with the enquirer lynn tweeted this, why would ami, the parent of the national enquirer the
at this as a violation of the agreement they cut with ami. that is probably why. so, tom, bring us up to date on that. a couple things here, this nonprosecution agreement came into force of last year. and allegations that ami paid karen mcdoogle, who alleged an affair with the president, they paid her and that acted as an illegal campaign contribution. and so that is where this came into play. essentially the agreement says you know what? you have been cooperative and they do allow that. they said you have been cooperating with us, you gave us information, and we re not going to prosecute you for any crimes associated with a payment and anything you told us at the time. the agreement at that date, any time after september the date