Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Federal prosecutors in new york have accused the president of criminal violation of the federal Campaign Laws. They say trump directed thats the word Michael Cohen to cover up a Campaign Contribution in the form of payments with two women with whom he had sexual relations. This comes from the Southern District of new york, not Robert Mueller, not the socalled 17 democrats the president says are working against him, not the deep state, not from a witch hunt. Its from one of the two Sentencing Memos filed in the case of trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, today, which are shedding new light on the president s potential legal exposure. As trumps longtime fixer, cohen pleaded guilty in august to Campaign Finance violations and making hush payments to two women on trumps behalf. And now, tonights Sentencing Memo makes clear that with respect to both payments, cohen acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual
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there s a loved one, there s a family member or someone that they fear that they want to protect. so, that s the kind of thing, because it s in michael cohen s best self-interests to be fully cooperative. everything he tells them they re not going to used against him, they re going to use in the prosecution of other people. so the conclusions that come to my mind are either someone he wants to protect or there s someone he fears. well said. thank you, natasha bertrand, david and ken dilania nnk and barbara mcquade and ari melber for joining us from the beat. much more on today s breaking news. senator richard blumenthal with the senate judiciary committee, will join us next to discuss the court filings and what we learned today about russia, about criminality, about a president who s been, well, he s got his name mentioned. he s called individual one. and according to that filing from the southern district of new york, he directed the criminality in that campaign violation. in an