Im happy to take the answer from the private counsel also, but i made efforts. Ill pose it publicly. If you can address it, id appreciate it. Do you know whether mr. Cohen ever approached the white house as a representative of any of those companies, whether the president was aware of the payments, or whether he was aware that mr. Cohen was marketing himself . Im not aware. Again, i would refer you to the outside counsel. Kristen. Thank you, sarah. The president promised to drain the swamp. Does he feel its appropriate that Michael Cohen, his personal attorney, was selling access to him . Again, im not going to weigh into this. Thats a determination that individual companies have to make and i havent spoken with the president. Sarah, based on what you know youre the press secretary. Youre standing there at the podium. Based on what you know thats been revealed in the past 24 hours, does the president think it was appropriate his personal attorney given that he was to drain the swamp .
Between the two leaders. Was kim nice to imprison them in the first place . Well have full analysis of that. Also this morning, more questions around whether President Trumps personal Attorney Michael Cohen was peddling access to and cashing in on his association with donald trump. The Washington Post reports that cohen told an associate in the summer of 2017, quote, im crushing it. Well dig in to the implications for cohen and the trump white house. Welcome to morning joe. Its thursday, may 10th. With us we have msnbc contributor, Mike Barnicle. Washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay, and in washington, columnist and associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc kasie hunt. Let me turn right back. Joe, you tweeted last night, bloodthirsty tyrants get no credit for kidnapping americans, using them as bait and releasing them for cheap headlines. North korea is a terrorist state. That has
Were going to bring you results as they come in from West Virginia. But breaking news in the Mueller Investigation and the investigation into Michael Cohen. Cnn learned that Mueller Investigations have questioned a Russian Oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars deposited into essential consultants llc, the company set up by Michael Cohen that was used to pay off Stormy Daniels. Hundreds of thousands of dollars from the u. S. Affiliate were made after the election. The purpose of the payments by the u. S. Affiliate is unclear at this hour. Cnn has reviewed documents that appear to show the payments but cnn has not authenticated the documents. Their authenticity has already been bolstered by a Statement Issued by another company tonight, at t, which is trying to acquire cnn and its Parent Company time warn per. The information that Michael Avenatti revealed earl yer said that at t had paid several hundred thousands of dollars to Michael Cohens essential con l consultants llc. At
Perfect code name cross fire hurricane, which is of course a reference to the rolling stones. Jumping jack flash. But first i want to get right to Rudy Giuliani making some shocking claims tonight. Joining me now is the former white House Counsel to president clinton, and cnn Law Enforcement analyst josh campbell. Good evening to all of you gentlemen. Josh, first. Rudy giuliani was on fox tonight. He made a surprising allegation. Watch this. Challenging the legitimacy of their Investigatory Authority and the way theyve expanded so much. So youve maintained the expansion of this probe is illegitimate . What they did with Michael Cohen, manafort, possibly placing a spy in the Trump Campaign, all these things are areas where indictment has been dismissed because of the governments conduct. I do not understand what bob was thinking of hiring these people. Josh, a spy in the Trump Campaign . Yeah, don, this is exhausting when it comes to every new day theres some wild allegation thats made,
Account. The ceo of at t saying hiring cohen was a mistake and a serious misjudgment. I want to tell you something right off the top. Whatever you think of donald trump or Michael Cohen, this is now also a story about corporate influence peddeling and wall street deception. The Washington Post has obtained what it says are the internal at t documents. At t hasnt confirmed this. They appear to show that the leadership of at t has known about all of this from the start n writing, with the numbers that cohens role and his scope was defined and that he was working on literally the companys biggest priority of the year, a giant Merger Acquisition of time warner. So at t knew. And now tonight they claim this is a mistake after getting busted by of all people Stormy Daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti what dropped this proverbial dime. This new evidence doesnt state how much donald trump knew but anyone who covered trump knows outside his family members his most trusted aide long before politics