Heres part of the tape where they appear to be discussing buying Karen Mcdougals story from the National Enquirer. This audio originally broke on cnn. But Michael Cohens current lawyer, lanny davis, has authenticated it for nbc. We have not confirmed, though, what happened around the tape, whether it was edited or altered. Take a listen. I need to open up a company for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend david. Im going to do that right away. Ive spoken to allen about how to set the whole thing up with so what are we going to do yes. And its all the stuff, all the stuff. Because here you never know whether that company so im all over that. Hes all over it. What theyre discussing, appears to suggest concern about a third party owning this story, this claim that could be problematic for trump, even if the third party would be the longtime friend referred to as david, which given what we know about the story is widely understood to be david pecker, a friend of Donald Tru
we can t say donald trump is an aberration and we re sorry and let s take it back, never speak of him again because something was so wrong in america that that kind of campaign could win in the first place. 9% of obama voters, 9% of voted for obama in 2012. there was a real he was a candidate of change. he was lucky, too, not forget that. huge republican field. a big russia assist. he starts against jeb bush, and then went against hillary clinton. embodies the status quo. people want change. he bodied people who embodied the status quo. russia helps him, comey helps him, a lot of things happen, but it s happened. it was that it was that close. quick break. the whole panel stays. leah, i want to get some from you. we are celebrating our special night, we ve been on the air now for a year. we ll show you the best moments in 30 seconds.
policy agenda. honestly. and the actions that he s taking are not even consistent with somebody who s trying to prove that he s not look, it feels like someone who s being leveraged. the idea that even the notion you would have, based upon even if it was all spurious, all the accusations, the suspicions were spurious, if you re donald trump and you re acting like a politician, you don t schedule another meeting with putin right before the election. i ve got to fit in a break. you stay, because i want to hear more from you as we do our special less depressing, an versely celebration. sam seder, as always, thanks for being here. michael cohen tapes to russia probe, is the pressure getting to donald trump? donald trump rages against, quote, reality itself. that s a real thing. and my power house panel tonight, bill crystal back together with the great fat joe, plus leah wright gore, plus jess macintosh, that s next.