Always liked and respected. Most people will flip if the government lets them out of trouble even if. To which we saw wow. Joining us to discuss is natasha bertrand. This just came out moments ago. What is your reaction to these tweets, natasha . It seems like he is very worried. Michael cohen is someone who has been really loyal to trump for well over a decade. And trump in return has treated him like garbage. He has taken him for granted and not appreciated Michael Cohen in a way that he has wanted to be appreciated. If you walk into Michael Cohens office in 30 rock he has paraphernalia from the inauguration. He never got a place from the administration and was disappointed that he never got a place on the campaign and the president never gave him one. So so this is something where he could be signaling, for example, that stay strong, michael. We may pardon you if you dont flip and dont Start Talking to the authorities. Or it could be as simple as he has been talking to Michael Cohen
For americans to submit their tax returns, unless you are asking for an extension, White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders said thats exactly what the commander in chief is going to do, hes filing an extension for 2017, and thats understandable because the president has a full plate. Hes having a meeting at his maralago estate with Prime Minister shinzo abe. The president has plannings to meet with japans highly unpredictable neighbor north korea. One day after it was revealed in a federal Court Hearing that Michael Cohens client list includes foxs sean hannity, and sounding off on television today was Stormy Daniels and her lawyer. Following all the action from West Palm Beach is nbc news peter alexander. We just saw shinzo abe walk into maralago, both of these men have domestic issues and now theyre going to have to meet about the most pressing issue which is north korea. Reporter yeah, i think thats exactly right. Its a gorgeous, sunny day here in West Palm Beach, florida. Theres
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Knew in advance about a Wikileaks Dump of democratic emails and indirectly suggested cohen should lie to congress about plans do build a trump to youer in moscow. Details on that and more in a moment. A word we heard a lot today from both cohen and the lawmakers questioning him, lying. Michael cohen says that was and still is a requirement for working for President Trump. Everybodys job at the Trump Organization is to protect mr. Trump. Every day, most of us knew we were coming in and we were going to lie for him on something. And that became the norm. And thats exactly what is happening right now, in this country, and its exactly what is happening here in government, sir. Dana President Trump says Michael Cohen did bad things unrelated to trump and is lying to reduce his prison time. Cohen of course pleaded guilty to lying to congress and other crimes, sentenced to three years behind bars. That starts in a couple of months. Chief intelligence correspondence Catherine Herridge is live
Installments . That was in order to hide what the payment was. I obviously wanted the money in one shot. I would have preferred it that way. In order to be able to put it onto the books, Alan Weiselberg made the decision that he should be paid over the 12 months so that it would look like a retainer. Did mr. Trump know about this reimbursement method . Oh, he knew about everything, yes. Thank you, mr. Cohen. So the president not only knew about the payment, he knew and helped hide the payment and reimbursements to you . We discussed it. Everything had to go through mr. Trump and be approved by mr. Trump. And now youre going to prison. Im going to prison, yes, maam. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Yes, i yield my time. Earlier, im assuming new york is a one Party Consent state . One party can record the other without it being illegal . Correct. You also were a member of the new york bar . I was, yes. How would you rate recording clients in the ethical realm of being a lawyer . Its not illegal.