he says no russian collusion, so i think it wasn t a great day for donald trump, being attacked in that fashion, but well michael cohen may have helped himself a little bit, i think he undercut himself by being so relentlessly personally and his attacks on the men he worked for four to ten years. sandra: howie kurtz. great to get you on the program this morning. my pleasure. sandra: bill. bill: in the meantime, another hot spot. military tensions between india and pakistan. what president trump is now offering on the diplomatic front. that became an issue today in hanoi. we will tellso you what was sai, coming up. who glows? just say, badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com
today she will be in yuma arizona. thank you. today she will be in yuma arizona. thank you. we have new development and special counsel investigation. a mysterious grand jury subpoena reportedly could be tied to the probe as a report unveiled new evidence suggesting that the former personnel attorney michael cohen may have met russians before the 2016 election. we more on this from washington. they are reporting that claims that michael cohen traveled to prague in the summer of 2016 to meet with the russian government officials on behalf of the trump campaign. was or anything that we were actually able to see for themselves. there came a time when we felt like we have that in the critical businesses. foreign intel agencies discovered a cell phone believed to be cohen s in and
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in the buildup to the election? that s apparently what the government thinks it can show by the testimony of cohen, enquirer owner american media incorporated and its president, david pecker, or was he trying to shield his wife and son from this scandal and protect his brand as a businessman and tv star in the event he lost the election? would he have acted the same irrespective of his campaign for the presidency? now, that answer requires getting into donald trump s head for the charge to be successfully prosecuted, whether by a jury after he leaves office or in a senate trial after being impeached by the house? a finder of fact would need to be convinced that president trump acted with knowledge that he was violating the law. i would suggest that no matter how ominous this week s developments might appear, the president s fate on this issue is far from clear, which leads question.s week s survey
go to my website at smerconish.com. answer this now. assuming president trump directed michael cohen, what was his primary purpose, to keep news of his affairs from the voting public before the election or to shield his wife and son from the scandal and protect his brand if he lost? as promised, joining me now, bradley smith, former chairman of the federal election commission, now chairman of the institute for free speech. he wrote the article for the national review to which i referred, michael cohen pled guilty to something that is not a crime. and jeff sigh, he was one of the prosecutors in the john edwards case. bradley, you say that michael cohen may have pled guilty to something not a crime. give me the short version. i disagree that the fundamental question here is whether or not he intended to influence the campaign. that is the statutory language but it has an objective component, and in fact, under fec regulations and under the laws traditionally understood t the obligation