President. According to multiple people shortly after President Trumps win, the president s fixer was pitching himself to potential clients. Like pharmaceutical giant novartis. A company that cohen immediately approached. Another one described as boiling down to this. I dont know whos been representing you, but you should fire them all. Im the guy you should hire. Im closest to the president. Im his person lawyer. It appears it worked for novartis. Cohen is accused of being paid nearly 2 million by Major Companies for socalled insight into the president s thinking. Taking millions from a client list that didnt just have novartis, it also included at t, korean air space and a Russian Oligarch with close ties to the kremlin. Sarah sanders today questioned b again and again about these transactions. And again and again, the answer to nearly a dozen questions was pretty much the same response. Do you know whether mr. Cohen ever approach ed the white hous as a representative of any of those
Today. This is mtp daily starting now. Good evening and welcome to mtp daily. It feels now more than every that were in a state of political paralysis. Were waiting to see not if there will be more indictments when and where. And right now there is one man at the center of all of the questions of what comes next. Folks, we talk about the potentially problematic business relationships in the president s life, cohen is at the center. When we talk about the personal relationships, cohen is at the center, and cohen could be at the center. We dont know what the feds were looking for when they raided the properties, but we know it rattled the white house in a way we have not seen yet. We also know he has been under surveillance by the feds, electronically, that they admitted to in a courtroom. And we know he facilitated a 130,000 payment to stormy dames. We know that sean hannity was one of his three clients, and that there is evidence of him being in prague in 2016. Cohen is addimently deni
A source says the president is fixated on the raid of cohens home and office even as the president met with the japanese Prime Minister at maralago as you see. We are learning tonight the president s concern that the feds have everything, every single thing, that he has told cohen and every single thing that cohen has done for him over the past 12 years. Keep in mind, the investigation into Michael Cohen is a formal, criminal investigation. Everything is at stake for him and for the president of the United States. Weve all heard about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, of course, but that could just be the very tip of the ice berlg here. The legal pressure on Michael Cohen is as intense as it gets. Raising the question of whether he will turn on the man who has given him his career an his livelihood. Now cnn today catching cohen outside his manhattan hotel. He didnt have much to say, refusing the ooempk answer why sean hannity was one of three clients when hannity says hes not. Are
Outfront tonight, confusion over the president s executive order. The agencys charged with implementing the president s plan and the white house not on the same page tonight. T crucial to thousands of children still separated from their parent, so whats the president doing about it . Hes trying to distract from the confusion and the outrage. Inste instead, holding an event for kill ed by undocumented immigrants. These are the american citizens, permanently separated from their loved ones. The word permanently being the word that you have to think about. Permanently. Not for a day or two days. These are permanently separated. It goes without question that all of our hearts go out to anyone who has lost loved one, but the president appears to be trying use their pain to justify the pain of more than 2,000 children still separated from their parents tonight. Sole lly because of decision the president made most of those children have been separated for longer than a day r or two as the pre
We were chatting about this it earlier. You said looking ahead tonight, there are two things that President Trump wants to come out of this. Surprise and positivity. Explain. We know he los suspense. So this is playing out. Were guessing and hes thrilled about that. But he also wants it to be positive. The expression youre hearing is gorsuch 2. 0. What was the best day of his presidency . The day neil gorsuch was picked ask he would like that again. Were also hearing hes concerned that it be a good, safe, easy confirmation. And that he had this conversation with Mitch Mcconnell. So going into this, thats a big factor as well. I want to come back to the much mitch conversation. But to you, sir. We know that kavanaugh and ha hardiman are physically in washington today. That doesnt mean someonen couldnt hop on a plane from indiana, michigan. Do you have a prediction . Hardiman. Why . First of all, the reporting seems to suggest that its narrowed to two of the four. Barrett is no longer in