A look at breaking news, politics and reports from around the world. A source familiar tells us that weisselbergs interview happened weeks ago and that it focused on Michael Cohen and the Hush Money Payments to two women who said they had affairs with trump, which trump denies. Weisselberg is a major player, in the secret reporting from a few weeks ago, cohen says he consulted with weisselberg, and in the plea deal, hes referred to as executive one, who arranged 420,000 in payments to cohen to pay him back for the payment he made to stormy daniels. He wrote please pay from the truth, post to Legal Expenses when he forwarded the invoices to another executive. Its very clear that hes played a key role. Athena how big a there et to President Trump is it that prosecutors are talking to weisselberg . This is certainly a big deal. Were talking about a person who has been working for trump for decades. He is the chief finance officer
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jeopardy? i think this is indicative of the net whiening in terms of personalities that will be caught up with him, based on what mr. cohen pled under oath. 9 suggestion that the president was involved is quite clear. this gentleman is the chief financial adviser, and what i think the president should have done a long time ago, in order to try to resolve this if he could, would be to release his taxes, because there s an indication that something might be amid. he could put that to rest, and also sit down with the special prosecutor mr. mueller and answer those questions. if he has nothing to hide. if he can refute what people have suggested, he should do it immediately and put this drama behind us, so that the american people and the system can get on with our point work. this is being carried out by prosecute owes with the southern