this is embarrassing in and of itself. it would be worse if this were money diverted out of a campaign to do it. but really there was no kind of compensation or reimbursement that he received in some fashion to do this. it seems to me there is more to this. well, here s the thing. you ve got to prove it, right? there is no question that everything in the response checks boxes legally. and that is his concern. that is the function of the complaint. he can t prove the nonexistence of a fact, that he wasn t reimbursed. you would have to show that he was reimbursed, that he was an in-kind contribution. that is going to be the tough legal ground for none who wants to question this. michael cohen is well aware that on paper this is hard to believe. this is something you need to hear somebody say and own and answer the questions about it. but, you know, they say they
show. everybody will be saying where are they? prove it. make the case. forget about the lodgic that its very hard to prove the nonexistence of a fact. if you have witnesses, bring them out. i want to meet them, interview them on this show with alisyn where they say i was there, it never happened. this never happened, this never happened. i think they ve only suggested two names, one of whom wasn t there. that s their proper. they should have to make good on it if they say this settles it. meanwhile, there was a very feisty exchange during the press briefing yesterday with sarah sanders and the press because they are claiming you know, they use the term fake news for anything, anything that they don t like, any mistake, heaven forbid, that the press ever makes. so that s not the definition, actually, of fake news. but here is this moment in the press room. i would just say, sarah, that journalists make honest mistakes and that doesn t make them fake news. when journalists m
evidence in a short amount of time. and then you have that come out and the white house saying this has nothing to do with us, nothing to do collusion. and bloom, comes the news there is indictment and has something to do with that conduct. so i m not sure whether mueller wasn t planning to release that until a comment from the white house. i suspect he was all along actually because this is his first kind of i m here, i m working, we re being productive and you can expect we re going to continue to be productive. it s funny jennifer said the heft. because i ve not talked to prosecutors in a the way sort of a craftsman might admire a small piece of furniture. we re talking about a lot of years on the table, and it s very narrow what the government has to prove. existence or nonexistence, he s not actually charged with tax evasion, which is much more complicated thing to prosecute
so she had compelling evidence. but in this case, it may always be a mystery why he was willing to pay $32 million. he says this was a hit job, people were out to get them. why would you pay $32 million if it were all false accusations? i can t figure out the answer for that. i think he wants to blame the messenger, attack the media instead of taking responsibility. people pay settlements to avoid scrutiny that they believe they can t escape. that they can t prove the nonexistence of a fact. sometimes there s a reason that s practical. $32 million speaks to one of two things. one, what you re talking about, is evidence or just having such an immensely deep pocket because of the money that he has and a little bit of relative, right? if you can don t have the money, you can t pay the 32. he was able to. but the larger thing is where is bill s head at on this. he s not saying it didn t happen. he s saying that people outing him is politically motivated. and if it is, good! because t
the white house has allowed members of the press pool still print reporters and television cameras, into record a handshake between the president and the prime minister of thailand. i m told they answered questions on two different topics puerto rico and las vegas. here it is. tomorrow morning early i ll be leaving for puerto rico with the first lady. we are going to be seeing all of the first responders, the military, fema and, frankly, most importantly we ll see the people of puerto rico. we ve been very mean, i think it s been amazing what s been done in a very short period of time in puerto rico. there s never been a piece of land that we ve known that was so devastated. the bridges are down, the telecommunications was nonexistence. the electrical grid was totally