Came out of nowhere, but could there have been a way to escape . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news on President Trump caught on tape by his long time fixer. Were told that Michael Cohen recorded multiple conversations with mr. Trump including a discussion of a pay off to former playboy model to keep quiet about their alleged affair. One source tells cnn that mr. Trump learned about this. Once he learned ability it and im quoting now, i cant believe michael would do this to me. What a way to end a week dominated by the putin summit disaster and many awkward attempts by the white house at damage control. Ill get reaction from two members of the House Foreign Affairs commit aerobic democrat ted lou and republican ted loho. Lets go to our National Correspondent athena jones. The fbi seized these recordings back in april as part of a federal criminal in
Conversations between mr. Cohen and stephanie winston, a former advisor to Melania Trump who worked on the events. In the recording she expressed concerns how the inaugural committee was spending money. People familiar with the matter tell the wall street journal that the criminal probe is looking into whether the committee misspent some of the 107 million it raised and, quote, whether some of the committees top donors gave money in exchange for access to the Incoming Trump administration, policy concessions or to influence official administration positions. The journal also reports investigators have spoken to this man, rick gates, about the inaugural committee spending. Gates previously served as the Deputy Trump Campaign manager and deputy chairman of Trumps Inaugural Committee. Hes currently cooperating with federal prosecutors as part of his plea deal. The report of an investigation into Trumps Inaugural Committee comes as nbc news confirms donald trump was the third person in the
Concerns how the inaugural committee was spending money. People familiar with the matter tell the wall street journal that the criminal probe is looking into whether the committee misspent some of the 107 million it raised and, quote, whether some of the committees top donors gave money in exchange for access to the Incoming Trump administration, policy concessions or to influence official administration positions. The journal also reports investigators have spoken to this man, rick gates, about the inaugural committee spending. Gates previously served as the Deputy Trump Campaign manager and deputy chairman of Trumps Inaugural Committee. Hes currently cooperating with federal prosecutors as part of his plea deal. The report of an investigation into Trumps Inaugural Committee comes as nbc news confirms donald trump was the third person in the room in august of 2015 who was talking about hush money payments to women with Michael Cohen and National Enquirer publisher david pecker, the gu
Guess what: A Russian spy has been spreading lies about the Democratic candidate for president through his connections with senior Republican officials. Oh, my goodness, can that be true? Where did I put my fainting couch? This time the Russian spy is Alexander Smirnov, a serial liar and fabricator .
The underbelly of anti-government protests is festering, and it appears to be taking on toxic undertones, particularly in rural areas. Over the holiday