got that financial information about michael cohen last week. cohen s financial information that was disclosed last week, it was itself big news, but what may end up being the bigger story here is how that financial information came to be public knowledge, who released it and why. that s ronan s scoop tonight. you see the headline there. missing files motived the leak of michael cohen s financial records. here is the story, quote, last week several news outlets obtained financial records showing that michael cohen, president trump s personal attorney, had used a shell company to receive payments from various firms of business before before the trump administration. in the days since there has been much speculation about who leaked confidential documents. the inspector general has also launched a probe to find the source of the documents. it turns out ronan farrow has found the source of the documents. he reports that it is a law enforcement official. ronan is not disclosing the law e
those missing reports are why this law enforcement official broke the law, himself or herself, to leak that information about cohen s bank records to the public. here is how ronan s piece ends tonight. quote, the official said we have accepted this as normal, and this is not normal. things that stand out as abnormal like documents being removed from a system are of grave concern to me of the potential for legal consequences, the official said, quote, to say that i am terrified right now would be an understatement. but the official said, quote, this is a terrifying time to be an american, to be in this situation, and to watch all of this unfold. joining us now is ronan farrow, contributing new yorker writer who broke this scoop tonight. ronan, back so soon. good to be here again, rachel. thank you. congratulations on this. let me make sure that i understand this correctly. your source says that he or she was the source of the information that was reported last week which has since b
really happy to have you here. thank you. lisa rein, josh, and sun moon kim are the reporters on this washington post scoop tonight that even as the white house appears to score a win with mike pompeo s secretary of state nomination tonight, it looks like the va nomination of admiral ronny jackson is on ice. i will tell you before we leave this subject for a second, there is a report out from cbs news while we have been on the air. this is not confirmed by nbc news. this is cbs news alone. but what they are reporting in terms of the actual allegations, what they say the allegations are that are being reviewed about admiral jackson, i m quoting cbs, quote, include a hostile work environment, excessive drinking on the job, and improperly dispensing meds. again, those are the only details we ve had reported about what the concerns are about ronny jackson. that s cbs news reporting. we have not confirmed it, but this is a fast-moving story tonight. we ll be right back. rate to seve pla
this is one of those days when it feels like all of washington is on egg shells and something s about to crack and fail. but in the middle of all that, i would like to pile on something new because we have a bit of a scoop tonight. this is dana bente. he first became a public official of national interest when president trump fired sally yates. she was the acting attorney general. she was fired after she told the white house she believed the muslim ban was likely unconstitutional. that s the reason she was fired. but we soon learned that while she had been acting attorney general, she had personally gone to the white house to give a warning about mike flynn and his communications with the russian government which he ehad been lying about. and this all happened at the very start of the trump aed ministration. trump got sworn in friday the
news tonight. this is one of those days when it sort of feels like all of washington is on egg shells and something is about to crack and fail. but in the middle of all that, i would like to pile on something new, because we do have a little bit of a scoop tonight. okay. this is dana boente. dana boente, first became a public official of national interest when president trump fired sally yates. sally yates was the acting attorney general of the united states. she was fired after she told the white house that she believed trump s muslim ban was likely unconstitutional. that s the reason she was fired. but we soon learned that while she had been acting attorney general, she had personally gone to the white house to give the white house a warning about national security advisor mike flynn and his communications with the russian government, which he had been lying about. and this all happened very quickly, at the very start of the trump administration. trump got sworn in on friday, january