that publication had buried on donald trump s behalf going back several decades. the trump files were described at the time, mostly older national enquirer stories about mr. trump s marital woes, lawsuits, related story notes and lists of sensitive sources, some of the tips about alleged affairs and minutia like allegations of unscrupulous golfing. what is scrupulous golfing when you think about it? i kid, i kid. don t be mad. we learned last week the inquirer s parent company ami kept all those materials on trump and other material in a safe. according to the ap, an executive from the company removed the essential items in the weeks before the election and the inauguration. the current whereabouts of those documents and materials are unknown. that executive supposedly moved the stuff, he s now been given immunity by federal prosecutors, as has chairman and friend david
the damaging stories that publication had buried on donald trump s behalf, going back several decades. the trump files were described at the time, mostly older national enquirer stories about mr. trump s lawsuits, related story notes, and lists of sensitive sources some of the tips about alleged affairs and minutiae like allegations of unscrupulous golfing. what is scrupulous golfing when you think about it? i kid, i kid. don t be mad. we learned last being the parent company ami had kept all those materials on trump and other people in a safe. according to the ap, an executive from the company removed the essential i have the items in the weeks before the election and the inauguration. the current whereabouts of those documents and materials are unknown. that executive supposedly moved the stuff, he s now been given
pro tip every one in the beverley hills hilton is on the enquirer payroll for real, just flag, be careful. if someone invites you to a meeting at the beverley hills hilton, you should be suspicious. good to know a. he if they have a treasure trove of research on you, it s relatively bullet proof and damaging. this was broken by jim and maggie at the times. people with knowledge of american media s op ralgss who would speak only on condition of anonymity describe the files on mr. trump as mostly older national enquirer stories about mr. trump s marital woes and lawsuits, related story notes, and lists of sensitive sources, some tips about alleged affairs, and minutiae like allegations of unscrupulous golfing. i imagine the unscrupulous golfing, jonathan, might an early donald trump the most. that would be considered sort of a blow to his ego. the affair with the porn star
but it s certainly a window into trump s personal business, as the story notes and we ve often said on the air. weisselberg is often described as the most senior person in the organization other than trump himself. so very involved in the business as a witness, would be able to describe business practices, which are now and we should note that the president s long-time personal lawyer and fixer is under criminal investigation for his business practices. so that is something that comes very close to the president. again, the president is not personally accused of any crimes here, but certainly in this environment, it is uncomfortably close to the president from a legal standpoint. in the wall street journal story, kim, weisselberg is accurately described as the executive vice president chief financial officer of the trump organization. once again, he s described as the most senior person in that trump organization who is not a trump. two lines of inquiry here. one is obstructi
members of congress, democrat and republican are going to be informed a lot by their constituents. so our jury, as it should be, is the american people. impeach or not impeach. joining us john holland, and also with us harry litman and deputy assistant general under president clinton, and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and an msnbc contributor. john heilemann, so jeff sessions is now a significant part of the obstruction of justice investigation? and i think, you know, in retrospect, as the times story notes, it s sort of crazy that we didn t focus on this earlier. people have obviously focused on the relationship between trump and sessions and it s been contentious and sessions has hung in there. you and i were exchanging a private conversation the other day about whether in some long narrative we will eventually look back and say jeff sessions was the hero of all of this, having recused himself when he should have and having resisted trump s pressure.