A recap of the days news. He did, and they werent taken o ut of Campaign Finance, thats a big thing. Thats much bigger thing. Did they come out of the campaign . Is they didnt come out of the campai campaign. They came from me. It isnt even a campaign violation. What the president appears to be claiming there is completely untrue, which would mean it was false and a lie. You cant Duck Campaign finance laws simply by paying out of your own pocket. Thats a crime. A crime that Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to yesterday. A crime cohen says he committed at the direction of donald trump. Heres what he said in if court yesterday. And i quote, on or about the summer of 2016,court yesterday. And i quote, on or about the summer of 2016, in coordination with and at the direction of a candidate for federal office, i and the ceo of a Media Company at the request of the candidate worked together to keep an individual with information that
would have harmful to the candidate and to the campaign from p
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
different way for the past, you know, year, certainly in th
Point, Michael Cohen had a light bulb go off, and in recent times, tried to behave a little bit better and maybe thats whats reflected in the kinder document thats been filed by the Special Counsel. All right. Thanks so much. Our cnn coverage continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. Im wolf blitzer. We welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Were following breaking news. We have just received two major filings involving the former trump lawyer, Michael Cohen. One from the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller, and another from federal prosecutors in new york. And were awaiting another mueller filing pertaining to former Trump Campaign chairman, paul manafort. Theres lots of news thats breaking right now, significant
developments. I quickly want to go to our senior justice correspondent, evan perez. Evan, like all of us, youve been going through these filings. Give our viewers the headlines. What are you findin out . Well, wolf, this is a tale of two documents of
That i would be very happy. Absolutely. Lets not forget i know we have said it. But this investigation is over. The president never sat down for an interview with Robert Mueller. Thats huge. That was always the big question and something the lawyers never wanted to happen. They were able to prevent that and a subpoena fight. Robb eert mueller never put in request that was rejected. Thats very significant. Stay with me. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. Very Important News here in washington. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We want to update our viewers here in the United States and around the world on all of the dramatic developments unfolding right now. Pamela brown, tell our viewers what we know right now. Theres really significant historic information coming from the Justice Department. This is a momentum occasion, wolf. This nearly twoyear investigation by Special Counsel
Robert Mueller has now ended. The Attorney General has notified congress that it
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its friday, january 24th. Its 6 00 here in new york. And this morning as we wake up, there is new reporting that republicans in the senate have largely made up their minds not just about removing the president from office, but even hearing witnesses or allowing new evidence in the case against him. There seems to be an answer gelling to the question of whether the house managers have made any inroads in their arguments. This was adam schiff late into the night. If right doesnt matter, it doesnt matter how good the constitution is. It doesnt matter how brilliant the framers were. Doesnt matter how good or bad our advocacy in this trial is. Doesnt matter if how well written the oath of impartiality is. If right doesnt matter, were lost. But one of the key votes that the house managers need to see a single new witness is alaska republican Lisa Murkowski. Without her, theres almost no way to get to the 5