Good evening. Im Chris Matthews in washington. Federal prosecutors in new york have accused the president of criminal violation of the federal Campaign Laws. They say trump directed thats the word Michael Cohen to cover up a Campaign Contribution in the form of payments with two women with whom he had sexual relations. This comes from the Southern District of new york, not Robert Mueller, not the socalled 17 democrats the president says are working against him, not the deep state, not from a witch hunt. Its from one of the two Sentencing Memos filed in the case of trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, today, which are shedding new light on the president s potential legal exposure. As trumps longtime fixer, cohen pleaded guilty in august to Campaign Finance violations and making hush payments to two women on trumps behalf. And now, tonights Sentencing Memo makes clear that with respect to both payments, cohen acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual
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Edition the lead. Were marking President Trumps first 100 days in office. Im jake tapper. We will begin with breaking news in our politics lead. Major developments in what could be the most jam packed and crucial week of Donald Trumps presidency so far in just the past few hours, the senate in l Intelligence Committee met behind closed doors. The white house brushed off questions about their former National Security adviser after a key republican lawmaker suggested that Michael Flynn might have broken the law and a federal court just struck down another key piece of president jumps agenda. A judge blocking part of an executive order that would cut off federal funding for sanctuary city that protect undocumented immigrants. Theres this looming threat of a federal Government Shutdown. Cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny is live on the north lawn of the white house. This latest order from the judge, lets focus on that, the latest roadblock for President Trumps hard line immi
Were marking President Trumps first 100 days in office. Im jake tapper. And were going to begin with some breaking news in our politics lead. Major developments in what could be the most jampacked and crucial week of Donald Trumps presidency so far. In just the past few hours, the Senate Intelligence committee met behind closed doors about the investigation into possible coordination between trump advisers and the russian government in the 2016 election. The white house brushed off questions about their former National Security adviser after a key republican lawmaker suggested that Michael Flynn might have broken the law. And a federal court just struck down another key piece of president jumps agenda. A judge this time blocking part of an executive order that would cut off federal funding for sanctuary city that protect undocumented immigrants. All the while theres this looming threat of a federal Government Shutdown. Cnns senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny is live on the no
At the white house. Matt . Thank you, and amazing work out of aspen. Thank you. What we know is that Michael Cohen who had a propensity for secretly taping conversations with his adversaries, also taped a conversation with donald trump about whether or not to make a payment to this former playboy model who claimed an affair. And this payment is super important because ultimately she sold her story about her affair with donald trump to the National Inquirer and they never ran the story, it was whats known as a kill and capture operation. The entire organization of the National Inquirer are long time allies of President Trump. By keeping this story out of public view, it made sure that thencandidate trump didnt have to answer questions about an affair in the final weeks and months of the campaign. Its a super important moment. And this tape is now essentially evidence in an investigation into whether Michael Cohen helping arrange those payments actually amounted to an Illegal Campaign co