Eric former Deputy Assistant attorney Thomas Dupree will dig into all of it but we begin with rick leventhal. A stunning set of admissions in Lower Manhattan by a man who was one of the president s most trusted employees. He lied, paid women off he says to pay his boss. He walked out of the courthouse late yesterday free on 500,000 bond pled guilty to hiding income from his Taxi Cab Business and hiding debt to secure a Home Equity Loan and arranging payments to two women in the runup to the president ial election in coordination in and at the direction for a candidate to federal office to try to help him win. Mr. Cohen disregarded that training, that tradition and decided that he was above the law and for that he is going to pay a very, very serious price. He admitted he paid 130,000
to stephanie clifford, Stormy Daniels, because she was ready to go public with a claimed affair with mr. Trump. And he arranged to reimburse a tabloid to bury a story about Karen Mcdougal who also claimed
eric: former deputy assistant attorney thomas dupree will dig into all of it but we begin with rick leventhal. a stunning set of admissions in lower manhattan by a man who was one of the president s most trusted employees. he lied, paid women off he says to pay his boss. he walked out of the courthouse late yesterday free on $500,000 bond pled guilty to hiding income from his taxi cab business and hiding debt to secure a home equity loan and arranging payments to two women in the run-up to the presidential election in coordination in and at the direction for a candidate to federal office to try to help him win. mr. cohen disregarded that training, that tradition and decided that he was above the law and for that he is going to pay a very, very serious price. he admitted he paid $130,000
the taxi cab business in new york city, which has attracted shady operators since the day it was invented. evgeny freidman, a russian-born immigrant, who was known as the taxi king pleaded guilty today to stealing through his taxi business. and even though michael cohen began partnering with friedman in the taxi business in 2007, friedman insisted in a text that michael cohen has nothing to do his crimes. michael is a dear, dear personal friend and passive client, exclamation point. that s it, exclamation point. that is me taking responsibility for me actions and has nothing to do with michael cohen. this is a very difficult day for myself and my family. i had been an officer of the court in excess of 20 years, and now i am a felon, exclamation
sexual affair with donald trump around that same time. the new york times is reporting the fbi also searched for records related to mr. cohen s taxi cab business, apparently a separate line of inquiry unrelated to mr. trump. the president tweeted today attorney-client privilege is dead. that is the kind of trump tweet that is normally read as a rage tweet, short, simple, ending in an exclamation point, and completely and utterly untrue. back with us now, benjamin wittes, editor-in-chief of law fair. also harry litman, former federal prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general under president clinton. he is now a professor at the university of california san diego. and david corn, washington bureau chief of mother jones, co-author of the current best-seller, russian roulette: the inside story of putin s war on america and the election of trump. he is also an nbc political
for records related to mr. cohen s taxi cab business, apparently a separate line of inquiry unrelated to mr. trump. the president tweeted today attorney-client privilege is dead. that is the kind of trump tweet that is normally read as a rage tweet, short, simple, ending in an exclamation point, and completely and utterly untrue. back with us now, benjamin wittes, editor-in-chief of law fair. also harry litman, former federal prosecutor and deputy assistant attorney general under president clinton. he is now a professor at the university of california san diego. and david corn, washington bureau chief of mother jones, co-author of the current best-seller, russian roulette: the inside story of putin s war on america and the election of trump. he is also an nbc political analyst. and harry litman, i want to go straight to you on the question