charging donald trump, we were looking at a whole range of falsified business records and the bulk of the case had to do with his personal financial statements which we believed overstated the value of his assets and his net worth by billions of dollars a year for many years running and enabled him to get bank financing and other business advantages. at the same time, we had looked at the h hush money payments an by the end of 2021, the charges that we had in mind to bring would have included the hush money payment. it s the falsified business records relating to the reimbursement that was paid to michael cohen for the hush money that was paid to stormy daniels. cohen paid out the hush money. it was he was paid back by the trump organization and they came up with all sorts of false ways to describe what that payment to describe an account for that payment in their book. that s right.
briefing with the incoming vice president to also gather information, shannon. thank you. the committee returns to washington next week the democratic majority flow prioritize a congressional inquiry and the president trump alleged role implements to a silent care mcdougall and stormie daniels the say they ha affairs with mr. trump before h took office democrats assert th hush money payments violated campaign finance laws the president s personal attorney denies the president was involved in any violations. democrats ramping up another probe as president trump calls the investigation a giant scam let s bring in tonight legal eagles and former doj prosecutor . great to have you here. jim, we are told about this that it could be according to the washington post the house judiciary committee is preparin a whole hearing to x-play eagle