trying to put michael avenotti back on the defensive. which is to say, you don t have any privilege that attachs to how you got these documents. that we know of. so, therefore, you don t have anyway to keep this aa secret. i m iseoul, that assumeing, tha they re saying. i know you had no time to prepare. we just got this. it seems like an escalation and goes to questions as at least the cohen side wants avenotti. it took a while. these are complex matters. i m reporting here for your knowledge to the viewers. this response from cohen s lawyers, challenging parts of the report and how avenotti got the information that he got while acknowledging some of it is true. that s the expert news. thanks to our expert panel. a trump accuser says hess lice inspired her to run for office. she just became a democratic
controlled by a trump ally and in the center of this mess we reported in our special tonight because it was involved in the payments to try to silence another trump accuser, i read to you what stormy daniels is saying in this case, he is basically tweeting ami, the national enquirer is starting a campaign to undermine cohen s capability and predicts that could lead to him flipping. could you walk us through this admittedly confusing situation? because the enquirer is spot in the middle of this whole mess. viewers could be forgiven for not being able to untangle in the initial settlement, payment to stormy daniels to silence her during the presidential race and also in the case of karen mcdougal who was also prepared to tell her story publicly during the race and ami, which
the tune of $125,000, forcing him to make decisions that could really implicate his family, and left the senate intelligence committee saying, excuse me my language, this is from his closing statement which he released, he said, goddamn you to hell, what he said to the senate intelligence committee staff. unclear if he said that to robert mueller s team today. but he describe that as fair, but also said it was difficult, too, wolf. manu, thanks for that update. just ahead, he helped president clinton survive the impeachment process. how will president trump s newest lawyer impact the next phase of the russia investigation? and will the president s past as a reality tv star be used against him? our legal analysts are standing by to weigh in on the move, the newest move by a trump accuser.
and if mueller wins, they wouldn t with able to negotiate these terms. a time limit, like you point out, or what questions would be asked. because if mueller would win that court fight, he would have to go before this grand jury without a lawyer. and that s why clinton ultimately caved. but the critical thing, he can always say, i plead the fifth. that has political consequences, but legally, he s entitled to say, i have a fifth amendment right against self-incrimination no matter what you ask me, if it relates to any criminality. as any american can do. but his lawyers say and they tell us at this point that there are so many constitutional issues that they ve got to deal with first that they don t think it would ever get to that. and they never change their positions on anything. never. all right, guys, stick around. there s more news we re following. another front for the president s legal team to do battle. will a trump accuser get access to the apprentice tapes? un
white house. you shouldn t be giving up your life for him. the tricks of the trade the feds use against the sammy the bulls of the world: will be deployed against cohen. another thing we re learning, is some clues from the national enquirer the new copy here. a basically talks about secrets and liars of donald trumps fixer michael cohen. i hold this up not because the national enquirer is known for its journalism. but rather because it s controlled by a trump ally. and it is in the center of this mess. as we have reported in our special. because it was involved in the payments to try to silence another trump accuser. i ll read to you what cohen adversary is saying about this now. he s tweeting that ami starting a campaign to under mine cohen s credibility and could lead to