out about the alleged affair with him by seeking a restraining order. the source says that president trump directed cohen to coordinate the effort, involving his son eric and jill martin, who does work for the trump organization. a trump organization attorney to keep daniels quiet. now, all of this despite months of denials of the president knowing any of this. back in march, the trump organization denied any role, saying its attorney, miss martin, assisted in the matter in her, quote, individual capacity. and you'll likely remember back then, michael cohen was also saying the trump organization and the president knew nothing about the money paid to miss daniels. david schwartz, who was cohen's lawyer in another matter and a friend, spokesman at the time, had this to say back in march to my colleague, erin burnett. >> the president was not aware to have the agreement. at least, michael cohen never told him about the agreement. i can tell you that. >> not aware about the agreement. what about the money? >> he was not aware about any of it. >> okay. okay. >> he was not aware. he wasn't told about it. >> it makes it even harder for me to imagine that he wouldn't have told the president because i do know about michael's role.