the president used to brag frequently of his affairs, and, you know, various romantic entanglements while he was married in the press.ta so he didn't make much of an effort to cover up those relationships until he was running for president and then it was right in the heat of the campaign that they directed those money they talked about the campaign when the hush payments were being made. >> yeah, weeks before the campaign, and i think that's part of the fact, sort of the factual record that made it d difficult for michael cohen to avoid a guilty plea on precisely this question. he has pleaded guilty and stipulated this was an illegal campaign donation. >> right. so, you know, look, in the compendium of trump's crimes, maybe this isn't in the top five, but it's probably in the top ten and it's something that americans have got to take very seriously.om >> to be clear here, congressmen, you're on the judiciary committee. the president's done a lot of stuff, and he's done a lot of en awful stuff, and maybe done a lot of legal stuff. but there's prima fascia