Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Government had informed state Election Officials that russians tried to target Election Systems in 21 states in the leadup to the 2016 election. Of course, the other thing we know the u. S. Deterrence campaign isnt working based on the reporting of the daily beast that russians trying to infiltrate the emails of staffers of senator claire mccaskill. They were sunsuccessful. Thats why they say there need tos to be a coheercherent strategy can i ask you, though, about the mood in that building behind you there, geoff. In terms of the headlines that involve former trump Attorney Michael Cohen and the Trump Tower Meeting and russia and his allegations that President Trump knew about that meeting in advance. Whats the mood there . Reporter well, a source close to the president described
that is a crime. And it also opens up all sorts of possibilities because, if the president knew that the russians were
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. He was indicted for payments made to a mistress, how much stronger would an Election Fraud kbas in this instance if you throw in cohens testimony . They tell me it would be much stronger for the following reasons. They say these were not made to the campaign, they were made to keep them from john edwards wife. Michael cohen prepared to go into court and say yes, these payments were related to the campaign. Motherover the payments from john edwards were two years before he ran for president. These happened just a few months before the election, and there is a tape now where it is being made clear to him that this
Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Tower in 2016. This contradicts the president and juniors accounts, so if this is a true, how damaging could this be . Im not sure how big of a deal it would be when it comes legally i think there could
cycle the way he does, he and the president, it s stunning to watch, really. it s entirely possible that cohen has something more to offer, i home for tpe for the s our country that they will and we can get to the bottom of this. i think americans are tired of this investigation going on and on. let s get to the bottom of it. curiously, peter, i want to get your take on lonny davis speaking with politico. clinton fixer engineers michael cohen s turn against trump. is it possible that lanny davis is interested more in hurting president trump than michael cohen? no i don t think. i m reluctant to talk about intentions because i m confused about my own. in the case of lanny davis, i ve another him for decades. he s an incredibly talented
of this tape, joe. the washington post saying prosecutors were surprised by its release. what s your read on lanny davis and why he did it? i think lanny davis is trying to help his client, of course. they want to avoid jail, do a deal with the prosecutors, obviously, and get it out in the public domain their client has this information and their client is willing to play this way. i don t know it helps. again, if this tape was doctored, because i haven t heard that the tape, the whole tape, but i do understand it cuts off at a certain point. yes. if at any point it was doctored that hurts them, hurts their credibility and their ability to do a deal with the prosecutor. an interesting article headline on politico. on lanny davis and it reads, clinton fixer engineers michael cohen s turn against trump. davis reputation, known as a former clinton ally, and representing clinton. more in hurting president trump than helping michael cohen?