Company set up by trump Attorney Michael Cohen to buy her silence in october of 2016 went on to take in over 4. 4 million through january of 2018. What was the money used for . And what of the allegation that some of the money had ties to a Russian Oligarch . Well break that story down. Also this morning, the major implications of the president s decision to pull the United States out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. And Don Blankenship comes up short in West Virginia, well show you the classic reaction to the loss by Mitch Mcconnells team on twitter. Welcome to morning joe, its wednesday, may 9th. With us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, associate editor of commentary magazine noah rothman. Author of the book a world in disarray richard haas and washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. The iran deal, one of the huge stories of the morning. But whats going on with this money and company and President Trump . We dont know. All we know is this company that was set up to
Half a Million Dollars from a russian oligarch. Much more on that in just about 30 seconds. But first we want to catch you up on tonights primary races across the country. If youve been watching, you know weve been keeping a close eye on that West Virginia Republican Senate primary. President trump weighed in on that contest, urging voters to choose anybody but Don Blankenship. It appears they have done just that. Nbc news has called this race for Patrick Morrisey tonight in West Virginia. Blankenship, the coal baron excon came in third. We have complete results from Steve Kornacki at the big board coming up a bit later on in our broadcast. Back to our lead story. More on this bombshell news that the Company Michael cohen used to pay 130,000 to a porn star also received massive sums of money from an Investment Firm with ties to a russian oligarch, who was in turn close to vladimir putin. A document first released tonight by Stormy Daniels attorney, Michael Avenatti, laid out the allega
And each time there was something more that came out in the case that he has been pursuing. And that one is really a rabbit out of the hat, because im not aware of any actual formal discovery mechanisms that are already under way in his lawsuit for Stormy Daniels that could have obtained this information. Right. So its really striking to see, and its been confirmed by the New York Times. Yes. And that was i mean, youre to be talk to him. I do not want to delay you. But when this came out today, everybodys reaction was one, what does it say . And two, how could he possibly know this . How could he obtain this information . So thats why it became its always important to get corroborating news, right . But when the New York Times and nbc news both came out and said that both those news organizations had obtained financial documents that corroborated what avenatti was claiming, that makes this not just intriguing, that makes this really, really important. And i am dying to see what he has
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 474 of this Trump Administration brings new allegations that President Trumps personal lawyer took half a Million Dollars from a russian oligarch. Much more on that in just about 30 seconds. But first we want to catch you up on tonights primary races across the country. If youve been watching, you know weve been keeping a close eye on that West Virginia Republican Senate primary. President trump weighed in on that contest, urging voters to choose anybody but Don Blankenship. It appears they have done just that. Nbc news has called this race for Patrick Morrisey tonight in West Virginia. Blankenship, the coal baron excon came in third. We have complete results from Steve Kornacki at the big board coming up a bit later on in our broadcast. Back to our lead story. More on this bombshell news that the Company Michael cohen used to pay 130,000 to a porn star also received massive sums of money from an Investment Fi
Discovery mechanisms that are already under way in his lawsuit for Stormy Daniels that could have obtained this information. Right. So its really striking to see, and its been confirmed by the New York Times. Yes. And that was i mean, youre to be talk to him. I do not want to delay you. But when this came out today, everybodys reaction was one, what does it say . And two, how could he possibly know this . How could he obtain this information . So thats why it became its always important to get corroborating news, right . But when the New York Times and nbc news both came out and said that both those news organizations had obtained financial documents that corroborated what avenatti was claiming, that makes this not just intriguing, that makes this really, really important. And i am dying to see what he has to say to you about it tonight. Any technique, suggestions about how i can drag out of him how he got this stuff . He is sitting right beside me. Just whisper here. Youre better at g