story as well. right. it s interesting to see one of the reporters has said we re getting more information that this is true. so, you know, i haven t fully made my mind up how this is going to come down, but we re going to know soon because michael cohen is going to testify publicly before the congress on february 7th, and then we re going to know a lot of the answers here. margaret sullavan, i appreciate you being here as a bit of an ombudsman and leading by example. thank you for being here. thank you, ari. fitting in a break, because then i want to show you all on this mlk day an important video of mlk. (avo) life doesn t give you many second chances. but a subaru can. you guys ok? you alright? wow. (avo) eyesight with pre-collision braking. standard on the subaru ascent. presenting the all-new three-row subaru ascent.
david sanger, case to him i guess potentially on behalf of the russian government we don t know but he made this case to the new york times reporter that russia had been falsely accused of interfering in the 2016 election. russia was not falsely accused of that. why was he telling that to a new york times reporter? then as we were absorbing that new information, the new york times further reported that trump repeatedly inquired/insisted over the past year that the united states should destroy nato. the united states should pull out of nato, which of course is the apex of all of russia s greatest wishes and desires. again, this is all this week. i mean, this week, the president s longtime personal lawyer michael cohen also expressed fears for his own safety and for the safety of his family if he goes ahead with his previously announced plans to testify before congress on february 7th. cohen s relationship with the president and him becoming a cooperating witness for multiple sets
with a $50 million pen house. so inside the beltway this is a huge deal that we re hearing about, but i think in general for the american people it s very consistent with michael cohen lying about the payments to porn stars and playboy play mates. it s consistent with everybody in his entourage lying about things from the emoluments clause to the secret meeting in trump tower by don jr. this is very consistent with the president s actions. so it s not surprising at all. i am going to be glued to the tube watching his testimony before congress on february 7th. i think that s going to be revealing. but he s always been able to manipulate lesser minded people to carry his water in the public eye. omarosa, let me ask you this. you said that he always did deals for the president. the president did not want to do and clearly he was in the middle of the negotiations with russia. so whatever he says does bear some credibility because he was the guy that was in those situations.
which of course is the apex of all of russia s greatest wishes and desires. again, this is all this week. i mean, this week, the president s longtime personal lawyer michael cohen also expressed fears for his own safety and for the safety of his family if he goes ahead with his preefl previously announced plans to testify before congress on february 7th. cohen s relationship with the president and him becoming a cooperating witness for multiple sets of prosecutors has already resulted in federal prosecutors in new york designating the presidents an individual one for having allegedly directed michael cohen to commit campaign finance felonies. now this week the wall street journal reported that cohen was paid by trump during the campaign to finance an operation in which cohen attempted to rig online polls in trump s favor. cohen was reportedly paid $50,000 by trump for that
i m hearing from lawyers. what s your biggest takeaway? i think the if true is very important. no one s really followed this reporting yet and we don t know what s true or what s not. i think it makes for one hell of a show and michael cohen comes before congress on february 7th. this is going to be item number one when the questioning begins. but, yes, if there is proof beyond michael cohen s allegation that the president directed him to do these things and there are witnesses as was suggested in the buzzfeed piece, then this is very, very serious and i mean, think about it. if the president of the united states directed someone to lie to the congress, what is congress to do with that? i think jerry nadler the chairman of the judiciary committee was right to say we are going to look take a thorough look at this without jumping to the next stage, but if this turns out to be true,