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an informant at mar-a-lago? well, cnn has not confirmed this part of the story, but we ve already reported that investigators believe that trump and his aides had not returned all of the documents, and they also believe that trump s representatives were not being entirely honest with them. trump, meanwhile, seems to be hiding behind the fifth amendment, which, of course, is his right to do. and he did so today during today s session with the new york attorney general s office, who is investigating of course the trump organization. i m going to give you my take on that a little bit later in the show. but for now, let s remember that trump once said that only criminals took the fifth. you see the mob takes the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? hmm. what a difference a few years makes. today trump saying in a statement instead, quote, when your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounde ....
as always, a great show. this is don lemon tonight, and i am laura coates sitting in for donovan. there are big developments on the fbi search for documents and former president donald trump s marlowe go home. the wall street journal reporting tonight that an informant tipped off federal investigators that they were more likely to have more classified documents at the property at the national archives. they took away 15 boxes of material earlier this year. an informant amar legault? cnn has not confirmed this part of the story, but we have reported investigators believe down trump has not returned all documents. they also believe that trump representatives are not being entirely honest with them. trump, meanwhile, since to be hiding behind a 5th amendment, which is his right to do, and he did so today during today s admission with new york attorney generals office, who is investigating the trump organization. i will give you my take on that, a little later in the show. ....
As always, a great show. this is don lemon tonight, and i am laura coates sitting in for donovan. there are big developments on the fbi search for documents and former president donald trump s marlowe go home. the wall street journal reporting tonight that an informant tipped off federal investigators that they were more likely to have more classified documents at the property at the national archives. they took away 15 boxes of material earlier this year. an informant amar legault? cnn has not confirmed this part of the story, but we have reported investigators believe down trump has not returned all documents. they also believe that trump representatives are not being entirely honest with them. trump, meanwhile, since to be hiding behind a 5th amendment, which is his right to do, and he did so today during today s admission with new york attorney generals office, who is investigating the trump ....
Questions to the new york ags investigation of the trump organization s business dealings. this is the wall street journal reports that informants told investigators that they still have been classified documents at mar-a-lago, even after the initial removal of those 15 boxes earlier this year from the national archives. joining me now to discuss, trump s former attorney, michael cohen, the host of the podcast mea culpa, with michael cohen, and principle of crisis x. michael, thank you for joining us tonight. good evening, laura. nice to see you. i have been eager to ask you in particular about what is going on because you are intimately aware of not only would it is like to have had your home searched, the idea of what donald trump might think about this, but also you were around and the case anyone forgot about this i want to remind our viewers about what you are old biles had to say about people who take the fifth. listen to this. have you seen what is going on in front of ....
Times i m going to agree with him in a long time, right? only gangsters, mobsters, and guilty people take the fifth, right? you know, remember when he was going after hillary clinton, when he was going after congress, he ll say anything so long as it benefits him. and that s exactly what he was doing. he was using the fact that they were taking the fifth because in his mind, it benefited him. right now, it s not benefiting him, so he s going to do what he wants to do and plead the fifth despite the fact that he has for many years now gone on the attack against anyone who took the fifth. look, eric trump didn t take the fifth. he took the fifth a couple hundred times. don junior didn t take the fifth, and neither did ivanka trump. so why donald is doing what he s doing? because in his mind, someone told him that this is going to benefit him. and the reason it s going to benefit him is because he s really stupid. to be very honest with you, if ....