Reporter we do know that something that President Trump had been considering, what were being told by Senior Administration officials the Deputy Attorney general was confirmed two weeks ago, he had time to look over james comeys turn your, and we have seen the letters which are essentially an indictment of the handling of Hillary Clintons emails. They said they no longer had faith in comeys ability to lead the department, they took this recommendation and he drafted this letter. But theres questions about the timing of this, why this is all happening now, its information that President Trump has celebrated in the past, but its serge not new information. The letter that the president sent to former fbi director comby. Can you explain what it cede said . Reporter i want to read you the portion that i think is
particularly confusing in President Trumps letter to comey, in this hes dismissing him. He said that while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i a
maternal grandmother. irish catholic democrat who loved fdr and jfk. the democratic party left that kind of voter clearly from the 1960s onward. conor lamb is an attempt to try to get that kind of voter back. but on a national level to try to fix this to trump, this is the point i want to make. i m worried about the fall quite frankly. i think history tells you you should be. because of trump? no, more because of history, because of what happens generally in the first midterm. i m not at all worried about 2020 with donald trump. the reason i say that is if fru trump were running in the 18th district, he would have run again because of the way he excites that very base that lamb what about jeff zeleny s argument that some people are concerned donald trump appearing that he can energize the base but also energize the opposition. that s the problem. not just the opposition. the people who voted for trump and now are disappointed in him. we do these endless stories and i read the
potential evidence in her case. this message from a new york bank showing donald trump s personal lawyer was using the trump organization e-mail account to arrange a $130,000 pay off to keep daniels quiet. until now, michael kohn maintained he did himself and the president or the trump organization were not involved. the payment was to keep stormy from talking about allegations she has a sexual affair with trump. stormy daniel s attorney had this to say we are going to get discovery, documents and testimony that shows, i am highly confident mr. trump knew what was going on. reporter: the e-mail string confirms money was transferred into a checking account controlled by cohen, he forwarded on october 26th, at time, proof payment was coming.
when we entered the room, he grabbed each of us tightly and kissed each of us without asking for permission. reporter: the scandal hasby czarly widened to include another porn star. a month before the 2016 presidential election, jessica drake accused then candidate donald trump. he harassed her at the same lake tahoe golf tournament where daniels and trump met and took this now infamous photo. at the time, trump s spokesperson fired back saying mr. trump does not know this person or remember this person and would have no interest in ever knowing her. drake has pictures of her and trump showing they at least met. drake s legal name, angel ryan is listed on the nondisparagement agreement his lawyer drafted to keep stormy
weeks, there s not a lot of time to do that. lots of questions. leslie, thanks for joining us. thanks. thank you. the north korea announcement is the latest development in a very busy week at the white house. just a reminder, it was this week the president s top economic adviser said he was resigning. of course that came after the president announced his plan for tariffs would, indeed, move forward. also add to the list, porn star stormy daniels suing the president, saying the agreement to keep her quiet about their alleged affair is not valid. mr. trump s long-time lawyer, michael kohn is insisting he acted alone on that. the e-mail address cohen used could tie it back to the president. sarah sidner reports. reporter: as stormy daniels continues making big money appearances at strip clubs across the country, there s new