Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Potential payment to Kathleen Mcdougal before it took place. So that is obviously at odds with the president saying that he learned about it later. Still lots of questions here, lots of unresolved issues, and the white house, a stressful day at the lectern for sarah sanders, i think, given the number of questions which she really did not have anything that she could go to beyond the prepared statement of he has done nothing wrong, there are no charges against him. Kelly, thanks very much for that. Kelly odonnell at the white house. Michael cohens guilty plea sheds light on the timeline of Hush Money Payments made to women who President Trump is accused of having affairs with before the campaign. This Isnt The Salacious Gossip it once was, this is part of a pattern of trump. According to the new yorker, Playboy Model Karen Mcdougal signed a Nondisclosure Agreement with American Media incorporated, the parent compan
if i were his lawyer today, i would be advising paul manafort to consider going to the special counsel and offering to cooperate in exchange for a global resolution of his cases. a dismissal of the washington, d.c., case and motion for reduction in his sentence in the virginia case in cooperation. i think robert mueller would go for that. even if paul manafort doesn t have anything thattin crimin ic the president directly, robert mueller s mission is to get to the truth. what happened with russian interference in to your election. paul manafort was involved at a very crucial time. he was present at that june 2016 meeting in trump tower. he was there during the time e-mails were hacked and distributed. did he know anything about that, was there any coordination? i think there would be great value talking to paul manafort about that. this is the moment where he has the goods to deliver. i can understand why president trump is very nervous and trying to send those messages at this time.