Ami or at his direction. This is not a positive development by any stretch of the imagination for donald trump. Its obvious to me that these documents that are being referenced would already be in the hands of government prosecutors and investigators, and, again you think only a matter of time. Theres a concern that, well, theyre been moved and they may never be heard from or seen again. You think they already have . Well, i think they absolutely already have them unless they were destroyed before mr. Pecker was granted immunity but when the government grants immunity to someone, thats a big deal. The government just Doesnt Hand Out immunity that easily and they would have required any such documents at that time to be turned over. So, i want to play something for you, this is what President Trump told fox news about the crimes Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to. Listen to this, michael. What he did and they werent taken out of Campaign Finance. Thats a big thing. Thats a much bigger thin
tonight for president trump and the trump organization. let s discuss now. cnn legal analyst renado mare marinatti. and areva martin. author of make it rain. good evening to both of you. hey, don. i want to start with the news about the new york times, the manhattan d.a. office is consider filing charges against the trump administration and officials in connection with cohen s hush money payments to zmd superdelegat stormy daniels. how the company accounted for the reimbursement to mr. cohen for the actress. how significant is this? state crimes cannot be pardoned by the president only the new york governor. i don t think andrew cuomo is going to pardon trump s friends. very csignificant. they re lower-level crimes. one step above a misdemeanor but it gives they have the power to subpoena documents, power to