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Sen. Blumenthal: Stormy Daniels Payoff 'Could Implicate The President In Criminal Misconduct'

"The question is what the president knew and when did he know it about these payments to Michael Cohen, and potentially others as well,"

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal), a Democrat from Connecticut, joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss President Trump’s reimbursement of his lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

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On whether it was a mistake for Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to disclose the reimbursement

“This disclosure

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