>>> WELCOME BACK TO "HARDBALL." MICHAEL COHEN WAS TRUMP’S FORMER
FIXER AS WELL.
ACCORDING TO THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL," COHEN PAID A DIGITAL
FIRM ROUGHLY $13,000 IN CASH IN
A WALMART BAGGING TO HELP BOOST
THE CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN. AND MICHAEL COHEN TWEETING WHAT
I DID WAS AT THE DIRECTION OF
AND FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. I TRULY REGRET MY BLIND LOYALTY
TO A MAN THAT DOESN’T DESERVE
IT.
IT. THAT’S COHEN ON THE RECORD.
COHEN ALSO HELPED STRIKE A DEAL
WITH DAVID PICKER, THE PARENT
COMPANY OF THE NATION ENQUIRER
TO CATCH AND KILL ANY NEGATIVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
WHILE AMPLIFYING NEGATIVE
STORIES ABOUT TRUMP’S OPPONENTS
AND HELPED PAY STORMY DANIELS
$130,000 TO KEEP HER ALLEGATION
SHE HAD A AFFAIR WITH TRUMP
QUIET.
QUIET. I’M NOT SURE IT’S UNDER THE AIR
OF NATIONAL SECURITY BUT IT IS
CERTAINLY UNDER INTELLIGENCE.
$13,000, APPARENTLY PART OF A
PAY-UP OF MORE.
WHAT WAS HE UP TO IN THE
BEGINNING?
BEGINNING? >> IT’S NOT CLEAR TRUMP ORDERED
THIS.
THIS. COHEN SAID TRUMP KNEW ABOUT IT
BUT COHEN WAS TRYING TO
MANIPULATE ON-LINE POLLS.
HE WANTED TO TRY TO BOOST
TRUMP’S IMAGE.
TRUMP’S IMAGE. COHEN GOT EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS
FOR $50,000 AND ONLY PAID THE
GUY $13,000.
GUY $13,000. AND THERE’S POTENTIAL SOME OF
THIS WAS AN UNDISCLOSED CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTION.
CONTRIBUTION. >> SO TRUMP WAS PAYING FOR FAKE
NEWS?
NEWS? >>IOUS.
>>IOUS. >> THEY HAVEN’T CHARGED A CRIME.
SO KEY WITH ASSUME --
>> THAT 13,000 IN CASH, THAT
WASN’T MICHAEL COHEN’S MONEY,
WAS IT?
WAS IT? >> TRUMP LATTER REIMBURSED
COHEN.
COHEN. >> LAST HOUR AN ADVISER TO
MICHAEL COHEN SAID HIS CLIENT IS
CONSIDERING WHETHER TO GO
FORWARD WITH HIS PLAN TO
TESTIFY.
TESTIFY. TAKE A LOOK.
>> HE’S CONSIDERING WHETHER TO
GO FORWARD IN LIGHT OF THE
CONCERNS ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
MY GUESS IS HE WON’T LATEBULLY
SILENCE HIM.
SILENCE HIM. BUT HE IS STILL CONSIDERING
WHETHER TO DO THIS OR NOT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK HE’S
WORRIED ABOUT TONIGHT?
>> FIRST OF ALL HE’S GOING TO
TESTIFY THAT DONALD TRUMP
ORDERED HIM TO COMMIT A CRIME
ESSENTIALLY.
ESSENTIALLY. THIS IS UNDER LIGHTS OF A
TELEVISED CONGRESSIONAL HEARING.
AND THEN --
>> HUNDREDS OF PAY OFFS TO THE
WOMEN, WHICH WERE CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS.
CONTRIBUTIONS. >> ACCORDING TO MICHAEL COHEN,
ORDERED BY DONALD TRUMP.
>> I MIGHT ASK ANY OTHER DIRT
YOU GOT ON HIM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOU CAN ASSUME THEY’VE BEEN
DOING BUSINESS LIKE THIS FOR
YEARS.
YEARS. >> HOWMANY OTHER WOMEN?
>> IT’S NOT ILLEGAL TO PAY
WOMEN.
WOMEN. SO NOW -- AND WE’VE NEVER HAD AN
INTIMATE OF DONALD TRUMP COME
OPENLY AND TALK ABOUT HOW HE
DOES BUSINESS, WHAT HIS
PRIORITIES WERE.
PRIORITIES WERE. I THINK THIS COULD BE
DEVASTATING HEARING THIS NEXT
MONTH WITH MUCCALICHAEL COHEN.
>> HE FREQUENTLY BOOSTED ONLINE
POLLS.
POLLS. ALTERNATIVELY HE BASHED ANY POLL
THAT SHOWED HIM BEHIND.
WATCH.
WATCH. >> YOU KNOW THEY GIVE YOU PHONEY
POLLS, FOLKS.
POLLS, FOLKS. I DON’T BELIEVE THE POLLS
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. THESE ARE CALLED DIRTY POLLS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I DON’T BELIEVE THOSE POLLS, BY
THE WAY BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE
POLLSTERS DO NOT LIKE ME, I’M
TELLING YOU.
TELLING YOU. NOW I’M NOT SAYING ANYTHING THAT
GOES ON ELICITLY WITH POLLING,
OKAY.
OKAY. I WOULD NEVER, EVER SAY THAT.
>> SO THERE HE IS ADMITTING IT.
>> YOU CAN EXTRAPOLATE THIS TO
THE MICROTARGETING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MEDIA.
>> BEFORE TRUMP FALLS TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, WHAT’S HE WORRIED
ABOUT FROM COHEN?
>> I THINK IT’S THE SOOKECRETS A