SHARING THE THINGS. MORE IMPORTANTLY --
>> THAT IS FROM THE CAMPAIGN.
>> -- IT IS EXPOSING THE --
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE
SEEN AND HEARD DURING YOUR TIME
WORKING WITH THEN-CANDIDATE
TRUMP.
TRUMP. YOU TALKED ABOUT KNOWING
EVERYONE KNEW THE MONEY WAS
GOING TO STORMY DANIELS AS HUSH
MONEY.
MONEY. >> LET ME TALK POST CAMPAIGN, AS
I SAID, TO AVOID VIOLATING THE
ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS I’M IN.
AFTER THE CAMPAIGN, WHEN THESE
THINGS CAME TO LIGHT, BY THAT
POINT, WE WERE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. THEY STARTED TO ASK US, DID YOU
KNOW?
KNOW? DID YOU KNOW?
CERTAINLY, THE PEOPLE IN THE
CAMPAIGN WERE AWARE.
>> DID IVANKA TRUMP, FOR
EXAMPLE, KNOW?
EXAMPLE, KNOW? DID JARED KUSHNER.
>> I’M TELLING YOU WHAT I KNEW.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THEY KNEW?
>> I DON’T DOUBT THEY KNEW.
THEY WERE PART OF THE COVERUP TO
KEEP THEIR PRESIDENT -- THEIR
FATHER FROM BEING EXPOSED.
>> HOW?
>> HOW? >> AS THE PERSON WHO WOULD GO ON
AND CHEAT ON HIS WIFE A MONTH
AFTER SHE HAD A BABY, GO ON AND
GET INVOLVED WITH A PORN STAR,
AS WELL AS A PLAYBOY PLAY MATE,
THEN TRY TO COVER IT UP.
>> WHAT PROOF DO YOU HAVE OF
THAT?
THAT? DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY
WERE INVOLVED IN SOME KIND OF
COVERUP?
COVERUP? >> WELL, AS I STATED, THE THINGS
IN THE CAMPAIGN, I CAN’T
SPECIFICALLY --
SPECIFICALLY -- >> I’M NOT ASKING ABOUT THAT.
WHAT MATERIALS YOU MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE.
NOT HAVE. >> THERE ARE TONS OF MATERIALS
I’M SURE THE INVESTIGATORS
ALREADY HAVE.
ALREADY HAVE. PARTICULARLY THE E-MAILS AND --
>> BECAUSE YOU GAVE IT TO YOU?
>> HALLIE, NOT BEING COY.
YOU KNOW I CAN’T TALK ABOUT THE
THINGS FROM THE CAMPAIGN.
>> LET ME ASK YOU --
>> LET’S NOT GO IN CIRCLES AND
HAVE A GOOD INTERVIEW.
YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF THE
INFILTRATION FROM THE LEGAL
TEAM --
TEAM -- >> LET ME --
>> BY THE WAY, WE HAVE --
>> SOMETHING ELSE HERE, MICHAEL
COHEN AND DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU
DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU KNEW OR DID NOT KNOW ABOUT
THE HUSH MONEY DURING THE
CAMPAIGN, LET ME ASK THIS, WHY
BRING IT UP ON "HARDBALL "?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT WASCONTEXT.
TO SAY, WHY BRING IT UP, I THINK
IT IS UNFAIR.
>> IF YOU’RE HINTING
SOMETHING --
SOMETHING -- >> I ANSWERED IT DIRECTLY.
>> WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT
THE HUSH MONEY PAYMENT?
>> THAT’S DURING THE CAMPAIGN,
SO I CAN’T TALK ABOUT IT.
>> DID YOU KNOW BEFORE THE NEWS
BROKE AFTER THE CAMPAIGN?
>> LOOK AT YOU, SO CUTE.
LET’S TALK ABOUT --
>> THAT’S A LITTLE --
>> -- MICHAEL COHEN, WHO I HAVE
HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH DURING
THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS --
>> WHY SHOULD HE BE CREDIBLE?
>> HE IS CREDIBLE BECAUSE DONALD
TRUMP TRUSTED HIM WITH HIS MOST
INTIMATE PROJECTS.
INTIMATE PROJECTS. HE ASKED TO FIX AND SORT OUT
SITUATIONS FOR HIM.
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO WATCH
PEOPLE TRY TO DEMONIZE MICHAEL
COHEN WHEN HE WAS DOING WHAT HE
WAS TOLD.
WAS TOLD. IN "UNHINGED" I TALK ABOUT THE A
DONALD TRUMP DIRECTING COHEN TO
PAY THE PAYMENT.
HERE, IT IS COMING TO FRUITION.
>> WHY WOULD MICHAEL COHEN,
GIVEN WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE, YOU BELIEVE MICHAEL COHEN
IS CREDIBLE.
IS CREDIBLE. >> I DO.
>> I DO. >> WHY WOULD HE TAKE OUT A
PERSONAL LOAN TO HELP DONALD
TRUMP COVER UP THE ALLEGED
AFFAIRS?
AFFAIRS? >> HE WAS SO LOYAL TO DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. TO SEE THAT TWEET THIS MORPNING
FROM THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE WAS
A BAD LAWYER, THAT SPEAKS MORE
TO DONALD TRUMP THAN MICHAEL
COHEN.
COHEN. I’D PUSH BACK ON THE ASSERTIONS.
MICHAEL COHEN WAS EFFECTIVE AT
CARRYING OUT THE THINGS THAT
DONALD TRUMP DIRECTED HIM AND
ASKED HIM TO DO.
I THINK THAT THAT’S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE.
NOTE. DONALD TRUMP WENT BACK TO HIM
AGAIN AND AGAIN, NOT JUST THE
WOMEN YOU KNOW, BUT WOMEN YOU
MAY NOT EVEN KNOW.
DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE CAREFUL
WHEN IT COMES TO MICHAEL TOEN.CO
HE KNOWS A GREAT DEAL ABOUT ALL
THE BEHAVIOR DONALD TRUMP WAS
ENGAGED IN.
ENGAGED IN. >> YOU HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT
DONALD TRUMP WAS DIRECTING COHEN
TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS.
>> HE WAS --
>> HOW DID YOU BECOME AWARE?
>> I’VE BEEN A PART OF THE TRUMP
WORLD FOR 15 YEARS.
>> IS THIS THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
OR CONVERSATIONS?
OR CONVERSATIONS? >> I WANT TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION, THE FIRST ONE.
>> I’M ASKING.
>> THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED
IS HOW WOULD I KNOW?
I WORKED WITH MICHAEL COHEN IN
SO MANY DIFFERENT ROLES, AS YOU
KNOW.
KNOW. DONALD TRUMP PRODUCED A REALITY
SHOW FOR ME.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW I ALSO WENT, AT
THE DIRECTION OF TRUMP NEW
MEXICO, TO WORK FOR AMI AND
DAVID PECKER, ALSO INVOLVED IN
THE STORMY DANIELS DEAL.
I KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT HOW
TRUMP WORLD WORKS AND HOW DONALD
TRUMP OPERATES.
TRUMP OPERATES. WHEN DONALD TRUMP ASKED MICHAEL
COHEN TO DO SOMETHING, FOR
INSTANCE, IN MY CASE, WORK ON A
TELEVISION SHOW OR WORK ON
GETTING ME A DEAL WITH AMI, WHEN
MICHAEL COHEN IS DIRECTED TO DO
THAT, HE DOES THAT, AND HE DOES
IT WELL, IN TERMS OF CARRYING
THE THINGS OUT.
WHAT YOU’RE SEEING UNFOLD IS
AMERICA COMING TO KNOW ABOUT THE
INNER WORKINGS OF TRUMP WORLD.
THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE SEEING WITH
MICHAEL COHEN.
MICHAEL COHEN. >> YOU SAID THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
TRUMP PRESIDENCY. COMING FROM A FORMER WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIAL, HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL,
THAT IS A SERIOUS STATEMENT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
DO YOU HAVE PROOF TO BACK IT UP?
>> WELL, THE PROOF IS IN THE
INDICTMENTS, IN THE GUILTY
FINDINGS OF MANAFORT’S CASE.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, UNDER OATH,
MICHAEL COHEN STATED THAT HE WAS
DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO MAKE THESE
ILLEGAL PAYMENTS.
ILLEGAL PAYMENTS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE
END.
END. I WILL SAY THAT WE MIGHT BE IN
THE SECOND QUARTER.
YOU’LL SEE SO MANY OTHER THINGS
UNFOLD.
UNFOLD. MARK YESTERDAY AS AN IMPORTANT
MOMENT IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
>> I’M NOT ASKING NAMES BUT HAVE
YOU TALKED WITH FORMER
COLLEAGUES IN THE WHITE HOUSE
SINCE THIS WENT DOWN THE LAST 24
HOURS?
HOURS? >> YES.
>> YES. I TALKED TO MANY OF THEM, AND