the associated press reporting one of those senior officials might be alan wiselberg who allegedly reimbursed cohen for the stormy daniels payment through the trump organization marking it down as a legal expense. wiselberg's immunity deal is only for the federal case. this situation could lead to state charges. the a.p. also reporting that new york's attorney general has requested a criminal referral from the state tax department, which subpoena's cohen the day after he admitted to evading federal taxes. the question is if cohen evaded his state returns as well, shep. >> shepard: there's word that the national inquirer kept a lot of this damaging information. the details of the catch and kill stuff in one place, in one safe. >> in one safe. the a.p. is reporting this tabloid worthy headline that broke last night, we reached out to american media incorporated and their lawyers which owned the national inquirer. haven't heard anything back. this news coming after our sources confirmed to fox yesterday the federal prosecutors granted immunity to david pecker who as we know is a long-time friend

we're talking about alan wiselberg here at the white house. he's someone who has been in the trump orbit for quite some time. handing the family's finances and he's apparently involved in the back and forth over payments his his former attorney, michael cohen. we're talking about $420,000 that was alleged to be paid to adult performer going back to the 2016 election campaign. he's in the news. the reason why, federal prosecutors in new york have granted him immunity, a big story line here at the white house here today. wiselberg is a person who apparently dealt with mr. cohen. he helped him be reimbursed for the hush money paid to the adult film stars. investigators are looking for more details about the payments. wiselberg has been granted immunity as i mentioned in new york. he's also identified in court filings as executive 1. he testified before a grand jury last month. so while we're just finding out about this today, neil, this is actually a month old news. sometimes it just sort of comes out in dribs and drags. he's also one of two trus

a source acknowledged alan wiselberg will testify against michael cohen. he helped to reimburse cohen for the hush money payments he arranged for two women during the 2016 presidential campaign. at the ohio republican party's annual fundraising dinner donald trump was on script with a heavy focus on the midterm elections where he wants to see a red wave and predicted it could happen in the senate but conceded it will be hard to do in the house. >> doing great against pretty well-known senators and some are sort of unbeatable and now even the polls against talented republicans, the senate will be a big surprise. the house is probably tougher, we have so many people running. >> this was the president's second visit to the buckeye state after attending a rally for congressional candidate troy balderson who was locked in at a special election race for ohio's 12 district, that race was too close to call for the last couple weeks until this afternoon when he was named the winner a few hours before donald trump began, to hold that seat for the next couple months,