kushner didn't just open his pocketbook for jim mcgreevey. uld fund educational trips to israel, like the trip where mcgreevey met the man for whom he risked everything. -you went to israel on a trip. -yep. and then rishon letzion-- you met golan cipel. yes. i'm traveling throughout israel, and this young person is sitting across from me, and he begins to dissect my campaign. he knows your race. he knows the race as well as i do with arguably better insights. and he's good-looking and he's articulate. was it an instant attraction? yeah. tapper: and then he joined you when you-- mcgreevey: well, he-- he corresponded during the course of the campaign. this is not an intellectual decision. this is not a head decision. this is a heart decision. -but he-- -meanwhile, you married dina... -yeah. -...in 2000. you're running for governor in 2001. yep. all this time, golan is making outreach to you. well, yeah, and i think he also saw this as an opportunity, an opportunity to get involved in politics. so how cognizant were you that bringing golan cipel

he didn't wanna be with jim mcgreevey. yeah, yeah. ping cipel with employment and other favors, perhaps trying to keep him quiet. but in the spring of 2004, golan cipel threatened the governor that he would go public with claims he had been sexually assaulted by mcgreevey. coming into the summer of 2004, there winds up being an unbelievable tidal wave of scandal that's crashing down on the mcgreevey administration, and in fact, it's hard to find the right metaphor. was it a circus? mcgreevey's top fundraiser under investigation for, among other things, violating campaign contribution laws. was it a carnival? reporter: mcgreevey was being undone by nasty rumors of soap opera proportions. was it a merry-go-round? forecasters predicted that things would get worse for the governor. -it was every single day. -anything to say going in? -do you feel optimistic? -oh, thank you. he's running from reporters. he wouldn't come out for public events. reporter #1: are you gonna leave early? reporter #2: will you talk to us after your meeting? tapper

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. >> what happened to the golden boy of new jersey governor jim mcgreevey? >> i engaged in an adult, consensual affair with another man. it was shocking. >> was it an instant attraction? yeah. >> greeley's top fundraiser under investigation. >> he put a lover on a state payroll. >> the reason jim mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. did you want to be outed? >> united states of scandal with jake tapper. >> i've got to get a therapist. >> after having an interview with jake tapper new episode next sunday at nine on cnn tonight, donald trump pays up the former president posting a nearly $92 million bond as he appeals the judgment against him in the jean carroll defamation case. >> soon. he's also going to need to come up with a whole lot more cash in just 17 days. he has to pay the $454 million penalty and the trump org fraud case. there are looming questions though tonight about whether donald trump even has that much money, after he claimed in a deposition last year he had some $400 million in cash on hand. paula reid is out front.

here's jake tapper with former governor jim mcgreevey in the next episode of "united states of scandale this whole double-ledger. no, i didn't make that decision prior to the gubernatorial campaign i made it, like, at 7 or 8-years-old. ♪ i can remember this as if it were yesterday i go to my local public library, and i'm pulling out the card catalog looking for the word "homosexuality. and it said underneath, "see psychiatric illness. and it was just like, whew, this thing, at least then in america called "gay" wasn't a good thing i realized at that point in time that life is going to be a very painful trajectory if i own this and you just try to make an accommodation, albeit an unhealthy accommodation. >> jimmy: oof. jake tapper, everybody [ cheers and applause >> thank you >> jimmy: you're so good >> thank you, sir. >> jimmy: you're so good >> it's great to be here >> jimmy: "united states of scandal" airs on cnn sunday nights at 9:00 p.m we'll be right back with a a performance from norah jones stick around, everybody. hi, alice. i got -- [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ i am, i cried ♪ [