the llc that made a contribution was formed just four months before made the seven-figure donation tothe inauguration. the address illicit in his incorporation papers in virginia as a virtual office and the only name on the document appears to be a paralegal at the law firm well known for helping political donors cover their tracks. the sources of money and politics in the past money can take are now numerous infrequently unknown and unknowable. short of any inadvertent disclosure, a a signed confessn for a leaked document. given that anonymous money flows to the campaign-finance system there is no way to know much of this money might be coming from foreign sources, and it's a weather they are for individual, corporation governments. that's the point about dark money, it keeps all of us in the dark, uncertain who's paying our elections, what their motivations might be and even whether they are for our domestic friend or foe to our form of government government. for this reason taken steps towards transparency and spinney is not a partisan issue by foundational to americans sovereignty

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all of these things -- trump has hundreds of llcs, he parks debt in these things. he gets paid through these things. to the extent all these things pierce the veil around the llcs and give the feds an opportunity to go on a field trip around the trump network of llcs, that opens him up. >> this has been so kooky, donna, auf gnvenatti did help lo the release of information that exposed a putin-sanctioned oligarch behind one of them. did he get super lucky? and that was the one time a putin oligarch funded somebody. the other theory, are there other oligarchs poking around? did they get something else in return? donna, speak into that, and the other thing, one person who acted like they knew this day might come, it was actually donald trump because this is a southern district of new york federal case, and donald trump became president, he held that press conference we just showed dealing with all this, and then he started meeting with the then sdny u.s. attorney barrara. there's a personal interest in that office. as you know, he didn't hold those kind of meetings wi

if you're setting up these dummy llcs so make payments. you don't just set them up. you set up bank accounts to go with it. we disclosed information relating to the bank account set up for essential consultants to make the $130,000 payment. i want to get back to basics here. you don't set up single purpose llcs and bogus bank accounts to make payments that are legitimate. you just don't do that. you don't go to all this effort and all of these shenanigans to do thing that are on board. period >> rudy giuliani is saying it doesn't make sense to use cash. especially through a corporation. that sort of negates the thing he was acting like a mobster and wanted to pay karen mcdougal in cash. >> rudy giuliani will say anything to protect the president. dazed and confused rudy, his days are long past. i don't understand. he's a shell of himself. he's a walking disaster for the president. i don't believe anything rudy giuliani says at this point. i completely disagree. this whole thing stinks. it's only going to stink more as each tape comes out. i think all of this informat

donald trump has hid these llcs. and we know that. needs to look every single one of them, mueller is not going to make the mistake that ken starr did and getting worked up about the sex. yes, we know we have a pervert in the white house. but mueller has to focus on the money and money that comes from foreign nationals and other source if there is money laundering that will be prosecuted. that is mueller's job not focusing on the sex. >> coming up, when white house chief of staff lied about a congresswoman. >>> when john kelly was hired as white house chief of staff, he was touted as the adult in the booking a flight at the last minute doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. cle...is a hassle.th a mop and bucket... swiffer wetjet makes cleaning easy. it's safe to use on all finished surfaces, ...trapping dirt and liquid inside the pad. plus, it prevents streaks better

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donald trump has hid these llcs. and we know that.gle one of them, mueller is not going to make the mistake that ken starr did and getting worked up about the sex. yes, we know we have a pervert in the white house. but mueller has to focus on the money and money that comes from foreign nationals and other source if there is money laundering that will be prosecuted. that is mueller's job not focusing on the sex. >> coming up, when white house chief of staff lied about a congresswoman. no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher. febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. make febreze part of your clean routine for whole home freshness. my dai need my blood sugar to stay in control. i need to sh

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i'm guessing they didn't tell the bank when they wrote the check. >> the purpose of the llc? >> exactly. if karen mcdawgal thought she was paid for one thing rather than the other. i think this all could be evidence, contribute to. >> wow. that's a lot. that's exactly where why we wanted you. jackie i was going through my mind, the lasttime -- i don't think it's happened before. we have a senior official of the mast head of a public publication reacting to news that work to new york. that being our set of rules, what do you make early on now of the potential blow-back on the president coming morning? >> well, you've just addressed the potential legal aspects of this. i think as a political martha, there's not a lot that i see claking, because people have so baked in the cake of donald trump that he's had these relationships with women that he doesn't tell the truth, as he didn't tell the truth about karen mcdougall and his knowledge of the payment, et cetera. when i first heard this tape initially i thought it was completely am big kwlus and that each side, pro-trump, anti-tr

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we've known donald trump has had these llcs, many of them, we've known that for months. and that mr. cohen setup a lot of them, some of his other lawyers setup other ones. robert mueller needs to look at every single one of them. robert mueller is not going to make the mistake ken starr did getting all mixed up -- yes, we've got a pervert in the white house. but he's going to focus on the money that kmuz from foreign nationals. if there's money that's going to be prosecuted. that's mueller's job, not focusing on the sex. >>> coming up when chief of staff john kelly blatantly lied about a congresswoman frederica wilson offered a fiery response right here on "all in." i'm a four-year-old ring bearer with a bad habit of swallowing stuff. still won't eat my broccoli, though. and if you don't have the right overage, you could be paying for that pricey love band yourself. so get an allstate agent, and be better protected from mayhem. like me. can a ring bearer get a snack around here? your privacy makes you myt number 1 place to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink

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captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening and welcome to this pbs newshour special report. i'm judy woodruff.wa we are momentsfrom we are moments away from president trump's announcement of his nominee to the united s statreme court. it is mr. trump's second opportunity to leave his mawk on americanperhaps for decades to come. toni higher than before.ven whoever is chosen will fill the vacancy of retiring justice anthony kennedy, who's often been the determining vote on landmark decisions. it has been widely reported mr. trump narrowed his selection down to four candidates and made his final decision earer today. we will be looking i pa moment atcture of the east room of the white house where the president will bring the person he's chosen, and we can say ourw reporters have spotted the family of judge brett kavanaugh in the room, which does sound as if it's going to be judge vanaugh, but we will wait and see. he is on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. cicuit. he formerly worked in the white house with preside george w. bush and clerked for anthony kenn

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they didn't tell the bank the truth when they actually wrote the check, if they wrote a check. >> an llc -- >> exactly. there could be potential fraud on karen mcdougal if she was scammed thinking she was being paid for one thing but really being paid for another thing. i really think there's a whole host of crimes this could be evidence of -- contribute to. >> wow, that's a lot. that's exactly why we wanted you here tonight. jackie, i was just going through my head the last time, and i don't think it's happened before, we have a senior member of an important west coast publication from the safe distance of washington reacting to news that broke in new york. that being our set of rules, what do you make early on now of the potential blow back on the president come morning? >> well, you've just addresses the potential legal aspects of this. i think as a political matter there's not a lot that i see changing because people have so baked in the cake of donald trump that he's had these relationships with women, that he doesn't tell the truth, as he didn't tell the truth about what do you mak

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captioning sponsored by inewshour productns, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: the u.s. department of justice indicts 12 russian intelligence officers for interference in the 2016 election, just days before president trump's meeting with president putin. then, mr. trump tries to defuse tensions with british prime minister theresa may, after criticizing her handling of britain's exit from the european union. and, it's friday. mark shields and reihan salam are here to analyze a packed week of news. plus: ♪ ♪ >> woodruff: uncovering the holy grail of jazz. more than five decades later, music lovers get a new album of lost recordings by jazz legend john coltrane. >> he had complete mastery of the repertoire of jazz, and he's taking that repertoire and the style into a whole other realm. we sti see the relevance of his music now. >> woodruff: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major fding for the pbs wshour has been provided by: >> consumer cellular understands that not everyone needs an unlimited wireless plan.as our u.s. custo

we helped with his llc, contracts, and some other stuff that's part of running a business.cus on the beat. you hear that? this is frank's record shop. and this is where life meets legal. ♪ >> dana: congressman mic coffman just wrapped up his tour of an ice facility where a number of detainees, small number of detaineesees were reunited with families. the lawmaker is concerned about the process. that facility not one of the ones named in the federal lawsuit where the court just dealt a blow to the president's zero tolerance policy on immigration. casey stegall is live in el paso, texas. casey? >> dana, good to see you. that federal injunction that you speak of actually targets five specific immigration and customs enforcement field offices around the country. the court paperwork alleges that those offices actually have almost stopped granting parole since early last year and they say that more than 1,000 seekers of asylum who met the requirements were denied a chance to not be detained, even though they were eligible until they waited for their court hearings. the offices in

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and the name of that shell company was resolution consultants, llc. naming all of s companies ironically, because he was not essential and he definitely didn't provide y resolution. [ laughter ] he should have named hll companies this is going to come back to haunt us incorporated. [ laughter ] now the tape starts withohen and trump having some unrelated conversations about other topics. specifically, they were talking about two right-wing evangelical pastors who endorsed trump during the campaign. y >> great poll,e way. cnn, great poll. >> making progress. >>ig time. >> and your guy is a good guy. >> oh, pastor scott? >> no, pastor scott, what's -- >> oh, no -- no, he's -- >> can we use him anymore? >> oh, yeah 100 -- n use 'em all. burns, we've told him -- >> i don't mean that. ?mark burns, can we use h >> no, no. >> seth: it's always great when your secret nversation about paying hush money to cover up an affair starts off with a discussion about which pastors you can use for your campaign. [ light laughter ] "first order of business, let's line up

that he's said donald trump wanted to write a check so this could be recorded but they're using an llc to mask the whole thing and false identities so no one can see who the parties are involved. i have a hard time believing they wanted to create a record of this. second, i don't know how much in all of this a campaign finance violation really has to worry donald trump. a campaign finance violation is not going to bring down his presidency. but an investigation that goes into the core of his financial dealings and looks at possible financial quid pro quos with people in his company that did work with people who had connections with russia does raise the issue of high crimes and misdemeanors. >> jennifer rubin, when you get allen weisselberg under oath and you begin to ask him these questions as the prosecutors here in manhattan probably plan to do, there's a whole range of possibilities that could come up. >> absolutely. how many of these payments were there? where did donald trump get the money from? was he reimbursed by anybody as we were just discussing who has a connection to russi

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