How Trump's sex scandal secrets were exposed and spilled into public awareness
Before they were at the heart of Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, and even before they were political scandals, the possibility of Trump paying hush money to a Playboy playmate and/or a porn star was the subject of some investigative reporting. Michael Rothfeld, investigative reporter for the New York Times, talks with Alex Wagner about how he and his colleagues at the Wall Street Journal chased down the story of Donald Trump paying hush money to keep his sexual affairs quiet ahead of the 2016 election.
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Its not the fact that he had these affairs who care about that its the fact that he is morally unfit to be a president and he knows it which is why he coverd it up
@neverendingstory5426
14 күн бұрын
Exactly 💯
@sherrih6375
14 күн бұрын
Which answers why the GOP has bowed down to him, because Trump has used this for leverage every since. Scum Trump.
@Jc-sd5xt
14 күн бұрын
@@sherrih6375it's about Biden selling out the usa
@AnonymOus-dp3jj
14 күн бұрын
@@neverendingstory5426 yeah any man who showers with their underage daughter naked should not be morally fit!!
@louispaparella5766
14 күн бұрын
yet you voted for clinton
Lock him up for the good of the Country and the World!!! 💙 💙 💙
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
😎😎 I totally agree. Let's lock Joey B up
@kingmichaelthelastwarrior
14 күн бұрын
Indeed!
@Toekneepowers
14 күн бұрын
For what?
@Ockv74
14 күн бұрын
@@CookieMonster-- Troll!!! 💙 💙 💙
@Ockv74
14 күн бұрын
@@Toekneepowers Troll!!! 💙 💙 💙
Thank you Michael Rothfeld. 👍👍
Throwing Trump in jail will surely give him a lesson for the rest of his life.
@Jc-sd5xt
14 күн бұрын
Go ahead throw him in jail 😂 you'll are morons
@vitaminckillscovid103
14 күн бұрын
Or you can just accept him as the next president
@emilyrandall9968
14 күн бұрын
Please, I hope that Frump breaks the gag order again for Judge Merchen to do that for at least 48 hours to start. However, I'm not going to imagine what he'll look like without a hairdresser or bronzer .😂
@rreichertbkk
14 күн бұрын
I hope it is just"when" and not any "if"
@lynnmcclary
14 күн бұрын
I truthfully would prefer that he stays on trial til the end, I believe he is trying to become a master for his base in order to rile them up. Just my opinion 🤷
DT is a total sleaze.
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
Thank you for your opinion sweetheart but Trump will still win
@swampy6194
14 күн бұрын
@@CookieMonster--- bot
@The123fiona
14 күн бұрын
@@swampy6194Even worse; a condescending troll.
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
@@The123fiona I can't condescend on you you're already at the bottom
@Alloytribe86
14 күн бұрын
Joe took showers with his daughter for christ sake
Yes Donny its called Election Interference Dude...after Hope's testimony today it's called Goodbye Mr. Trump....
@Jc-sd5xt
14 күн бұрын
Humm no not really just sinks Biden with the hunter laptop you'll still don't get it 😂
@marklasky3555
14 күн бұрын
False you didn't watch anything clown
@toriawilliams9431
14 күн бұрын
@@Jc-sd5xtHunters lap top is a dead story He spoke to congress ,they even let it go BYE with this old 💩 Miss me with Hunter he not running for office. Trump is facing charges in how many states & DC He a career criminal trying to get back in office forever to become a dictator
@bouhhgz1969
14 күн бұрын
@@Jc-sd5xt- nice try. There's nothing on Joe - even repukes in congress failed to prove otherwise. You guys are backing the wrong horse & there will be tears later. 😂
@james-rd4dq
14 күн бұрын
@@Jc-sd5xt Hunter just filed a lawsuit against FOX NEWS
Barron must be so excited Donald is coming to his graduation. A real role model for the kids. I wonder how much Melania will have to pay another mother to switch seats with her, and how long before THAT mother files charges for inappropriate touching?
@mark-ish
14 күн бұрын
Nah, dump poorleone has booked a game of golf instead.
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
Don't look at record numbers of a legal immigrants and inflation and crime and funding wars. Just look at the silly trial sheep liberals. Lol
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
If Joey bee was going he would be sniffing all the kids
@jabbermocky4520
14 күн бұрын
Forget the mothers, watch out for the female graduates of that high school class. 17 and 18 year old girls need to be "inspected" by the filthy old man, remember?
@fionakelleghan3267
14 күн бұрын
lol! We have all become so cynical, Adam, haven't we? If DJT is a germaphobe, how can he stand to touch and even grab strangers - ugh, it's hard to linger on such images.
Great subtitle on the book! Thanks for the great report Alex 👍
She didn't know about McDogall being a sort of 3rd daughter to Trump, being with him every day???? Yeah, I surely believe that!
Lock him up!
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
🤭 calm down child
@Toekneepowers
14 күн бұрын
For what?
@jonestownkoolaid371
14 күн бұрын
Do you not get it. This is not an offense he can get locked up for. People are so dumb. Another slam dunk for Trump.
@apt1smith51
14 күн бұрын
@@jonestownkoolaid371 WRONG 🤣🤣🤣💩💩💨💨💨🤧
@MisterP1234
14 күн бұрын
Why do you not like Trump? Is it because your a communist and you fall for the propaganda?
Imagine having this rack of charges like this and then tryin to hustle bibles
@Batfan166
13 күн бұрын
@nc178 Nauseating, isn't it?
@halberderdier8073
12 күн бұрын
It's hard to understand if this can be called hypocrisy or just pure brainlessness.
@anthonygriffin1958
11 күн бұрын
@nc178, it's something only an egotistical & narcissistic mindset is capable of in today's society.
So gross. And you guys went ahead and voted him in anyway.
@unclescipio3136
14 күн бұрын
That's the real problem right there. In a decent country, he would be selling pencils from a cup on the street when he wasn't in a padded cell. That America is a place where someone like that can succeed at anything is a weakness in America.
@markcosenza3274
14 күн бұрын
And Bill Clinton?😂😂
@oleladywho
14 күн бұрын
Quite a few voted for Trump disgustingly but he did not win the popular vote, sadly he won by the electoral college vote. If we could only go back !
@markcosenza3274
14 күн бұрын
@@oleladywho Still can't find a man?
@agolftwittler1223
14 күн бұрын
"Still can't find a man?" There's no end to the silly questions a *Qaren* can bring itself to ask. Another question often asked by *Qarens* is "What is a woman?" We are truly down to basics here 😂
👉 guilty Guilty GUILTY - - djt and ALL his cohorts who assisted him in his egregious behavior !!! 😝
@vitaminckillscovid103
14 күн бұрын
Is that why he'll be your next president?
@marknewman8368
14 күн бұрын
AS IF YOU NEVER CHEATED
@bouhhgz1969
14 күн бұрын
@@marknewman8368- you think that excuses Donnie? Think again
Trump was never morally, emotionally, mentally, physically, or ethically, qualified to run for the presidency of the United States of America. He wasn’t just the worst president; he was the worst human being who ever walked into the Oval Office. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙
@wiscokiddd
13 күн бұрын
Trump exposed the underbelly of America.
@josefeibl8230
13 күн бұрын
He was easily the best President of the 21st century 😑! Especially after Obama.
@randyshort4258
13 күн бұрын
Funny how the "worst President" grew a better economy, rebuilt the military, made historic peace agreements and strengthened NATO
@randyshort4258
13 күн бұрын
😂😂😂clueless.
@wiscokiddd
13 күн бұрын
@@randyshort4258 A zombie drone bot Cult45 loser calling someone else clueless, priceless!
Hope hicks cried but she didn't cry about the missing children that were taken from their parents,she didn't cry about the access Hollywood tape, she didn't cry for the south of the people who died through trump's mishandling of COVID so give me a break
@user-gz9ty9md4v
13 күн бұрын
Bimbo tears...
@BoatmakerBot
13 күн бұрын
Alright, you have your break. Cheerio
@Batfan166
13 күн бұрын
@@BoatmakerBot Clearly, you don't care either. You're showing your true colors, Trumper.
@Batfan166
13 күн бұрын
@BoatmakerBot I see you're one of those hide the truth to get our candidate elected kind of people. That's election interference and it's a crime
@BoatmakerBot
13 күн бұрын
@@Batfan166 Lol How did you deduce i am trumper from that? I assume you have enough usable grey matter to do better than that. Perhaps you are projecting
This journalist Rothfeld would've made a great witness.
@michel3691
14 күн бұрын
If his story was done on interviews and reports, it would have been hearsay. I'm not a djt fan. I just see that being used.
@kinngrimm
14 күн бұрын
why? Those he reported about and mentioned in his reporting, those were the actual actors in this play and they seem all in court. So what does the court need him for?
I really enjoyed hearing from Michael Rothfeld!
About time.. How about putting this on mainstream... PLEASE
@peacheswilliams4539
14 күн бұрын
Mainstream media wants to treat Trump like he is a NORMAL candidate, just for RATINGS.....They totally IGNORE all the horrible things he has done..
@royroy3
14 күн бұрын
What are you talking about? NBC is as mainstream as it can get 😂😂😂
@24Wynn
14 күн бұрын
@@royroy3This is MSNBC. Not NBC.
@sherryhannah498
14 күн бұрын
@deewolfelady8810 do not say please ever again it is unwanted unnecessary unneeded out of date and annoying like Trump and his flunkies and Kristi Noem...I downvoted you cause you said please
@marknewman8368
14 күн бұрын
I BET YOU'RE A GOSSIPER
The CEO of IKEA was elected Prime Minister in Sweden. He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.
@donofon1014
14 күн бұрын
with 2 ministries left over.
@micheleconner5083
14 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Prosecution need to ask Hicks, if she was paid, same's Stormee..😮..
Just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier . . . ! Stay tuned - more to come.
@JohnSmith-fe5br
12 күн бұрын
As long as Fox is allowed to spew misinformation and its audience wanting the lies, it will only get worse.
So pathetic how he slept with them and then left money on the table, meaning he is aware of reality, how does the song go? “It’s about the money, money” not because any of them was attracted to him. He wants to feel powerful were he can buy anyone if he pleases.
Hope Hicks knew about tRump's affairs with other women. I'm sick of anchors who try to soften the blow with comments that Hicks wasn't in the info loop🤬
Al Capone fell for tax evasion, Trump will fall for affairs 🤷♂️
@julesnagbunga1204
14 күн бұрын
No! He will fall due to the misappropriation of election funds.
@douglasl5093
14 күн бұрын
I think Trump has a double header, taxes and affairs.
@Ivehadenuff
14 күн бұрын
Trump is falling for election interference.
@ashleyparks1738
12 күн бұрын
I doubt it bc nothing surprises me anymore. Trump has always been untouchable but I don't want him to be president again
Barron must be very proud of his dad. He must be happy daddy tramp will be at his graduation.
Is it because Trump makes everyone know he is rich that it is Ok for him to be misogynistic?
@mark-ish
14 күн бұрын
“when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Donald Poorleone.
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
MSNBC is obsessed with Trump
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
Trump is an unstoppable force
@The123fiona
14 күн бұрын
I suspect you've confused cause and effect Maureen. He's misogynistic and that's the reason he proclaims how wealthy he is.
@kennixox262
14 күн бұрын
Trump is what poor people think that what rich people are. Truly wealthy people are discreet and not vulgar like Trump and his ilk. Wealth whispers and never shouts.
If it was not for the delays that Trump is being allowed to manufacture can you imagine the amount of sewage that would by now have been exposed to all of America about the man and his minions? 2015 to 2025 (and maybe beyond) will be a shameful era in American judicial history.
Party of "Family values".
We need to all come out and VOTE. Get your family and friends to VOTE. VOTE President Biden 2024. VOTE BLUE 💙 🗳 ☑️
@BudBoomer-st2be
14 күн бұрын
Hard NO!
@agolftwittler1223
13 күн бұрын
"BudBoomer" joined YT Feb. 29th 2024. Just a newly born *Qaren* struggling to earn a few *rubles* before it's all over.
@agolftwittler1223
13 күн бұрын
"We just left *Moscow."* "He *(Vlad)* couldn't be nicer." "He is so nice and so *everything."* Donald John Trump verbatim, 2014.
@agolftwittler1223
13 күн бұрын
"We don't rely on American banks." "We have *all* the funding we need out of *Russia."* Eric Trump verbatim, 2014.
@agolftwittler1223
13 күн бұрын
"There's two people I think *Putin* pays: Rohrabacher and *Trump."* Kevin McCarthy verbatim, 2016. So the *GQP* did indeed know all along.
This is a good lesson for the next U.S president nobody's above the law don't take it for Grant it
She Was In Denial, Then!!!!!!!!!!
@lightwillprevail
14 күн бұрын
And now 😠 poor baby 😭
@johngodley256
14 күн бұрын
Denial and then did not need a capital letter, you fake.
Lots of triggered Russian trolls out and about today 😂😂
@Jc-sd5xt
14 күн бұрын
For what? Exactly?
@monkeylips4U
14 күн бұрын
@@Jc-sd5xtFree cookies.
@Jc-sd5xt
14 күн бұрын
@@monkeylips4Ufor you having zero critical thinking skills 👌
@donofon1014
14 күн бұрын
Well two of the funders of teen trolls are now identified.
Donald Trump would fit well in Philippine Politics 😂
@Jc-sd5xt
14 күн бұрын
Only problem with that Is the eo that gave military control over the executive branch in October 2020
@donofon1014
14 күн бұрын
Bang Bang meets Bong Bong.
LOVE THE TITLE of his book!
Thank you Michael Rothfeld.
Karen McDougall looks a lot like Hope Hicks, just saying.
@donofon1014
14 күн бұрын
and EJC who was not Trumps' "type" looked so much like his then wife .. he could not distinguish one from the other.
@andredicke3866
13 күн бұрын
ÀND..STORMY ..ÀND KAREN ..ÀND .. MELANIA..ÀND IVANKA..ÀND....... Dirty old man 🤑!! With love from Holland 🇳🇱
@halberderdier8073
12 күн бұрын
Well, but with centre of gravity placed higher up and forward.....
@DragonHeart613
11 күн бұрын
Who's Hope Hicks?
I guess that Trump's family man claims are finally put to bed !
@Mark-ok8ss
13 күн бұрын
Just ask Ivanka 🤮🤣
@halberderdier8073
12 күн бұрын
To multiple beds....
You couldn't pay me to had ever let that thing touch me 🤢 Gross 😭🤢
Good guest ❤
Remember when HOPE was Obama's campaign slogan?
@cindytripp
14 күн бұрын
Si sey puede.
Time to play trump monopoly 1. Go directly to jail 2. Do not Pass Mara Lego 3. Do not forget to take your orange jumpsuit 4.😊
Too bad Hicks doesn't go in as a co conspirator
@tcandrews8430
13 күн бұрын
She would have been if she chose to to cooperate.
I'll wait on Frontline.
Every man's worst nightmare, every wife's embarrassment, now the side chickens are finding out about one another. Not at the risk of our national security though. Vote 💙
As i learned as a young man He who dips his wick, must pay for the oil. Dettol Donny is doing that during the trial.
What a sleaze and not laughable.
the fact remains that having an affair is NOT AGAINST THE LAW,,,,
Very sick and tired of DT.
Trump For Prison 2024
Hope Hicks cried, because she [denied] lied.
@Ivehadenuff
14 күн бұрын
I think she had an affair with Trump and found out that he cheated on her. That’s why she didn’t know about McDougal. Hicks pressed his pants while he was wearing them. I think she must have felt comfortable around his privates.
Facts and evidence are good to have as a prosecutor but witnesses is the icing on a cake.
And his lead is still gaining
I wrote to Hope Hicks to try to convince her to destroy Donald Trump.
@sherryhannah498
14 күн бұрын
@misterleo3554 I hope you will reply to this is this true??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
@michellebrown4903
14 күн бұрын
@@sherryhannah498 " l cannot recall...." pleading the 5th seems to be popular at the moment.
Tell the truth Trump. Ask for forgiveness.
@CookieMonster--
14 күн бұрын
Trump is unstoppable
@elmaluna9429
14 күн бұрын
Trump is in the toilet!
@Steve-gc5nt
14 күн бұрын
He's not a big enough man to ever accept he's done wrong.
@derrickburwell7777
14 күн бұрын
@@CookieMonster-- Obviously he is stoppable, or he'd be President right now.
@bouhhgz1969
14 күн бұрын
@@CookieMonster-- - you spelled pathetic wrong
Crazy that we can't watch the trial.
get ‘em boys
Apparently were getting " the rest of the story " and apparently " drowzy donnie " slept thru a couple of his grabbings .
The judge should order a mental health evaluation of Trump: Donald clearly can't control his own speech.
@markcosenza3274
14 күн бұрын
His poll numbers are rising as Biden's are sinking!😂😂
@sashakasprzyk5683
14 күн бұрын
@@markcosenza3274 Misinformation. Fake News, Bore Us.
@user-kr4xi1fh5n
14 күн бұрын
Neither can biden period
@seanmccartney5177
14 күн бұрын
Howz Only Fans
@sashakasprzyk5683
13 күн бұрын
@@seanmccartney5177 How's the gaybar scene.?
Think about how many we don’t know about.
Sure , this is the first time Cheeto's scam life has ever been reported.
This guy puts Nixon to shame, and then some!
Trump for GAOL 2024 💪💪🎈🎈🦆🦆
They will be an overlap of Karen and security service ..he must have used them to visit Karen in 2015-2017 .there will be records
What's wrong with these women? It would make my skin crawl to be in the same room.
Hope Hicks is freakin smokin hot!
@JohnWerner-te5zy
14 күн бұрын
Irrelevant comment.
@mark-ish
14 күн бұрын
If only she had two brain cells to fill the void in between her ears.
@lightwillprevail
14 күн бұрын
Her best asset for manipulation besides the poor me's! 😭
@donofon1014
14 күн бұрын
The extremely pretty girl grows up with almost nobody saying NO .. and bending over backwards to be nice and noticed. The incidence of narcissism among the freakin' hot is high. Rent.. do not own.
@donofon1014
14 күн бұрын
very freakin' hot women have often grown up getting used to be adored and catered to. A common source of narcissism.
Happy funday Friday fact. The president has unilateral and complete authority to declassify material.
@jabbermocky4520
14 күн бұрын
Not with his mind. There is a process and a protocol involved. Ex-presidents cannot declassify anything. Make up some more false Friday frauds.
@RobinMcMullen
13 күн бұрын
What's your evidence for that assertion?
@Toekneepowers
13 күн бұрын
@@RobinMcMullen Your favorite source for information. Would you like it for a good read?
I enjoy myself so much, please continue. Tell me more - fascism; I like it
Liberated- really liked him a lot, didn’t you?
Remember Bill Clinton and what was on the dress?
@L3L3L3
14 күн бұрын
That’s so 1990s.
@patsystrickland3447
14 күн бұрын
He was impeached for it too!
@lisakirkey2925
14 күн бұрын
What Trump has done makes Bill look like a Saint. We've only begun to hear the whole truth. Get out your beer and popcorn, it's going to be wild!
@louispaparella5766
14 күн бұрын
@@lisakirkey2925 hold my beer
@kshred3043
14 күн бұрын
Not defending the morality of the act but the key difference is that there was no influence of an election involved and therefore no campaign finance violation. Let's not forget that Trump getting elected resulted in literally hundreds of thousands of American dying unnecessarily as a direct result of his mishandling of the pandemic. They may well be alive if the hush money payment hadn't happened.
Uggh too gross to think about! That’s a nightmare that would keep me awake!
How did these beautiful women allow this animal to crawl on top of them.
Hope needs to spill the real truth behind her tears. You know the prev in chief made a move. “I’m automatically attracted to beautiful women - I just start kissing them, it’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything," No way he didn’t. She is absolutely is trying not to think about it. He is that sick!!!!
TITLE SUGGESTION, THE LADIES & THE DOG!?
EWW THE ANGRY INCH
I see the thimb nail and 🤮🤮 Why would anyone even flirt with DJT.
Love your show 🙏🏽💙🤍🤍🤍🤍
It’s not WORRR…KING!😂
Surely he must have bragged about them .
Wo wo that's not what I wanted 😅
How? Well who knows huh.
He's got good taste
How about the Doorman Bribery scheme ?
Alex , you are such a cool girl with brain , Keep it going 😅
We been chasing this story for 40 yrs 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
i forgot what this "trial" was supposed to be about
BILL and TRUMP are studs
I guess Biteme can't win spit without throwing Trump in jail.
Well, he was extorted by Avanatti, and then Avanatti figure he could extort more by releasing it
Karen is a keeper Donald, you should have dumped Malania
We all can help United States by voting for a candidate (regardless of party affiliation) with leadership qualities like unquestioned loyalty, of selflessness, of a well-trained mind, of recognized ability & mature experience.
👎. Payton Place - a soap opera 😂
Sad when you go to buy some P especially if you millionaire😂 😂
Hope this reporter/author has a body guard...
Dump the chump vote Blue
If Hope Hicks was do close to trump, why can't charges be brought against her in his many crimes also????? Surely she must have known of all of them. DOJ are you missing something here??? Charge her!
Very good investigative reporting. Great interview. It was Trumpet 🎺 who said inject bleach to fix Covid what a tool
I think Mr Al-KaPORN is in DEEP Kimchi !! 😜🌹🔥🥺🔥🎉🔥💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙🇱🇷💙
Bought their dresses from the same store.
Ginger or MaryAnne ???
The way she cried on the stand, I bet Trump had an affair with Hope Hicks, too.