Andrew Weissmann Recounts When He Originally Discovered $130,000 Trump Payment: ‘What’s a Stormy Daniels?’

O DONNELL is when ░░░░░░░░ a former federal prosecutor ░░░░░░░░ Robert Mueller brought you ░░░░░░░░ the Mueller investigation you ░░░░░░░░ this 130 000 somewhere ░░░░░░░░ that massive investigation about ░░░░░░░░ question of did Russia ░░░░░░░░ with the American presidential ░░░░░░░░ WEISSMANN Totally fortuitous I ░░░░░░░░ this This is public ░░░░░░░░ and you know they ░░░░░░░░ through pre publication review ░░░░░░░░ s in my book ░░░░░░░░ it was very fortuitous ░░░░░░░░ were looking at this ░░░░░░░░ account for other reasons ░░░░░░░░ a defense lawyer who ░░░░░░░░ who had the information ░░░░░░░░ I m just going ░░░░░░░░ send it to you ░░░░░░░░ I remember pulling it ░░░░░░░░ on my computer screen ░░░░░░░░ there was the information ░░░░░░░░ we were focusing on ░░░░░░░░ at the bottom of ░░░░░░░░ the bank reported something ░░░░░░░░ which was this essential ░░░░░░░░ 130 000 to Keith ░░░░░░░░ which is sort of ░░░░░░░░ But it struck the ░░░░░░░░ as odd so it ░░░░░░░░ reported And O DONNELL ░░░░░░░░ bank reported the odd ░░░░░░░░ WEISSMANN Yes Exactly And ░░░░░░░░ just fortuitous We did ░░░░░░░░ digging on sort of ░░░░░░░░ Davidson I remember my ░░░░░░░░ Jeannie Rhee and I ░░░░░░░░ of looked up sort ░░░░░░░░ like what s what ░░░░░░░░ what s a Stormy ░░░░░░░░ and walking into Bob ░░░░░░░░ s office O DONNELL ░░░░░░░░ knew Mueller knew who ░░░░░░░░ Stormy Daniels WEISSMANN Yeah ░░░░░░░░ So we re all ░░░░░░░░ re all buttoned up ░░░░░░░░ prosecutors in blue suits ░░░░░░░░ white ties and very ░░░░░░░░ And I remember I ░░░░░░░░ to him we have ░░░░░░░░ blue dress problem Referring ░░░░░░░░ you know the last ░░░░░░░░ counsel was actually an ░░░░░░░░ counsel who we very ░░░░░░░░ did not want to ░░░░░░░░ And we didn t ░░░░░░░░ to emulate that as ░░░░░░░░ model And so that ░░░░░░░░ to our keeping the ░░░░░░░░ Cohen part of the ░░░░░░░░ involving Russia and his ░░░░░░░░ ended up being his ░░░░░░░░ to Congress but carving ░░░░░░░░ the sort of salacious ░░░░░░░░ But we were already ░░░░░░░░ what were the representations ░░░░░░░░ the bank We were ░░░░░░░░ about campaign fraud But ░░░░░░░░ was out of our ░░░░░░░░ because it wasn t ░░░░░░░░ related to Russia And ░░░░░░░░ that was the genesis ░░░░░░░░ then kudos to the ░░░░░░░░ District of New York ░░░░░░░░ then ultimately ultimately the ░░░░░░░░ to Alvin Bragg Because ░░░░░░░░ in the other day ░░░░░░░░ court and seeing from ░░░░░░░░ little fortuitous acorn seeing ░░░░░░░░ that is in my ░░░░░░░░ you know truly overwhelming ░░░░░░░░ for the defendant being ░░░░░░░░ Trump I think anybody ░░░░░░░░ the business would say ░░░░░░░░ know this is an ░░░░░░░░ strong case You never ░░░░░░░░ predict with a jury ░░░░░░░░ you just never know ░░░░░░░░ this is an incredibly ░░░░░░░░ case.”