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Secret Trump recording raises legal questions

President Trump is blasting his former longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, for releasing a secretly recorded conversation between the two men about an alleged payment involving a former Playboy model who says she had an affair with Mr. Trump. The president has denied that he had an affair, and CBS News has not verified the authenticity of the recording. CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joined CBSN with more on the legal ramifications the president could face after the recording's release.

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Secret Trump-Cohen tape made public

Newly released audio of a private conversation between then-candidate Donald Trump and his lawyer is raising new questions about an alleged cover-up before the 2016 election. Mr. Trump and his long-time fixer, Michael Cohen, can be heard discussing a payment involving former Playboy model Karen McDougal. She says she had an affair with Mr. Trump more than a decade ago, which the president denies. Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, released the secret recording to CNN. CBS News has not verified the recording's authenticity. Major Garrett reports.

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Is the president's support declining

CBS News has learned President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, secretly recorded conversations between the two. The New York Times reports that the two are heard discussing a payment to a former playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Mister Trump. CBSN Political Contributor, Boston Herald Columnsit, and Politics Editor for NHJournal.com, Michael Graham, joins CBSN to discuss if this latest news, plus the president's summit in Helsinki, might cause him to lose some Republican support.

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