Report: Trump and Giuliani planned Stormy Daniels revelation without consulting White House staff

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Trump and his newest lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, disclosed that Trump had repaid his personal attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels without informing White House staff first, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Giuliani's admission, that Trump reimbursed Cohen for the payment after weeks of White House statements claiming the president knew nothing about the arrangement, caught many in the White House off-guard but was planned in advance by Giuliani and the president, according to the Journal.

"That was money that was paid by his lawyer, the way I would do, out of his law firm funds or whatever funds, it doesn't matter. The president reimbursed that over a period of several months," Giuliani told Fox's Sean Hannity on Wednesday.

That interview shocked the White House and left the West Wing "completely frozen," one aide told the Journal.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/report-trump-and-giuliani-planned-stormy-daniels-revelation-without-consulting-white-house-staff/ar-AAwJKED?li=BBnb7Kz

What a fun guy to work for.

[Deb]

1. Is Rudy acting as a double agent for Mueller?

[democratisphere]

2. There will be an endless revolving door of lawyers coming and going

before all of these sh't shows are brought to a conclusion.

[Xipe Totec]

3. So Giuliani was a trial buffoon; to see how the story might play. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Trial buffoon

Learned a new phrase today. Very cleaver.

[unblock]

6. +1 trial buffoon

[lunatica]

7. Lol!

[Xipe Totec]

9. I'm here all week

[lunatica]

10. Goodie! 🎈🎉🍾

[gohuskies]

4. Rudy's term of choice also just sounds bad when you mention 'funneled' $$

The corruption in this administration is abundant and odious. Yet this is how Trump has conducted his entire public and private life. This guy has perfected the art of filling the swamp...

[grumpyduck]

8. Okay, so here we go:

Basically, DJT admitted to the payment, the NDA, and "something" happening with SD.

He also admitted lying about knowing about it and implicated everyone who had said he didn't know about it.

But from what Giuliani said about the timing, and from what (little) I've read of the FEC, the payments do relate to the campaign. But apparently they weren't reported.

But DJT also set the stage for claiming Cohen was his lawyer and pushing for attorney-client privilege.

Which contradicts what he said before about Cohen doing a tiny little bit of work for him.

And now DJT says Guiliani with have another statement.

Why is my brain hurting?

I think Maddow, Colbert, Meyers, Noah, and many others will have a blast with this. Not to mention Avenatti.

[lunatica]

11. Avenatti was on with Lawrence last night

He looked at the camera and asked both Guiliani and Trump to go on Fox every day.

[lindysalsagal]

12. Anenatti wants to send Gooliani a fruit basket.

Daniels lawyer offers to send gift basket to Fox News after Giuliani interview
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 05/03/18 08:28 AM EDT

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/385986-stormy-daniels-lawyer-offers-to-send-gift-basket-to-fox-news-after-giuliani