Trump team makes the midterms about saving his presidency
The president has raised the specter of impeachment in cautioning his party against letting the House, and even the Senate, fall into Democratic control.
By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO and DARREN SAMUELSOHN 05/06/2018 05:50 PM EDT
Rudy Giulianis revelation Sunday that he expects President Donald Trumps personal attorney Michael Cohen to cooperate with prosecutors challenged the axiom that when youre in a hole, stop digging.
Giuliani already had been forced to clarify an earlier interview in which he conceded that Trump reimbursed Cohen for the payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, contradicting repeated denials from the White House.
Still, he kept talking on Sunday, saying it was possible Cohens 2016 payment to Daniels wasnt the only hush money paid out during the presidential campaign.
Legal experts say the decision by Trumps chatty counsel to keep publicly chewing over Cohens situation risks drawing the president into more courtroom drama. But Giuliani seems content to keep the attention focused on that tabloid-friendly fight, as the White House appears to count on Trumps base continuing to forgive his alleged moral lapses and as his team seems to bet that GOP voters will turn out in November if they believe its the only way to save the presidents political skin.
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