Giuliani: Trump reimbursed Cohen for $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels

[Mrs. Overall]

Source: The Hill

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) said Wednesday that President Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen the $130,000 paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels to stay quiet about their alleged affair.

Giuliani, who recently joined Trump’s legal team, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that the payment was “perfectly legal” and was “not campaign money,” meaning the arrangement didn’t violate campaign finance law.

“Funneled through a law firm, and the president repaid it,” Giuliani said.

"He didn’t know about the specifics of it but he did know about the general arrangement, that Michael would take care of things like this," he said.

Cohen has said that he made the payment, but that it was made with money out of his own pocket.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385965-giuliani-trump-reimbursed-cohen-for-payment-to-stormy-daniels?__twitter_impression=true

[truthisfreedom]

1. He's filth. He's scum. He's disgusting. He's dirty. He represents

the precise state of the pure hypocrisy of the Christian right.

[lordsummerisle]

7. Trump or Giuliani? n/t

[Doitnow]

30. Yes.

[C Moon]

38. :D

[PatrickforO]

48. LOL. Exactly.

These men are BOTH pond scum.

Boy, talk about the swamp. We can smell their filth from here.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Now, to be fair ...

I think the Reverend Franklin Graham said Trump hasn't sinned since he became President.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

2. SURE Rudy

And we are just supposed to take your mule faced word for it right? We aren't fox viewers man.

[brooklynite]

3. Even FOX recognizes that this is a HUGE mistake...

Link to tweet

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[CentralMass]

12. Here is a little secret Laura, tRump wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him in the @$$.

[left-of-center2012]

4. OMG ! Trump lied ?

Didn't Trump say he knew nothing about the money?

I'm shocked and saddened.

[Mrs. Overall]

5. Avenatti (Stormy Daniel's lawyer) on Lawrence O'Donnell right now saying "I am speechless."

Saying this opens up money laundering and bank fraud by Trump and Cohen.

OUCH!

[bucolic_frolic]

60. This differs from the Dennis Hastert cash flow in what way, exactly?

Clearly they have been trying to fix up this thing after the fact. Lying and obfuscation and fudging. If you believe them, he both knew about it and didn't know about it, made the payment and did not make the payment.

Follow the money and don't read their lips

[erronis]

62. Gaaad. If only I didn't have to hear its voice or see it spout lies. Then I'd believe in heaven!

[mia]

6. Comedy of Errors 2018

Live!

No need to visit the theater near you.

[Docreed2003]

9. When the book is finally written about this era

It should be called "The Audacity of Lies"...cause these fuckers lie with abandon, they lie about lies and they lie to cover up lies and they just expect the public to not pay attention to the lie because they've lied so much about the original lie...ugh, someone pass the booze or popcorn or Motrin or weed...shit, all of the above!

[watoos]

33. What about the millions

of people who blindly believe the lies?

[Docreed2003]

41. Well they fall under that banner don't they?

Or should it be called "The Audacity of Lies and the Fools who Believe Them?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

61. Too bad title "Confederacy of Dunces" has already been taken. . . . nt

[djacq]

10. Trump Administration aka Lie Factory

[Freethinker65]

11. Trump paid Cohen to pay a porn star to sign a NDA that she would not comment on a sexual encounter

A sexual encounter between Trump and the porn star when Melania was pregnant that never happened, that Trump previously claimed he had no knowledge of any money being paid by anyone and was entirely a witch hunt??
Let us pray.

You cannot make this shit up.

[sprinkleeninow]

40. "Lettuce Spray.' 😆

[thbobby]

13. Another Brick in the Wall

Thou shall not lie. Evangelicals are exposing their non-Christian values for all to see. I wonder (no, I know) how they will react if trump is shown to have pressured and paid a woman to get an abortion.

This shit would be funny if it were not so disgusting. The women that trump has used and damaged is appalling.

[RDANGELO]

14. They are trying to keep Cohen from flipping.

This would mean that Trump is guilty instead of Cohen for the illegal contribution. Who knows what the real truth is. I guess they are figuring that if this is the worst he charged with, he will take it, but it's a long shot.

That may be the reason for the question leaks, giving Cohen one more hail Mary by saying he can't get a fair trial because of all the leaks.

[Major Nikon]

17. Sounds more like damage control

The FBI has Cohen’s bank records so perpetuating the lie was going to become untenable eventually anyway.

Sounds more like part of a scheme to leave Cohen as the one without a chair when the music stops.

[GusBob]

20. Yep. They had to do this

Everyone is making a parade about it, but they had to do this, it was an illegal campaign contribution otherwise.

So they did it their way.

None of this matters to Trump supporters. Avanetti says ' Americans should be outraged'

A huge swath of America is OK with porn stars, Russia, the constant lying, because a black guy ain't president anymore

[sprinkleeninow]

45. We shall certainly see how it plays🎶 out. And soon please.

[Hekate]

15. Countdown to Giuliani out of the WH and under the bus in 10-9-8-....

I hope when it happens the bus rolls back and forth several times.

[John Fante]

19. "I barely knew the guy, OK? He got us coffee"

- Trump on Giuliani, in a future interview.

[subterranean]

16. Interesting choice of words he used: "Funnelled through..."

Most of the time I see that phrase used when someone was trying to hide the source of the money.

[pnwmom]

18. Especially when an anonymous LLC was at the end of the funnel. n/t

[sprinkleeninow]

39. They funneled thru a tunnel. 😅

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

26. Remember, Cohen claims he only "facilitated" the payment while

denying that the tRump campaign and/or tRump companies made the payment while conveniently not mentioning whether or not tRump himself made the payment which now seems to be true.

[dalton99a]

27. +1

[TheSmarterDog]

21. That makes it an undisclosed campaign expenditure.

Keep talking Rudy....

[SCVDem]

22. Holeee Shit!

trump only hires the best people!

[matt819]

23. Sure

I always pay back $130,000 for something I don’t know anything about. Right. Got it.

[IggleDuer]

24. Melina and Dotard's pre nip ...

... up in smoke.

[Major Nikon]

25. So in the same interview he admits Trump has been lying

...he calls Comey a liar.

[Retrograde]

32. It's entirely possible to have more than one liar

or two or three or however many.

[dalton99a]

28. Keep talking, Rudy

[fierywoman]

29. I spent decades of my life playing opera all over the world

with the most amazing performers, amazing productions. I suddenly understand why I can't stop checking the news -- this scenario is the most operatic thing I've ever lived through!

[sprinkleeninow]

42. 👍

[still_one]

31. I suspect Guiliani will come out tomorrow and say he was just speculating.

[watoos]

34. Rudy already

changed his story.

[still_one]

43. no doubt. This is the creep that Time Magazine said was "Person of the Year"

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. OH, please, please, PLEASE!

Tell me Rudy has some reasons convincing enough for Pee Diddle to keep him on the team. If he sticks around, RM and his crew can take a well-deserved week or two off and let him build their case for them.

[rdking647]

36. i wonder if melania will testify against trump

at his trial....

[riversedge]

37. Ari Melber--The Feds now have everything from Michael Cohen's office. Do they have something that

The plot thickens. Good question.


Ari Melber
?Verified account @AriMelber

The Feds now have everything from Michael Cohen’s office.

Do they have something that’s forcing Trump’s lawyers to admit he’s behind the Stormy Daniels payment, after all his public denials.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

44. That cartoon nails it

[turbinetree]

46. It was reported tonight on CNN with Done Lemon and Avenatii

that payments were made in this case and that laws were broken and they are felonies ...............Clifford's attorney nail's it.................

and the public needs to know that the "White House is Lying"...................and anything that this lying white house says is a lie....................................

isn't that the truth................

[DesertRat]

47. Giuliani just confessed to Trump's guilt on live national television.

Only the best people.

Link to tweet

[Hassler]

49. Excellent work, Rudy Jailiani. Only the best.

[Kablooie]

50. So what does this mean?

Cohen said he paid from his own pocket and wasn't reimbursed.

Trump said he didn't know anything about it.

Giuliani says Trump reimbursed Trump.

It's screwed up but does this mean anything more than there are a lot of lies?

[Historic NY]

51. LOL Cohen was complaining about needing the money, so Rudy

admits that Trump paid him back for the trist. Thanks Rudy.

[safeinOhio]

52. Hold on, now just wait a minute.

I'm sure Sarah Huckabuck will straighten this all out at tomorrows presser.

[Sophia4]

53. Did Trump also pay Cohen for handling the cover-up of his sex with Stormy?

How much money did Trump pay Cohen that was related to the whole matter.

Was the work on the Storm agreement just part of Cohen's work on his salary from the Trump organization? Was it personal work for Trump, and did Trump pay for it in some way that was separate and not part of the pay Cohen received from the Trump company or companies?

[pecosbob]

54. So Giuiani's job is mob-splaining Cheeto's criminal acts?

[Marcuse]

55. So was it an unreported illegal campaign loan or an unreported illegal campaign donation?

[JohnnyRingo]

56. That's why Rudy makes the big bucks.

I also wouldn't want to be in the room while Giuliani is cleaning his gun.

[flibbitygiblets]

57. Placing bets on how long Ghouliani lasts. A full Mooch? Half Mooch?

Not looking too good for the latest of the "best people".

[UCmeNdc]

58. Rudy statements makes Trump into a liar. Rudy has only been on the job for a few days.

WTF? Pure comedy.

[bucolic_frolic]

59. Waffling lying snakes all of them

appreciate the ambiguity:

"He didn’t know about the specifics of it but he did know about the general arrangement"

So he both knew and didn't really know ... this is fudging. A law school flunkee wouldn't be ok with this statement.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

63. They're scum. They're liars. And this might work.

They made up this entire story and it just might work. This BS about monthly payments and Trump being in the dark is all a lie.

[rsdsharp]

64. This is my favorite part of what Giuliani said:

"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.”

Rudy, if you are paying settlements out of "law firm funds," and then getting reimbursed by the client "over a period of several months(?)" you are committing an ethics violation. You can pay the settlement out of your trust account, but you cannot front the money. The client pays you, you deposit it in your trust account, wait for it to clear if it was by check, and THEN AND ONLY THEN, can you pay out to the other party.

Do it the other way, and your trust account will be overdrawn. I don't know about New York, but in Iowa we have to certify to the Supreme Court annually that our trust accounts have not been overdrawn, and if they have, you have to explain why. In addition, the trust accounts are subject to periodic surprise audits.

And why was it reimbursed over a period of months? Supposedly $130,000 is pocket change to Trump. Why didn't he just write a check for the amount? Were they trying to avoid the $10,000 amount that triggers reports to the government? That's a crime called structuring. You can go to jail for that -- ask Denny Hastert. Trump tried to explain it in a tweet as a monthly retainer, but he apparently doesn't understand what the word means.