Rudy Giuliani just spilled some MAJOR tea to Sean Hannity — whether he meant to or not.
On Wednesday evening, the former Mayor of New York confirmed to the conservative pundit that Donald Trump DID reimburse personal attorney Michael D. Cohen, for the money that was used to pay off Stormy Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford). Man, oh man.
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It’s said the adult entertainer was paid $130,000 in exchange for her silence during the campaign about a previous affair with the president. Rudy’s admission, of course, directly negates Cohen’s original claim that the President knew NOTHING about the shady payoff.
Giuliani, who recently joined the Trumpster’s legal team, confessed to Hannity:
“I’m giving you a fact that you don’t know. It’s not campaign money. No campaign finance violation. They funneled [the $130,000] through a law firm and the president repaid it.”
Here’s the moment Rudy Giuliani told Sean Hannity that “they funneled the [$130,000] through a law firm, and the president repaid it.” pic.twitter.com/XWGKE77Ysq
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) May 3, 2018
Look how the story quickly changes. SMH.
The 73-year-old legal expert didn’t stop there, as he also spoke about the payoff with The New York Times. In fact, Rudy told The Times he had proof that the Cheeto-in-Chief had personally repaid Cohen. Although Giuliani relayed that Cohen set up the transaction “on his own authority,” the lawyer turned politician added:
“That removes the campaign finance violation and we have all the documentary proof for it… Some time after the campaign is over, they set up a reimbursement, $35,000 a month, out of his personal family account.”
Rudy shared similar sentiments with The Washington Post, as he admitted that Michael knew he’d be reimbursed by Trump for the “series of transactions.” He continued:
“The president was always going to make sure he got it back, and enough money to pay the taxes. There probably were other things of a personal nature that Michael took care of for which the president would have always trusted him as a lawyer. And that was paid back out of the rest of the money, and Michael earned a fee out of it… He trusted Michael, and Michael trusted him.”
It appears Team Trump is looking to throw Cohen under the bus! Or, at least, they’re trying to act like this hush money move was totally normal.
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On Thursday morning, Donnie took to Twitter to address Giuliani’s confession about Stormy’s pay off. He wrote:
Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
…very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
…despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
Wow. He just doubled down on his stance there, didn’t he???
What do YOU think?? Could there be more to this story that we don’t know??
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