A Guide To Giuliani's Wildly Conflicting Claims About The Stormy Daniels Case
By Caitlin MacNeal | May 7, 2018 1:08 pm
Since Rudy Giuliani claimed to Fox News’ Sean Hannity last week that President Donald Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen for his hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels, the former New York City mayor’s explanation of the matter has evolved several times over.
Giuliani, a new addition to Trump’s personal legal team, has twisted himself into a pretzel since his initial comments on Daniels, changing his story on Trump’s knowledge of the payment and offering conflicting story lines on why the hush agreement with Daniels was arranged.
With Giuliani appearing on television left and right, it’s hard to keep track of his comments, so we’ve pulled them together into one handy guide:
What Trump knew and when
During his initial appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Giuliani said that Trump “did know about the general arrangement, that Michael would take care of things like this” but that Trump was unaware of the “specifics.” Hannity reminded Giuliani that Cohen previously said he made the payment on his own, to which Giuliani replied that he had “no reason to dispute that recollection.” Giuliani did not offer a specific time at which Trump new about the payments to Hannity, but he suggested that the President knew about some kind of arrangement with Cohen before the payment became public.
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