Does anyone have a link for the story Rachel talked about at the end of her show? Something about neither Trump nor Cohen will tell their lawyers what was in the documents seized in the Cohen raid? I tried to look it up, but Googling "Trump Cohen lawyer" gets me nothing but Rudy.
Ok so maybe they’re just willing to say yes he had an affair and paid Stormy off, but it wasn’t illegal because it wasn’t through the campaign. So that takes away the best argument of criminality Avenatti had.
ETA: well someone on CNN explained how both trump and Cohen are still in deep water with what Rudy said.
Does anyone have a link for the story Rachel talked about at the end of her show? Something about neither Trump nor Cohen will tell their lawyers what was in the documents seized in the Cohen raid? I tried to look it up, but Googling "Trump Cohen lawyer" gets me nothing but Rudy.
I think she was talking about information given to her by Michael Schmidt. He is NYT report but not sure it is mentioned in an article yet.
There is a clip of that portion of the show on her MaddowBlog twitter feed.
Guiliani is claiming 45 approved the disclosure in advance:
"Giuliani tells me he just spoke w / POTUS. Tonight by phone. President "very pleased," Giuliani says. He says they discussed his revelation of the reimbursements long in advance. Does not expect to be fired. Insists his remarks on FNC were approved by Trump. Story TK."
ETA tweet is by Robert Costa of WaPo. I don't see the story there yet.
Ok so maybe they’re just willing to say yes he had an affair and paid Stormy off, but it wasn’t illegal because it wasn’t through the campaign. So that takes away the best argument of criminality Avenatti had.
ETA: well someone on CNN explained how both trump and Cohen are still in deep water with what Rudy said.
so, i guess I would have failed law class. Lol
This was my thinking too. Like, the admission is bad, but maybe not as bad as using campaign money. And they knew the truth would come out so better to get ahead of it...maybe?
Trying to place Trump logic on all this hurts my head.
He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn’t a target of the investigation,” Giuliani told Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday night.
“He’s entitled to that. Hillary Clinton got that and he couldn’t get that,” he said. “So he fired him and he said, ‘I’m free of this guy.’”
He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn’t a target of the investigation,” Giuliani told Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday night.
“He’s entitled to that. Hillary Clinton got that and he couldn’t get that,” he said. “So he fired him and he said, ‘I’m free of this guy.’”
I thought 45 said Comey told him like a bazillion times that 45 wasn’t a target? And 45 himself said he fired him because of Russia. So which is it? And what does this have to do with HRC? I truly don’t understand Rudy’s point.
Didn't Trump even say in the letter firing comey that "I appreciate you informing me that I am not under investigation"? or something?
Is Giuliani saying that trump deserved a press conference like Comey held in July 2016 about Hillary? he realizes that was super unusual right?
Honestly after reading comeys book, I think Trump brought Giuliani on to rattle comey, among other things. It was clear there was no love lost between them.
Didn't Trump even say in the letter firing comey that "I appreciate you informing me that I am not under investigation"? or something?
Is Giuliani saying that trump deserved a press conference like Comey held in July 2016 about Hillary? he realizes that was super unusual right?
Honestly after reading comeys book, I think Trump brought Giuliani on to rattle comey, among other things. It was clear there was no love lost between them.
Yes, they wanted Comey to make a public statement ala-emails about it.
Apparently Giuliani is on Fox and Friends saying the same thing again about the $130k and 45 is tweeting about it. They don’t seem to get why this is a problem. OMG, it’s too rich.
When Faux News looks miserably uncomfortable about your word jumble the bad words coming outta your mouth, you should stop. 45 was only trying to help “the family” and save his marriage. Lol.
Ok so this is the theory with which I’m leaning: that these appearances/ lawyer-written tweets are to ensure Cohen doesn’t flip. He knows where all the bodies are buried, so by covering for the 150G payment, giving ownership to Trump, they’re hoping/ thinking Cohen will maintain silence, since he sees his “defenders” in the media. Erm, not exactly a cohesive, well-thought-out plan. It sounds like #45 & Guilianni (I don’t know how to spell it & I don’t care) got their devious, incompetent brains together & thought this was the solution to ALL! 😐
So you know what makes you not look like a liar? Saying something doesn’t exist - you have no idea what it is. Definitely doesn’t exist. And then later providing a detailed explanation of that thing. To the world. Before 7am.
He's calling the monthly payments to Cohen his retainer for legal work?
"AMAZING! In trying to talk his way out of a campaign finance violation, Trump has admitted to filing a false financial disclosure in 2017. He personally certified that his disclosure was "complete and correct," subject to penalties at 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and 5 U.S.C. app. § 104. 1/
But Tump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, now admit that he had a $460,000 liability that he omitted from his financial disclosure report. /2 "