I was going to fire comey. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. When i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. Its an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. The president s comments to lester holt instantly became an enormous component in what is now a yearlong russia investigation. Tonight theres new reporting on one of the largest remaining questions about this inquiry, and that is whether or not the president will sit down with mueller and his team. Jonathan lemire of the Associated Press has just spoken again with trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Lemire writes, quote, any preparation with trump for a possible interview with federal investigators would likely be delayed until after this june 12 summit in singapore because, quote, i wouldnt want to take his concentration off something far, far more important. Giuliani, who
Course of this hour. The day began as a growing web of deceit between President Trump and Rudy Giuliani to clean up Rudy Giulianis now infamous fox news appearances. Youll remember he revealed that the president reimbursed Michael Cohen for the 130,000 hush money payment. There are new details that just broke within the last half ap hour about when the president learned of that payment to Stormy Daniels. According to the New York Times President Trump knew about a six figure payment that michael d. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a pornographic film actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard air force one in april, according to two people familiar with the arrangement. The times reports its not immediately clear exactly when the president learned of the payment that the Michael Cohen made in october of 2016. But, quote, three people close to the matter said mr. Trump new mr. Cohen had succeeded in keeping the allegations from coming public at th
To the president of the United States. Rudy giuliani was willing to say anything when it came to defending Michael Cohen for what Michael Cohen said was using his own money to pay off Stormy Daniels to buy her silence about her sexual relationship with donald trump. Rudy giuliani said its the kind of thing he did all the time for his clients. That was money that was paid by by his lawyer, the way i would do out of his law firm fund or whatever fund, it doesnt matter, the president reimbursed that. Michael could take care of things like this, like i take care of things like this for my clients. Is it the kind of thing ive settled for celebrities and famous people. Every lawyer that has done that kind of work has. That kind of admission to a disbarable offense was a little much to bear from the giant law firm from which Rudy Giuliani took a leave of absence from to become Donald Trumps defender. The firm announced today that Rudy Giuliani is no longer on a leave of absence because the fi