reason to stay the case in light of mr. cohen s fifth amendment privilege because obviously mr. giuliani and mr. trump believe that they can defend themselves or attempt to as it relates to the charges in our case. we need to get on with our case. i want a deposition of this president under oath. i m not interested in any further lies on air force one or lies to the media, or lies to the white house spokesperson. i want that s very serious questions about what he knew and when he knew it and the $130,000 payment, what he knows about the consultants, what you knew about what michael cohen was doing, and we re going to get to the bottom of this, joy. whether it takes a month or a year, we re going to get it done. one of the consequences of stepping out or stepping forward, particularly if you do so on social media, is that you get attacked by bots, attacked by people who support the president. you become in your own right a public figure. that s happened to you. you have experienced
but he participated in it. let me just say this, this whole thing about giuliani and draining the swamp, it s an absolute joke. these guys have that makes the everglades look like a backyard plastic pool. they ll say and do anything at this point to distract the evidence that we continue to uncover, to distract away from the mueller investigation that is picking up steam. i mean, they will literally do anything to divert attention from the facts and the truth. we know that there is nothing trying to trade on your relationship with someone to make yourself money. right? i mean, there have been michael cohen takes phone calls, that he has set up these sort of taxi medallion schemes. there is so much that you have been able to find or document any evidence that he tried to conceal, any evidence
kiev and close to those involved, and you also have the new york times reporting that inside michael cohen s office on the 26th floor of trump tower, he met with a russian ologarch flamed victor vexelberg, discussing the desire to strengthen relations with the u.s. he is cousins with mr mr. vexelberg. some of the information leading to this, how does this reemt to and why is this coming up as a result of the stormy daniels lawsuit. well, joy. you know, for better or worse, and we think it s better, we are becoming a repository of information. people are sharing information with us on a daily basis. we are encouraging people to do so. these are true patriots in every sense of the word. people that love their country, that believe in truth, that believe in bringing the evidence the american people. they are supporting our cause, and they are providing information to us on a daily
robert mueller s russia investigation. in one appearance giuliani claimed that trump had been successful at draining the swamp. this despite multiple controversies around cabinet members like scott pruitt and reports about his personal lawyer michael cohen raking in consulting fees from companies with ties to russia and ukraine. joining me now is stormy daniels attorney michael abnatti. thank you for being here, michael. happy memorial day weekend. happy memorial day weekend to you, joy. good morning. good morning. i wanted to give you an opportunity to sort of respond and help you decipher some of what rudy giuliani is saying as the attorney for donald trump. let me let you listen to him on cnn this morning. he asked about michael cohen and the recent controversies about him raking in consulting fees. take a listen. snoo i don t think his worst critics agree he likes that. he definitely wants to do everything he can to drain the swamp in washington, but the
that he concealed his activity from his client, donald trump? it. there s no evidence that he tried to conceal it from donald trump, and i think there s evidence, in fact, to the contrary, joy. illegal facts relating to money laundering, relating to failing to register. sferl dharjz, criminal charges that are going to result from michael cohen s conduct, and we believe that those are right around the corner. according to the information, michael cohen has disputed the story, but the bbc uncovered his personal lawyer, michael cohen, received a personal payment of $400,000 to fix talks between the ukrainian president and trump according to sources in