they face every day. and she does her best to dissemble and to deflect, but i think that takes a toll eventually as well. and they know that even though the public posture is to turn everything around and attack the press. and, anita, this is hardly the first time she s been called upon to trot out a new version of the truth. right. well, actually, th has been happening since day one of the trump administration, from back when sean spicer, her predecessor, was talking about the record crowds at the inauguration. but, you know, recently with sarah sanders, this just came up again a couple weeks ago with the payment did the president know about the payment daniels? she had said repeatedly that he didn t know. and then suddenly he says he did know. he tells reporters he did know. and so she was asked the same question. let s be clear here. she can answer if she wants to answer.
creekorea. there were a few questions about the payment to stormy daniels. president trump did not answer any of the questions. he mouthed thank you and headed to marine one. today s trip to ohio is somewhat overshadowed by questions about the $130,000 payment daniels received from michael cohen in exchange for signing a nondisclosure agreement. questions spurred because trump s newest attorney told sean hannity the president reimbursed cohen. they funneled it through the law firm. funneled through the law firm and the president repaid it. reporter: guliani s remarks seemed to contradict previous statements made by cohen and the president. president trump disputes that. rudy is a great guy but he just started a day ago. he s learning the subject matter. why did you change your story on stormy daniels? we re not changing any stories. reporter: here s what president trump said on air force one in april.
president trump recently endorsed republican senate candidate congressman. he expects tax cuts at the round table, but surely that will come up as well. and the president left the white house around 10:00 this morning as he headed to marine one. reporters slouted questions at him. questions about ohio, and prisoners in north korea and about 0 stormy daniels. he didn t answer questions, he mouthed thank you and then headed to marine one. today s trip is overshadowed by the $130,000 payment daniels received from long time attorney. president s newest attorney rudy guiliani told sean hannity that trump reimbursed cohen. they funneled through a law
administration. it s been on the $130,000 payment daniels received from long time trump attorney michael cohen. that s because trump s newest attorney rudy giuliani made an unexpected admission during an interview with fox. giuliani said the president reimbursed cohen for the daniels payment. giuliani released a statement quote clarifying some of his remarks. he said quote there is no campaign violation. the payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the president s family. it would have been done in any event, whether he was a candidate or not. my references to timing were not describing my understanding of the president s knowledge, but instead my understanding of these matters. regardless, giuliani s remarks seem to contradict previous statements made by cohen and the president. president trump reminded the press that giuliani is new. he also disputed the claim that what president trump is saying now is different than what he said in the past.
saying he didn t spend night in moscow in his trip there. but publicly available records during his trip suggest otherwise. the comey memos now being used as ammunition by the democratic national committee which is suing the trump campaign, the russian government and the wikileaks group claiming widespread conspiracy to help mr. trump win the 2016 election. the multimillion dollar lawsuit says that in the trump campaign russia found a willing and active partner in this effort to launch a brazen attack on american democracy. the trump campaign slamming the move as a bogus lawsuit. all this as the legal drama pitting adult film actress storm edaniels against the president gets its first hearing in a california federal court. if the case moves forward, the president could be deposed about that $130,000 payment daniels says she received to keep quiet