This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. It is 11 00 p. M. Here on the east coast. Were live with big breaking news. Rudy giuliani dropping an absolute bombshell tonight. Saying that President Trump paid his fixer Michael Cohen back for that 130,000 hush money payment back for Stormy Daniels. My question is are you concerned in the process of this we did discover that a Foreign National Christopher Steele was paid through fusion gps, used russian sources that not only werent verified were debunked, are you concerned that that was paid for to manipulate the American People to the lead up to the election . Isnt that closer to the mandate on cohen, having something to do with paying some Stormy Daniels woman 130,000, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. That money was not campaign money. Sorry, im giving you a fact now you dont know. Its not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. So they funneled it through a law farm . Funneled through a law firm and the president repaid i
National Christopher Steele was paid through fusion gps, used russian sources that not only werent verified were debunked, are you concerned that that was paid for to manipulate the American People to the lead up to the election . Isnt that closer to the mandate on cohen, having something to do with paying some Stormy Daniels woman 130,000, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. That money was not campaign money. Sorry, im giving you a fact now you dont know. Its not campaign money. No Campaign Finance violation. So they funneled it through a law farm . Funneled through a law firm and the president repaid it. So theres no Campaign Finance law . Zero. Just like so this decision was made by everybody was nervous about this from the very beginning. I wasnt. I knew how much money donald trump put into the that campaign. I said 130,000. You can do a couple of checks for 130,000. When i heard cohens retainer of 135,000 when he was doing no work for the president. Thats how hes rep
And im George Howell from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. We begin this hour with the breaking news, this into cnn. The leaders of north and south korea have agreed to meet in september in pyeongyang. South korean president moon jaein and the north Korean Leader kim jongun have met twice this year. The summit next month comes as experts doubt whether the north is committed to getting rid of its nuclear weapons. But pyeongyang is putting pressure on western countries to start lifting those sanctions. Cnns Paula Hancocks is following this story from seoul in south korea. So paula, bring us uptodate, all the information you have on this summit now expected in september. Reporter well, rosemary, this has just been decided at a meeting between north and south korea, the equivalent in the north as well. And this was at the dmz at that truce village where a number of meetings between the north and south have been carried o
Multiple calls between roger stone and then candidate trump in 2016. Stone claims this list is not comprehensive since trump at times called him from other peoples phones. Were learning more about a joint Defense Agreement between the president s lawyers and notorious conspiracy theorist jerome corsi. Agreement allows them to share information with each other. Corsi recently rejected a plea agreement with the special counsel which would have required him to admit that he lied to federal investigators. Hes known for pushing conspiracy theories from birtherism to claiming explosives brought down the World Trade Center on 9 11. Cnn has exclusive reporting tonight about the written answers from President Trump he provided to the special counsel. Trump claims that he had no knowledge of any contacts with wikileaks. He also says he knew nothing about the 2016 trump tower meeting with donald trump jr. , senior members of the campaign and russians promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. Lots to dis
Investigation to report to you. The Washington Post is reporting the Trump Organization turned over phone logs to muellers team detailing multiple calls between roger stone and then candidate trump in 2016. Stone claims this list is not xrens skin since trump at times called him from other peoples phones. Were learning more about a joint Defense Agreement between the president s lawyers and notorious conspiracy theorist jerome corsi. Agreement allows them to share information with each other. Corsi recently rejected a plea agreement with the special counsel which would have required him to admit that he lied to federal investigators. Hes known for pushing conspiracy theories from birtherism to claiming explosives brought down the World Trade Center on 9 11. Cnn has exclusive reporting tonight about the written answers from President Trump he provided to the special counsel. Trump claims that he had no knowledge of any contacts with wikileaks. He also says he knew nothing about the 2016