With Stormy Daniels may be putting the president in further legal jeopardy. Were learning this from a piece out tonight in the Washington Post coauthored by carol leonnig, who joins us in just a moment. She and her colleagues write, quote, giulianis media blitz to convince the public that neither donald trump nor his lawyer had violated the law by paying a porn star to keep quiet about an alleged affair might have backfired, giving investigators new leads to chase and new evidence of potential crimes, legal analysts said. Giuliani made statements that speak to trump and lawyer Michael Cohens intent an important aspect of some crimes and he made assertions that investigators can now check against what they have already learned from documents and witnesses. His comments to Media Outlets underscore a growing tension for the white house. The fbi investigation of cohen presents a legal problem for the president that his own lawyer might have exacerbated. Today the president acknowledged for
Some of the key stories weve been told by the president and his people have now shifted. Some of what we have been told we now know is untrue. Many of those lives reveal how little we know about the president of the United States and how much was hidden from view when people elected him. Last night you may remember the new attorney Rudy Guiliani and changed the official story on Stormy Daniels and the firing of fbi director comey. On daniels, he admitted the president had, in fact, repaid Attorney Michael Cohen the money he used for a hush agreement with daniels. On comey, giuliani gave a brandnew justification for his firing. Oh, he possibly exposed his clients and old friend to greater jeopardy. In addition he called Jared Kushner using his word disposable and ivanka trump untouchable. This morning he promised that three americans held captive in korea will be returning home today. Even though he has no role today or necessarily the security clearance. At the same time, mayor guilian
President had, in fact, repaid Michael Cohen, the money he used for a hush agreement on daniels. On comey, he gave a brandnew justification for his firing. Oh, he possibly exposed his clients and old friend to greater jeopardy. In addition he called Jared Kushner using his word disposable and ivanka trump untouchable. He said three americans captive in korea will be returning home today. Even though he has no role today or necessarily the security clearance. At the same time, mayor guiliani doubled down on Stormy Daniels and tried to spin this as a new white house legal strategy, even tow we have new reporting from our gloria bornlger apeople are freaking out. The legal team felt blindsided by mayor guiliani. Meantime the president weighed in with series of legalistic sounding and trump sounding self damaging tweets on Stormy Daniels admitting for the first time he repaid Michael Cohen for making the hush agreement and more likely Michael Cohens claim he did this all on his own without
Book, the soul of america jon meacham. Rudy is confused again . Hes always confused. He gets confused a lot. Mixed up. Its interesting. Jon meacham, rudy will be the first to tell anyone who asks, he has been knighted by the queen of england. Thats right. Have you been knighted by the queen of england. No, you have not. I have not. Youll appreciate this, joe, there was a Police Commissioner in chattanooga when i was growing up when he was indicted and tried and found innocent and he ran for reelection on the platform that he had been found innocent by a court of law and no one else had a declaration of his innocence and i think he won. Hes smarter than you and you put together. All of us. I know it. And more accomplished any way. Jon should be knighted. I have not been knighted. Im available to be knighted. You are the soul of america, jon meacham. The soul of america. Lord meachum of swanny. That means something. Harvard of the south, right . I thought alabama was the harvard of the s
President trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to reshape the narrative about his dealings with Stormy Daniels may be putting the president in furtheq legal jeopardy. Were learning this from a piece out tonight in the Washington Post coauthored by carol8eae leonnig, who joins us in just a moment. She and her colleagues write, quote, giulianis media blitz to convince the public that neither donald trump nor his lawyer had violated the law by paying a porn star to keepm quiet aboun alleged affair might have backfired, giving investigators new leads to chase and new evidence of potential crimes, legal analysts said. Giuliani made statements that speak to trump and lawyer Michael Cohens intent an important aspect of some crimes and he made assertions that investigators can now check against what they have already learned from documents and witnesses. His comments to Media Outlets underscore a growing tension for the white house. The fbi investigation of cohen presents a legal problem for the p