LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said Friday [5-4-18] that his lawyer Rudy Giuliani will ‘get his facts straight’ and praised him as a ‘great guy,’ two days after the former New York City mayor stunned the White House and the president’s legal team with remarks about payments to an adult film star who alleged a sexual affair with Mr. Trump. Mr. Giuliani, a recent addition to the president’s legal team, said Wednesday [5-2-18] on Fox News that the president had reimbursed his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for the October 2016 payment of $130,000 to Stephanie Clifford, professionally known as Stormy Daniels, in exchange for her signing a nondisclosure agreement about an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump in 2006. Mr. Trump last month denied any knowledge of the payment to Ms. Clifford, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that he was unaware of it or of where the money came from. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who has for months told reporters that Mr. Trump had no knowledge of the payment, said Thursday [5-3-18] that the first time she learned the president had reimbursed Mr. Cohen was from Mr. Giuliani’s interview Wednesday [5-2-18].”
-Louise Radnofsky, “Trump: Giuliani Will ‘Get His Facts Straight’,” The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2018 12:07 pm