Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
...very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in Arbitration for damages against Ms. Clifford (Daniels). The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,......— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
...despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. Prior to its violation by Ms. Clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018
Daily Mail: Trump now says Stormy Daniels was paid $130,000 out of private monthly retainer to lawyer Cohen as a 'legal expense' but NOT from campaign funds - as Giuliani says: 'Imagine if that came out in the last debate with Hillary'
* Trump lawyer Michael Cohen gave porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money before the 2016 election
* Daniels has claimed the money was meant to keep her from revealing an alleged affair she had with Trump over a decade ago
* Giuliani said Trump reimbursed Cohen by 'funneling' the cash through a law firm over the course of 'months'
* The former NY Mayor also dubbed Hillary Clinton a 'criminal' and called James Comey a 'pervert' and a 'disgraceful liar'
* Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, said Giuliani's comments were a 'stunning revelation' and that Trump 'evidently participated in a felony'
* Now Trump has laid out his legal argument, saying on Twitter that Cohen was on a regular retainer and paid Daniels as an ordinary legal expense
* Avenatti scoffed: 'We've been playing three dimensional chess, they've been playing tic-tac-toe'
* Giuliani said on 'Fox & Friends' that Avenatti is an 'ambulance chaser' who's representing Daniels for the money
* Also claimed the payment's purpose was to save the Trump's marriage, not to save the president's campaign
* But he suggested that a bombshell claim from Daniels would have had disastrous consequences for the president's political prospects
Donald Trump claimed Thursday morning that a $130,000 hush-money payment to a porn star who claims to have been his mistress was an ordinary legal expense – part of the costs covered by a monthly retainer agreement between him and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen.
'Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA,' Trump wrote in a series of tweets.
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WNU Editor: My gut is telling me that the President decided to go clean on this because of the raid on his personal lawyer, and maybe also because of this .... Feds tapped phones of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, and caught one call with White House: NBC News (NBC News). Will this change anything .... here is the shocker .... not really. I have seen this media show with President Trump when he started running for the Presidency. First it was his remarks on women. Then it was collusion with Russia. Then it was obstruction of justice. And now it is his lawyer paying off his hooker from years ago so that he can save his marriage. But in all of this press coverage and punditry .... after being intensely scrutinized for almost two years .... I have yet to see anyone presenting evidence of a crime being committed of the President. That the best that they can hope for is charging him with a process crime .... if they can get him to be questioned in the Mueller fishing expedition. And in the meantime President Trump's agenda continues, and his popularity remains unchanged .... Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (Rasmussen).
Update: Watching the White House briefing right now. The press is going out of its way to claim that the Press Secretary should be investigated for lying to the press?!?!?!? My God .... the press is insane .... they are trying to invent crimes against the Press Secretary. But this is so predictable. As I had mentioned yesterday .... destroy all those who are close to the President .... A Look At How The Russia Probe Is Destroying Families (May 2, 2018).
