But Giuliani's statements have been inconsistent and have failed to rally the president's media boosters, who often lionize his fiercest surrogates and embrace their talking points. On Friday afternoon, Giuliani issued a statement “intended to clarify the views I expressed over the past few days. O'Reilly often defends Trump, but he rejected Giuliani's contention that the payment to Daniels was unrelated to the campaign. Giuliani had revealed the president repaid his personal attorney for a $130,000 hush payment to the porn star, despite the president denying he knew of the payment. Giuliani now says he's not actually aware of when the president learned about the payment to Daniels.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2018 19:41 UTC