Giuliani said he met with the president at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., to discuss developments and legal strategy. “Everybody’s reacting to us now, and I feel good about that because that’s what I came in to do,” he said. On Friday, after Trump said that Giuliani needs to “get his facts straight” about the payment, Giuliani appeared to walk back some of his comments, saying he was still learning the facts of the case. After Giuliani said Trump reimbursed Cohen, the president’s Twitter account posted a statement saying Cohen was repaid through a monthly retainer. Ellis III, a federal judge who last week sharply questioned the special counsel’s fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2018 23:23 UTC