US President Donald Trump’s new lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, continues to offer suggestions and opinion that could complicate matters for his client. On Sunday, he suggested that apart from porn star Stormy Daniels, other women may have been paid hush money to get them to stay silent about allegations against Trump. Speaking to ABC’s This Week, Giuliani was asked if Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen had made other payments of the kind to Daniels, who has claimed to have had an affair with Trump in 2006. Giuliani also indicated Trump may refuse a subpoena to appear before special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections, and that Trump could invoke his right to remain silent. The interviewer then asked Giuliani if he was confident that Trump would not invoke the Fifth Amendment, which accords Americans the right to remain silent in order to not incriminate themselves.

Source: Hindustan Times May 08, 2018 02:03 UTC