President Trump said Thursday that his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen was reimbursed through a monthly retainer for a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016 to stop what Trump called “false and extortionist accusations” about a decade-old affair. In his tweets Thursday, Trump did not say whether he knew about the payments to Cohen when they were made. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018Trump “didn’t know about the specifics of it, as far as I know,” Giuliani told Hannity. Giuliani said the payout was relatively small compared to the money Trump was putting toward his campaign. Read more:Transcript: Giuliani interview with The Washington Post‘We’re not suckers’: Giuliani says he won’t let Mueller ‘trap’ Trump into perjury

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2018 11:37 UTC