Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Lawyer For $130,000 Payment To Stormy Daniels

[RealDave]

Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Lawyer For $130,000 Payment To Stormy Daniels

Lol. Thank you Uncle Rudy!

I thought Trump didn't know about the payment?

Expect Rudy to be fired soon.

Reading the Trumpettes excuses for this one is just too funny.

So Trump paid out $130,000 without knowing where it went? Does that make him a dumbass?

"Oh goodness, that's what it was for"

Like Trump would say "goodness"

 

[RealDave]

Put the whole quote up. You won't will you asshole. Premature ejaculation running with just a bit of the quote.



Giuliani continued: 'Everybody was nervous about this from the very beginning. I wasn’t...

'When I heard Cohen’s retainer of $35,000, when he was doing no work for the president, I said, "That’s how he's repaying it, with a little profit and a little margin for paying taxes, for Michael".'

Giuliani said that the president 'didn’t know about the specifics of it (the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels), as far as I know.

'But he did know about the general arrangement that Michael would take care of things like this.'



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So, Trump's lawyer was designated the duty of paying off women during the campaign. He just did not know which ones were paid off.

Great excuse.

 

[RealDave]

Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Lawyer For $130,000 Payment To Stormy Daniels

Lol. Thank you Uncle Rudy!

I thought Trump didn't know about the payment?

Expect Rudy to be fired soon.

I knew the morons would come out in force on this.. Attorney provides services from his accounts. Bills the client and the client pays his bills.. Did he actually know or was it the fact trump had over 300 lawyers and someone else is paid to pay his bills.

Rudy only indicated that he paid the attorney for HIS SERVICES. What Trump knew or didn't know is still in question.

Get a new Meme. The whore on TV is old an worn out..

Ummm.... Giuliani said the money was paid back for the costs of the hush money. That's a violation of campaign finance laws.

And he said the money was paid back in payments of $35,000, which was just a little extra, knowing there was no work being done in exchange ... that's money laundering and fraud and depending on how they handle the taxes on that money, could be tax evasion.

Are ya tired of winning yet?

Are you truly that dumb?

THE MONEY DID NOT COME FROM CAMPAIGN FUNDS!!!!!

Moron.

It doesn’t have to. But if it goes towards the campaign, it must be reported. His $130,000 hush money was not reported.

You'll enlighten us on how this is connected to russian collusion......no, you won't.

It is not. So what.

Your hero Ken Starr started out investigating Whitewater & ended up with Monica.

Trump's lawlessness knows no limits.

 

[RealDave]

Trump, Guiliani & Story Daniels.

Competition for Barnum & Bailey's three rings.

 

[Witchit]

All hell breaking loose over on Twitter. Rudy trending #1 for hours, now down to #2, Hannity #3 - Can't wait to see Trump tweets tomorrow.

Rudy is already backpedaling, of course; but it's too late. He said all that he said on live TV, and it was BAD.

In a wide-ranging interview on Fox News' "Hannity" on Wednesday night, Rudy Giuliani told host Sean Hannity that President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, $130,000 that Cohen paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.

"That money was not campaign money," said Giuliani, a recent addition to Trump's legal team who is also a former mayor of New York City and Republican presidential candidate. "It's not campaign money. No campaign finance violation."

"They funneled the payment through [Cohen's] law firm," Hannity said.

"Funneled it through the law firm and the president repaid it," Giuliani said.

Giuliani says Trump repaid $130G to Cohen 'over several months'

Which of course all flies directly in the face of what Trump said on Air Force One a bit back.

Trump: Michael Cohen 'Represented Me' in Stormy Daniels Negotiations | National Review

Asked by reporters aboard Air Force One whether he knew of the payment when it was made, Trump replied simply, “No.”

“You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen,” Trump said when pressed on why the payment was made. “Michael is my attorney. You’ll have to ask Michael.” He added that he didn’t know where the $130,000 came from.

Nothing quite like standing in the doorway of AF1 and lying to the American people.

Michael Avenatti was damn near shocked speechless. Tomorrow promises to be all kinds of interesting.

Wonder if Rudy gets fired.

You idiotic liberals have a propensity to jump to whatever false conclusions might support your narrative.

You also failed to reveal here that Giuliani explained how it is common that clients often pay them for expenses without knowing what they were. I have done that myself.

Trump could have paid Cohen before knowing some of the expenses went to cover Cohen's payment to the gold digging porn star.

It’s called giving your lawyer a blank check

 

[Witchit]

'An MO For Other More Serious Crimes'


I know everyone has a take on this Rudy/Cohen shit-show, but I thought I would give you some perspective from someone steeped in anti-corruption enforcement (both domestic and foreign) on the prosecution and defense side.

As we already know, Michael Cohen is the prototypical fixer or bagman. In Mexico, as discussed in glorious detail in this NY Times expose on Wal-Mart’s massive corruption scandal in Mexico , a lawyer-fixer like Cohen would be known as a “gestore.” The bagman’s job is to get bribe money to people while insulating and giving deniability to the ultimate payor of the bribe. Having a dirty lawyer as a bagman provides a number of advantages.

First, bribe money can be laundered from the “client” through the lawyer as fictitious legal services. The lawyer can issue bogus invoices to the client in amounts sufficient to cover bribe payments, a commission to the lawyer, and a gross-up for any taxes the lawyer would have to pay on the fee income (bagmen, after all, don’t want to be stuck paying taxes on amounts they pay out as bribes). Sound familiar?

Second, by disguising the bribes as payments for legal fees, businesses can try to write them off as expenses (bribes are not deductible). This is tax evasion, of course, but it is common practice for the corrupt. Third, the lawyer-client relationship can be an impediment to law enforcement. It can be very difficult for prosecutors to pierce what appears on the surface to be a legitimate attorney-client relationship.

So now we have Giuliani confirming that this is exactly how Trump and Cohen operated. Hush money to Stormy Daniels is one thing and certainly raises potential serious campaign finance violations, but she is not a public official. What I find most significant about Rudy’s admission is what it says about the nature of the relationship between Trump and Cohen and how it suggests an M.O. for other more serious crimes.

Trump is a major real estate developer in NY who has openly bragged about his ability to cut through red tape and get politicians in his pocket. We now have serious SDNY public corruption prosecutors and FBI agents in possession of a massive amount of electronic data from his bagman. They likely already have all of his financial records as well. And Rudy has now given them the roadmap for how Trump may have laundered bribes through Cohen as purported legal fees or retainer payments. Every invoice Cohen has ever issued to Trump is suspect. Every corrupt payment Cohen has ever made or facilitated to building inspectors, councilmen, pornstars, or whomever can potentially be tied back to Trump. In addition, I suspect Trump and his kids had a false sense of comfort that their communications with Cohen would be privileged. I am convinced this is why Trump and his family are freaking out about the Cohen raid and the possibility he could flip. The SDNY is sitting on the mother lode of evidence and Rudy has given them the connection between purported legal fees and payments by Cohen to third parties.

How does President Pence sound to you?

So, you are admitting Trump is guilty and cutting him loose? Very smart of you. no guarantee that Pence will ever be elected..Trump has so damaged the Republican brand that I doubt that Pence will ever win anything.

I was very clear, but I will expound for you slower thinkers.

The hyper-emotional response from the Left for being so devastatingly, historically, and easily defeated has produced an hysteria heretofore unwitnessed in our lifetimes. Their massive efforts to unseat the most accomplished POTUS since Reagan, if successful, will result in President Pence.

For Patriots, it's win-win.

Yeah, here’s the thing. Using more words will not negate the amount of quicksand Don the Con is in.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I think it's funny that Trump supporters think that a retainer fee is what paid off Ms. Daniels.

 

[Political Junky]

Now giving his pro-gun speech in Dallas.

 

[WEATHER53]

Once again lib loons
If a porn star blackmails you, THAT is the violation of law
No matter how much you really, really, really feel that it is-it's not a violation of law to pay for her to remain silent

 

[Imissbush]

What a complete joke team Trump is. This is what racists do. Use the ignorance of others for corrupt purposes.

 

[Imissbush]

Once again lib loons
If a porn star blackmails you, THAT is the violation of law
No matter how much you really, really, really feel that it is-it's not a violation of law to pay for her to remain silent

He was f----I g her, got caught and now he is in over his head with lies.

Worst president ever. His supporters are walking trash bags

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Once again lib loons
If a porn star blackmails you, THAT is the violation of law
No matter how much you really, really, really feel that it is-it's not a violation of law to pay for her to remain silent

He was f----I g her, got caught and now he is in over his head with lies.

Worst president ever. His supporters are walking trash bags

That group of Unsalvagables are a whole bunch of shit rolled up in a Bible. Fake Christian Fundamentalists are the worst.

 

[boedicca]

Here's what you loons don't grok:

You've been lecturing us Normals for 20 years that sex is private and doesn't matter. Hence, your twisted panties over a consensual tryst from years ago is BORING. Normals don't care. And the young black men you are desperate to keep on the Dem Plantation actually admire Trump for being a Playah.

But keep up the Fake Outrage! How about getting hiLIARy to come up with more excuses for losing and have some of your leaders call Normal People Racist-Sexist-Homophobic. That's a great strategy for 2018 and 2020!

 

[ABikerSailor]

Once again lib loons
If a porn star blackmails you, THAT is the violation of law
No matter how much you really, really, really feel that it is-it's not a violation of law to pay for her to remain silent

Actually, if it was done in connection with Trump's campaign, it is a violation of election law in that it is considered an "in kind" contribution, and it's not supposed to be more than 2,500 total. 130,000 is significantly more than that.

And no, Ms. Daniels didn't blackmail anyone. Cohen approached HER with the NDA and the check.

Like I've said before, if Cohen hadn't done the NDA, there would be nothing to prove or disprove her claims, and it would have been a case of he said/she said, and people would be more inclined to believe a sitting president over a porno star. If the NDA and the check weren't there to back up her story, Trump could have taken her out with a twitter war.

 

[JimBowie1958]

What these wealthy people often times do is keep these 'fixers' on retainer and pay them a straight amount each month + expenses. The 'expenses are not explained in detail in order to maintain 'plausible deniability'.

Fixers with a law license cannot do what Cohen says he did for Trumpo and keep their license. That is, claiming to represent a client in a two party negotiation.

In this case there is no NDA with Stormy if Trumpo does not know what is going on.


So your arrangement is bullshit when an attorney is the fixer.

Nice try.

No, actually lawyers make the best fixers as they know how to walk the legal lines generally and how to avoid inadvertent admissions.

Lawyers normally are not representing the person who signs the NDA, too, btw.

Nondisclosure Agreement Lawyers | LegalMatch Law Library

 

[OldLady]

Oh, Rudy, Rudy.......if you're supposed to be the Trump "savior", you're turning out to be a much dumber Brutus.

How would anyone interpret this little statement by Rudy to Hannity?

“He fired Comey because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn’t a target of the investigation,” .....“He’s entitled to that. Hillary Clinton got that, and he couldn’t get that. So he fired him, and he said, ‘I’m free of this guy.'”

Does Rudy realize he just ran over Trump for firing Comey strictly because Comey would NOT agree to let him off the hook (as Trump tried to do with Comey regarding Flynn)???

With such legal "expertise" on his side, Trump should maybe hire some attorneys from the yellow pages.

I still say Rudy is getting even for something. He sure wanted a plum job in the administration and he didn't get it. Is this payback?

 

[JimBowie1958]

Ummm.... Giuliani said the money was paid back for the costs of the hush money. That's a violation of campaign finance laws.

And he said the money was paid back in payments of $35,000, which was just a little extra, knowing there was no work being done in exchange ... that's money laundering and fraud and depending on how they handle the taxes on that money, could be tax evasion.

Are you truly that dumb?

THE MONEY DID NOT COME FROM CAMPAIGN FUNDS!!!!!

No Faun is not that dumb, but he is that stupid and ignorant.

He apparently can talk anyones ear off so he is not dumb at all.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I still say Rudy is getting even for something. He sure wanted a plum job in the administration and he didn't get it. Is this payback?

That thought crossed my mind, but I think that Rudy wants the AG job too much and he doesnt think Sessions is long to be there.

Besides, I think that Giuliani is the kind of professional politician that craves the friendship of billionaires like Trump and would probably eat some serious crap in order to remain in his circle.

 

[WTP]

Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Lawyer For $130,000 Payment To Stormy Daniels

Lol. Thank you Uncle Rudy!

I thought Trump didn't know about the payment?

Expect Rudy to be fired soon.

And it's a shame Rudy had to go and run his mouth about that on Faux so soon. Avenatti just hit them with a daisy cutter last night, revealing it was in fact a campaign violation; Avenatti evidence bombshell contradicts Giuliani

 

[JimBowie1958]

Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Lawyer For $130,000 Payment To Stormy Daniels

Lol. Thank you Uncle Rudy!

I thought Trump didn't know about the payment?

Expect Rudy to be fired soon.

And it's a shame Rudy had to go and run his mouth about that on Faux so soon. Avenatti just hit them with a daisy cutter last night, revealing it was in fact a campaign violation; Avenatti evidence bombshell contradicts Giuliani

Avenati is atort lawyer and his expertise is not campaign finance.

He is also a Democrat partisan and has clashed with Trump in the past.

Who is Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing Stormy Daniels?

While at SLU, he worked on campaigns for local Democrats, including then-Rep. Dick Gephardt. The experience allowed him to meet Emanuel, he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch earlier this month.

Although Avenatti has worked for Democrats, he says he's not politically motivated. "I haven't done anything in politics in 20 years…my client is credible, she's telling the truth," he told CBS News' "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday.

As an attorney, Avenatti has worked on suits against major accounting firms and celebrities like Paris Hilton. He even sued The Apprentice, Mr. Trump's reality TV show, and its producer Mark Burnett, on behalf of a client who said they had stolen his idea.

After working at a series of big-name legal firms, Avenatti struck out on his own in 2007, according to the Post, and claims to have been the lead counsel on cases that have netted $1 billion in settlements and verdicts. He represented people who sued Jim Carrey in a wrongful-death case that attracted plenty of media attention and was eventually dismissed.

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I could explain to you why it is not under campaign finance laws, but I dont have the time to repeat myself fifty times only so that you never understand anyway, lol.