President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not know about a $130,000 payment made to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels for her silence, his first public acknowledgment of the scandal surrounding an alleged sexual affair that has plagued him for months.
"No," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when questioned about his knowledge of the payment, which was made by his private attorney Michael Cohen in the month before the 2016 election.
Asked why Cohen made the payment, Trump said: "You'll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. You'll have to ask Michael."
He said he didn't know where the money came from and ignored a question about whether he set up a fund for Cohen to draw from in making the payment.
I believe this is the first time that Trump has addressed the Stormy Daniels situation directly.
She of course shares the same rarefied space as Vladimir Putin as one of those who must never be criticized by Donald Trump.
I don't know about all of you but I seriously doubt that Michael Cohen made his payment on his own without his client knowing anything about it.
That seems preposterous and would make Michael Cohen one of the biggest schmucks in recent history.
What's more the lawyer for Stormy Daniels is not buying it either.
We very much look forward to testing the truthfulness of Mr. Trump's feigned lack of knowledge concerning the $130k payment as stated on Air Force One. As history teaches us, it is one thing to deceive the press and quite another to do so under oath. #searchforthetruth #basta— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 5, 2018
We know that Avenatti is really looking forward to getting the opportunity to cross examine Donald Trump, and you can bet your ass that if he does he is going to ask him about this money.Good (actually GREAT) things come to those who wait!!! The strength of our case just went up exponentially. You can't have an agreement when one party claims to know nothing about it. #nodiscipline #thanksforplaying #basta— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 5, 2018
In fact only an hour or so after Trump made those remarks to reporters, I saw this:
If Trump lies while under oath, he's fucked.Michael Avenatti tells @AriMelber that, following Trump's new remarks about Stormy Daniels, he'll be making a petition on Monday to depose Trump.— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2018
But if Trump tells the truth, well he's still fucked.
Actually the minute he sits down with this pit bull of a lawyer, he's fucked.
Ain't no lawyer but...
ReplyDeletecouldn't Cohen be disbarred for drafting a contract on behalf of his client - without his client's knowledge?
Wouldn't that be at least unethical?
I think this latest statement by President Trump just put Michael Cohen's cajones in agua muy caliente?
You ain't no lawyer.
DeleteAnd nobody (well beside those of you that think somehow this will bring down Trump), cares that he banged or didn't bang a porn star. It is well beyond any big revelation at this point.
You all realize that is a porn stars job right? Banging.
4:29: we are not concerned about the 'banging'. As Stormy has said: it was a (more or less) consensual act, where both parties agreed to have sex.
DeleteWe care about the fact, that he as well as his lawyer are LYING P.O.S. . Until now, he said nothing happened. Yet he wants or already did sue Stormy for breach of the NDA - which, if he is correct that he did not know anything about it (yeah, right!) would be illegal and totally unenforceable, since one party (he) did not know anything about. Supposedly. Either way, he as well as his stupid lawyer are S.O.L.. Especially since he claims to not knowing anything.
From what I've been reading - Michael Cohen has done unethical things and will end up putting himself and Trump on the hook for them.
DeleteCan hardly wait to watch all of this come to fruition.
An attorney can't make a contract for a client without the client's approval.
DeleteSo trump just lied or he threw his attorney under the bus.
If he lied(ha ha his mouth was moving) it will come out in the depo, I want to see if Cohen is willing to lose his license to practice to protect little donnie.
4:29 you are about as intelligent as trump is Lol
DeleteIn otherwise about as smart as a rock.
First off trump knew about the contract and yes WE the people do care if this pos banged a porn star and now lies about it. It is the fact that he is a liar, cheat and thief. He deserves nothing but impeachment and treason charges, money laundering charges, collusion charges and more. Don't forget the REPUKKKANS chased Clinton around after he was set up with pizza slut monica the bimbo intern. She and old ugly linda hired by republicans should have been charged with extortion and solicitation.
DeleteDoes 4.29 and trump care about the HUGE debt to china that we owe? Trump and his slob fest are spending United States Taxpayer money daily on themselves. The last time americans dealt with such crooks they were tarred feathered and hung in time square and the peasants cheered.
Delete@ 4:29.
DeleteIt's not the "banging" that will bring DJT down. It's the Rule of Law. ADX Florence awaits.
GeorgiaPeach
@6:21 GP I want to see him in Chelsea Manning's old cell In Leavenworth for LIFE.
DeleteI just saw where Sarah Palin is going to debate Donna Brazile at the University of Houston on May 3rd. Boy, that'll be a hoot!
DeleteSarah is almost black these days.
DeleteWell....that's something.
https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/posts/10156321540083588
Guilty much $arah?
DeleteAbout a week ago I saw a poll that said 87% of Drumpf followers were happy he decided to sue Daniels over an affair Drumpf claimed didn't happen.
ReplyDeleteChance that Drumpf doesn't lie under oath- are slim and none.
Family values :)
DeleteBet they surveyed a bunch of angry men with micro penises.
Remember that Trump's following is not the majority! We are. Daniels is going to win in the long run - and, Trump is/will admit to the affair and have to take the consequences. One of which will be that he'll not be reelected!
ReplyDeleteAvenatti and the Stormy are my favorite ongoing saga. I both want it to wind up and I want it to go on. Everyday is a new turn and it is always great. The other day was a winner, gross, and hold your nose, too. http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2018/04/attorney-for-stormy-daniels-says-that.html
ReplyDeleteLame orange ass' brain is deteriorating faster and faster. He always returns to his safe place where Trump is Trump. It is the death of him. "I believe this is the first time that Trump has addressed the Stormy Daniels situation directly." Go Trump!!!!!!!
As usual, it will take Katharine Helmond to get to the bottom of all of this.
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Sure trumpy, unfortunately your lawyer has a lawyer and they will throw you under the bus. Being a self serving chronic liar will not help you.
ReplyDeleteThat's about as fictional a story as the Virgin Birth, which of course evangelical trumplovers eat up with a spoon.
ReplyDeleteThe birth has nothing to do with biology, but represents the birth of spirit into matter, hence "virgin". It's a story of our nature, that we are that, spirit birthed into matter.
But the literalists cannot see. And that is the message of Jesus, to rise from the dead of ignorance. His resurrection was just commemorated days ago on Easter with this very message. Instead, 2000 yes ago Paul literized Jesus the man, losing the man's message.
There WAS NO JESUS.
DeleteRead Caesar's Messiah
Trump reminds me of my fourteen year old. I found a cigerette in her pocket and asked her about it. She completely went poker face and denied knowing where it came from.
ReplyDeleteI have said before that Trump and a teenage girl are one and the same. You want to figure out his psyche, check out the things that are expected from teenagers. It's like he has arrested development.
Go back a few more years. Toddlerhood. Magical thinking, impulsive self protecting liars.
DeleteFrumpy trumpy can only get anyone to touch or like him if he hands them money.
ReplyDeleteTrump reminds me of a very ugly guilty criminal lying his large fat ass off and wasting our time and money.
ReplyDeleteTrump reminds me of a crime boss.
DeleteHe's not smart enough t o be a crime boss!
DeleteINAL but... from what I understand, it's about the campaign money, which is a Federal Offense. Thus the Mueller statement about not pursuing criminal charges on Trump? What does Stormy have on Donnie?
ReplyDeleteI personally believe that Donnie Two Scoops was feeling extraordinarily cocky after that roundtable forum in West Virginia when he chucked the script and flew by the seat of his Depends. Boy did he sound like a f*cking moron, yet he thinks he hit a grand slam! Playing straight to the base, again. And what's that saying about 'pride going before the fall?'.... He just laid a big-@$$ turd and promptly stepped straight into it. And Avenatti was waiting for him to do *just* that...like he knew that *eventually* Two Scoops couldn't help but get into trouble with his blabbity mouth. Please continue, Two Scoops! You're doing juuuuust fine!
ReplyDeleteYep!
DeleteIt's going to be hard for Trump to enforce an NDA that he didn't know anything about, didn't sign and didn't pay for.
ReplyDeleteIs the NDA only between Stormy and Cohen? Did she fuck him too?
It doesn’t sound like Trump’s lawyer had a stash of money set aside to take care of these issues for his boss. Or maybe if there was the stash was so depleted from the women he paid to remain silent that it caused him to take out that loan against his home. Something is definitely not ringing true here …
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't ring true because it is all lies,they are too stupid to even coordinate their lies or right them down so they can keep them all straight
DeletePlaying lose with campaign money.
Deletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-edwards-indictment-expected-today/2011/06/03/AGQwEuHH_story.html?utm_term=.35a4486a086c
'the Ma$Ters' and the Ma$Ter $WamP Mon$Ter
ReplyDeleteO?"The parties, which have recently ramped up, afford Trump the chance to do something he loves — play HO$T — a role that runs contrary to the narrative of him isolated at night in the White House."
ReplyDeletehttps://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/05/trumps-dinner-diplomacy-503601
Sure hope Donnie is watching Jimmy Kimmel,he had a 2nd grader explain what a trade deficit is,although maybe he should have had someone more at trump's level,preschooler.
ReplyDeleteEven Stormy's attorney is saying don the con just threw his attorney under the bus and Cohen will be in trouble with the NY state bar.
ReplyDeleteGuess donnie will be lawyer shopping again since Cohen will be disbarred.
sure like to know what she has on him :)
Now why would his attorney eait until just before the election and say to himself oh i had better go pay Stormy to keep her mouth shut,how would he even know about it? Does he stalk his client:)
ReplyDeleteYep don the con just lied himself in deeper LOL
Joy Reid and Lawrence O'Donnell are discussing this now. They are both great.
ReplyDeleteSooo worth watching!
ReplyDeleteThe guests on tonight's episode of 'Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' included Michael Avenatti and Joy Reid together in one segment. Fascinating information from Avenatti but the best part was the last 5 minutes in which Joy Reid summarized Cohen and Trump's version of the Stormy Daniels situation from a non-attorney point of view. When she put it all together, their claims about what happened sound completely absurd. She also mentioned that, if she ever needed a lawyer she would know who to call, while nodding her head towards Avenatti.
If Cohen or Trump end up being interrogated by Avenatti, they are in DEEP trouble!
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word
This is the title of the clip:
Avenatti reacts to Mueller/Cohen news, Trump's Stormy comment
The MonEy! 'The Weight & the Heat' 'buf·fOOn·er·y!'
DeleteWait for this tOO after that^>
DeleteMueller probing Trump lawyer Michael Cohen's role in Trump deals
Kevin Hall, a senior investigative reporter for McClatchy who broke tonight's story about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation looking into Michael Cohen and the Trump Organization, joins Lawrence O'Donnell. Duration: 4:59
I watched that episode 9:20...it was wonderful!
DeleteI had not heard this little tidbit before. This is not the first time Avenatti has gone up against Trump. According to an article in the Washington Post, Avenatti "was also on a team of lawyers who sued Trump and the producer of “The Apprentice” on behalf of a man who said they stole his idea for the hit show. The case ended in a settlement."
ReplyDeleteAlready losing a big civil case against Avenatti has got to be making Trump and Cohen squirm even more as the noose tightens around their necks. Donnie must have wet his Depends when Avenatti took over from her first attorney!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/michael-avenatti-the-adrenaline-fueled-lawyer-taking-on-donald-trump/2018/03/25/3ef5cbdc-2e88-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html?utm_term=.fc656b8a3911
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-finally-spoke-about-stormy-daniels-and-he-made-things-much-worse-2b47c06c6648/
ReplyDelete"the contract prohibits Daniels from releasing any photos or videos that would constitute evidence of an affair with Trump. Avenatti has hinted, although not confirmed, that Daniels has such materials. If the contract was voided, she could release the materials without fear of legal liability."
Well donnie says he knows nothing, so how can there be a contract ????
DeleteO, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
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trump administration motto.
That would work for him except for one thing. You have to know you are lying first. He doesn't know when he is lying.
DeleteI have the sneaking suspicion that Avenatti knows this contract is void and illegal. Trump never signed it, the notary is fake and the money came from his attorney.
ReplyDeleteI am beginning to think he is pushing this through the legal system so that trump can dig himself into a bigger hole.
Well, at least somebody's fucking him cuz it sure ain't Melania.
ReplyDeleteDakota is wearing his wedding ring again. Looks like dumb and dumber are reuniting yet again.
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