May 09 Watch 5:27 Why did major companies pay Trump's personal lawyer through a shell company? Payments totalling more than $4 million were made to a shell company set up by Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, and included about $500,000 from a U.S. company with ties to a Russian oligarch who is close to Vladimir… Continue watching
May 09 Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Russian paid Trump attorney Cohen By Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The memo says Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire, and his cousin "routed" eight payments totaling approximately $500,000 to Cohen's company, Essential Consultants, between January and August 2017. The reason for the payments was not immediately known. Continue reading
May 07 Rudy Giuliani's media blitz defending Trump is off to rough start By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Rudy Giuliani's confounding and at times contradictory statements are said to have pleased President Donald Trump, exasperated White House aides and attorneys, and worried the president's allies. Continue reading
May 04 Giuliani will 'get his facts straight' and other takeaways from Trump's comments on the White House lawn By Joshua Barajas As he departed for his speech at the NRA convention in Dallas on Friday, President Donald Trump spent several minutes talking in a freewheeling back-and-forth with reporters outside Air Force One. Here's what he said. Continue reading
May 04 Trump attacks NBC after correction to Cohen wiretap story By Associated Press President Donald Trump is attacking NBC News after it corrected a story that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Continue reading
May 03 'Typical Rudy': Will Giuliani's blunt style help or hurt Donald Trump? By Daniel Bush People close to Rudy Giuliani said in interviews Thursday that the Fox appearance was a perfect example of the former New York mayor's personality and crisis management style: a blend of brash rhetoric and political calculation that mirrors his most… Continue reading
May 03 Watch 4:24 Rudy Giuliani's claims about Stormy Daniels payment conflict with Trump's past statements For months, President Trump has denied knowing about the payment of Stephanie Clifford, the adult film actress known as Stormy Daniels, by his personal attorney Michael Cohen. But last night, newly hired attorney Rudy Giuliani acknowledged President Trump repaid Cohen,… Continue watching
May 03 Watch 8:14 The key legal question about the Stormy Daniels payment Rudy Giuliani's comments have created a new legal headache for his client, President Trump. Judy Woodruff gets analysis from former federal prosecutor John Carlin and Rick Hasen of the University of California Irvine School Of Law about the many questions… Continue watching
May 03 Giuliani says Trump paid back his lawyer for Daniels payment By Catherine Lucey, Jill Colvin, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer for $130,000 in hush money paid to a porn actress days before the 2016 presidential election, Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's attorneys, said Wednesday, appearing to contradict the president's past claims… Continue reading
Apr 27 Trump's recent comments about Michael Cohen raise more questions By Catherine Lucey, Tom Hays, Associated Press The president's recent remarks has prompted fresh questions about his relationship with Cohen in the tangle of legal dealings involving the president, his legal fixer and Stormy Daniels. Continue reading