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Would have to comply with the subpoena from the special counsel to be interviewed by robert mueller. listen to more of what giuliani said. >> what happens if robert mueller subpoenas the president? will you comply? >> we dont have to. he is the president of the united states. we ask assert privileges other presidents have. >> reporter: very, very different than what we have seen before and possibly a sign of things to come moving forward. dave and christine. >> thank you, boris. giuliani did not...

House facing new serious questions even as it insists that giuliani is adding value to the legal team. he says hes not really involved in the stormy daniels case, but hes been talking about it extensively. >> he most certainly has. hes quickly become president trumps most visible legal advocate. he says hes been in frequent contact, telling my colleague dana bash, telling the president it seems like things are moving in the right direction, but every time he has an interview it raises more quest...

Did michael cohen make payments to other women? >> i have no knowledge of that. i would think if it was necessary, yes. >> giuliani calls the $130,000 given to daniels a nuisance payment. he predicts michael cohen will cooperate with the investigators, but insists cohen has no incriminating evidence against the president. kellyanne conway tried to defend and add some nuance, if you will, to the presidents claim that he did not know about cohens hush money payment to stormy daniels. here is wha...

I never thought 130,000 was a real payment, its a nuisance payment. when i settle this when its a real possibility, its a couple million dollars, not 130,000. >> you did call it a settlement payment, the president did make these payments to michael cohen over the course of 2017, according to you. then why did the president deny any knowledge of the payment when, in fact, he made the payments? >> i dont know when the president learned about it. he could have learned about it after or not connecte...

And now our nda with her, seems to be irrelevant because she wa wants to break it up and get more than $130,000. i know its going to sound funny for people at home, a $130,000 is just a nuisance payment. >> the president did make these payments into 3450imichael cohe through the course of 2017, why did the president deny any knowledge of the facts? >> i dont know when the president learned about it. he could have learned about it after or connected it after that time. what is said to the press n...

I never thought 130,000 was a real payment, it was a nuisance payment. when i settled these, its a couple million dollars. people dont just walk away from 130,000. >> the president did make these payments to michael cohen over the course of 2017, according to you, why did the president deny any knowledge of the payments when, in fact, he made payments? >> i dont know when the president learned about it. he could have learned about it after or not connected the whole thing at that time. the reali...

I just dont think that passes the smell test. i dont think any of this does, and it violates fundamental principles of common sense. you dont have to be an attorney or highly educated to see through this nonsense. and thats a big problem for them as it relates to their strategy and lies. its very simple for the american people to see whats going on here. >> rudy giuliani said he didnt think the $130,000 was particularly substantial. take a listen. >> i know this sounds funny to people there at h...

More substantial? >> no, i dont agree with that, jake. i think its well known that donald trump is incredibly cheap in many aspects of his life, and has been for decades. so the whole idea that they just threw out $130,000 as a nuisance payment to someone that they have concluded was lying, and that he never had an affair with is absurd. these are guys that if -- they now want to believe that a woman came with her hand out and they just promptly paid $130,000? its not believable. >> your client ...

Things. there are two relevant legal things which is what my job is. number one, it was not a campaign contribution because it would have been done anyway. even if it was a campaign contribution, it was totally reimbursed. >> that was the source of the payment. now on the nature of the payment. >> i never thought it sounds funny to people at home. i never thought $130,000 was a nuisance payment. when i saw the list or it was a real possibility, it is a couple million dollars. not $130,000. >> fr...

Intended to make the rounds on sundays talk shows to straighten things out, that may have backfired. there are even more questions now about what giuliani calls a nuisance payment to stormy daniels, and possibly to others if necessary, and him saying trump might refuse to comply with a possible mueller subpoena. take a listen. >> the president said youre going to get the facts straight, so lets try to get some facts on the table right to begin with. the president does acknowledge meeting stormy ...