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Cohen said he was never reimbursed for it and did it as a private transaction, but not with the president s knowledge. as for donald trump, he denied he was involved in the payment or knew where the money came from. do you know about the $130,000 payment? why did michael cohen make this? you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney. you have to ask michael. reporter: we have the president s attorney on television saying something different. back to you. sara, thank you for that. the washington post reports that giuliani spoke to the president and the president was quote very pleased. giuliani said he and the president discussed the reimbursement in advance. that is not easing concerns in the white house. one adviser said trump will see this as an error and hiring rudy wasn t the best idea. ....
The president did pay back his personal attorney michael cohen for the $130,000 in hush money cohen delivered to porn star stormy daniels 11 days before the election. that directly contradicts something the president himself claimed. on fox news, giuliani claimed the payment as legal and went further. political correspondent sara murray has more from washington. reporter: good morning. rudy giuliani may be a new addition to the legal team, but entering with a flash. on fox news, he divulged that trump reimbursed michael cohen for the $130,000 that he paid to silence stormy daniels. that was not campaign money. i m giving you a fact you don t know. it is not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. they funneled it through a law firm? funneled through the law firm. ....
he didn t know about the specifics of it as far as i know. he did know about the jegenera general arrangement that michael would take care of it. i take care of this for my clients. i don t burden them with every single thing that comes along. reporter: that is counter to what michael cohen and the president said publicly. cohen said he was never reimbursed for it and did it as a private transaction, but not with the president s knowledge. as for donald trump, he denied he was involved in the payment or knew where the money came from. do you know about the $130,000 payment? why did michael cohen make this? you have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney. you have to ask michael. reporter: we have the president s attorney on television saying something different. back to you. the washington post reports that giuliani spoke to ....