«He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal,» Trump said. «From what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong.
WASHINGTON — Weeks after he said he had no knowledge of his attorney issuing a $130,000 check to adult film star Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump contradicted those statements during an interview on «Fox & Friends» Thursday morning.
While talking about his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, Trump appeared to admit that he knew Cohen was handling the Daniels situation. Daniels reportedly received a $130,000 check to keep quiet about an alleged sexual tryst with Trump in 2006.
«He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal,» Trump said. «From what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong. There were no campaign funds going in.»
In response to the comments, Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti issued a statement:
«Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen previously represented to the American people that Mr. Cohen acted on his own and Mr. Trump knew nothing about the agreement with my client, the $130k payment, etc. As I predicted, that has now been shown to be completely false,» Avenatti said.
Daniels has been fighting to overturn the confidentiality agreement she signed and has offered to return the $130,000 in order to be able to tell her side of the story. Avenatti believes Trump’s comments improve the chances he’ll be able to dispose the president under oath in regards to the case.
«This is going to add considerable momentum to our effort to depose the president and place him under oath in an effort to discover which version of the facts is accurate,» Avenatti told the Associated Press.
