Thanks, lesser of two evils argument!

Also good luck with that argument with Melania!

And agree good luck with that argument in court if Cohen continues to deny he was reimbursed especially if he has already told Mueller that under oath!

Seems to be a desperate ploy

Sarkozy got divorced and married Carla Bruni whilst in office if I remember rightly. I wonder how that would go down with the American electorate...

The wheels are definitely coming off this wagon!!

Monthly retainer? Only a week ago "Trump said Cohen handles only "a tiny, tiny little fraction" of the president's "overall legal work" "!

Trump is now describing himself as a person of wealth not a man of the people!

One might think a lawyer wrote the tweet except for the spelling mistake in the last paragraph and the curious grammar in the first paragraph.

Trump didn't say anthing under oath, didn't he? So nothing's legally relevant so far. Unfortunately.

The POTUS can't be tried by an ordinary court while in office. What would happen if he were proven to have lied under oath during an impeachment? Could he even be tried for perjury (if that's what it would be) while in office, would prosecution be postponed?

"Money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll (sic) in this transaction."

Whatever could he/they have been thinking about?

I agree. If she'd actually been funny perhaps people would have been less inclined to take offence.

And Mitterand had a mistress whilst in office, with whom he fathered a child.
Oh ze Frenchies, you know?

The husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway (who is often on TV defending Trump) shared a link to Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules after it was revealed that President Trump reimbursed his personal attorney for paying adult-film star Stormy Daniels hush money.

Seems to blow Giuliani's arguments out of the water!!

The link, which points to rules on personal loans.

"If any person, including a relative or friend of the candidate, gives or loans the candidate money 'for the purpose of influencing any election for federal office,' the funds are not considered personal funds of the candidate even if they are given to the candidate directly," the FEC rules read.
"Instead, the gift or loan is considered a contribution from the donor to the campaign, subject to the per-election limit and reportable by the campaign. This is true even if the candidate uses the funds for personal living expenses while campaigning."

The fact that on "Hannity," Giuliani said Trump repaid Cohen "over several months" could mean it would be considered as a loan which would make it worse for Trump?

Of course, Giuliani has not practised law for many years

I don't think the average Amerikan knows who Szakorzi is, nor cares who she is married to.

I am not sure whether Giuliani is trying to help Trump or sink him!

Trump is claiming the Stormy payment was nothing to do with his campaign.

So what did Giuliani say during his Fox News interview with Hannity?

Even Fox News seems to be skeptical
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That was pretty far seeing of the past Administration as two out of the three were arrested in Spring 2017, long after Trump's inauguration

The Chaplain Conroy has now withdrawn his resignation.

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Meanwhile the man chairing the committee to replace him has resigned after many complaints about his anti Catholic statements; probably these were not linked to the fact he is a Southern Baptist preacher.

Edit: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said in a statement Thursday that he has accepted a request from Conroy to rescind his resignation letter.

Of course he could -- just ask Bill Clinton, who was impeached (i.e. tried) for perjury while in office as President!

Fox News spanking for Trump here for making contradictory statements, only mentioned because Fox News are usually classed as Trump supporters.

They would make a great double act.

The White House physician assigned to Vice President Mike Pence, Jennifer Pena, has resigned, his office told CNN in a statement Friday. Pena worked in the White House Medical Unit.

This comes after CNN reported Tuesday that Pence's doctor privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Donald Trump's doctor Ronny Jackson may have violated federal privacy protections for a key patient
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Meanwhile Giuliani "is seeking to clarify (walk back) comments he made" on Fox News Tuesday about Trump, Cohen and Stormy.
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Nunes demands Justice Department records including threatening to subpoena Deputy AG Rosenstein. Then he doesn't read them.
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As I have posted too many times "you could not make this stuff up"!!

Edit: Stormy Daniels lawyer on Trump and Giuliani: '"Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Trump are making it up as they go along. Never before has that old adage been more appropriate: “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive” - W. Scott.
How stupid do they think all of us are?'

Still Friday - just!

Thursday (yesterday)
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Friday (today)
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Giuliani is in the advanced stages of dementia. Look at his tongue movements and the way he moves. You're fired!!

Stormy's lawyer Michael Avenatti is a first class tweeter, maybe he should stand for US President?

Now Stormy has a web site here selling amongst other stuff anti-Trump T shirts.

Eye watering prices but I suppose a girl has to make a living

Allegedly aides to Donald Trump, the US president, hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate a “dirty ops” campaign against key individuals from the Obama administration who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal, the Observer can reveal.

People in the Trump camp contacted private investigators in May last year to “get dirt” on Ben Rhodes, who had been one of Barack Obama’s top national security advisers, and Colin Kahl, deputy assistant to Obama, as part of an elaborate attempt to discredit the deal.

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Jack Straw, who was foreign secretary between 2001 and 2006, said: “The campaign against the JCPOA has been characterised by abuse and misinformation.
It is the best chance of ensuring Iran never develops a nuclear weapons programme, and it is insane to suggest abandoning the deal could do anything but endanger international security.”

Meanwhile Rudy Giuliani called President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, "disposable"during his bizarre interview with Hannity on Fox News Wednesday night.