Donald Trump admitted on Thursday that lawyer Michael Cohen represented him in the “crazy Stormy Daniels deal” – despite having previously denied knowing about a $130,000 hush payment paid by his lawyer to the adult film star, who claims to have had sex with him.

“As a percentage of my overall legal work, [he did] a tiny, tiny little fraction,” the US president said of Cohen. “But Michael represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal.”

Daniels sued last month to release herself from a non-disclosure agreement that she signed in 2016, arguing that it was void because Trump never signed it.

In April, Trump was asked by reporters on Air Force One if he knew about the payment Cohen says he made. He replied: “No.” When asked why Cohen made the payment, Trump said: “You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen. Michael is my attorney. You’ll have to ask Michael.”

On Thursday, he distanced himself from Cohen, whose office, apartment and hotel room were raided by FBI officials earlier this month.

“Michael is a businessman. It doesn’t have to do with me … He also practices law I would say the big thing is his business,” Trump told Fox News.

He added: “I have many attorneys. Sadly I have so many attorneys you wouldn’t believe it.”

The concession came during a wide-ranging telephone interview on Fox & Friends, one of Trump’s favorite news shows, in which the president unloaded on a litany of grievances – old and new – that ranged from the “witch-hunt” Russia investigation to the accusation that Hillary Clinton had received a question in advance of a presidential debate in 2016.

A day before the interview, Cohen invoked the fifth amendment in a lawsuit filed against the president by Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.

The White House has denied that Trump had an affair with Daniels. She alleges that she and Trump had a sexual encounter in 2006.

Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Stormy Daniels, called Trump’s comments a “backtrack” and said they help burnish their case.

“He now has backtracked and now admits that Michael Cohen represented him in connection with the Stormy Daniels matter and that directly contradicts what he said,” Avenatti said on MSNBC.

Trump also touched on his cozy relationship with the French president, Emmanuel Macron. On the issue of Iran, a top priority for the talks, Trump said of his French counterpart: “He is viewing, I believe, Iran a lot differently than he did before he walked into the Oval Office.”

Before departing the US, Macron conceded that he had probably failed to convince the US president to stay in the Iran nuclear deal. But he betrayed no signs of coming around to Trump’s point of view on the issue.

“My view – I don’t know what your president will decide – is that he will get rid of this deal on his own, for domestic reasons,” he said, adding that such frequent changes in the US position on global issues “can work in the short term but it’s very insane in the medium to long term”.

Trump also repeated that there was “no collusion with me and the Russians” and that “nobody’s been tougher to Russia than I am”.

Trump began the interview by wishing his wife a happy birthday and said he specifically chose the date for the Fox interview in honor of the occasion. Asked what he got her, Trump demurred because “maybe I didn’t get her so much”. He then added: “I got her a beautiful card. You know I’m very busy.”

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972128)

Yes but who the Feck cares about Daniels
a Hooker who wanted a TV show.
No Rape etc.


WAY back in 2006.


Her Lawyer
is on a Roll.

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972129)

Porn star not hooker.

Agree though, the 'affair' was just a one night stand so I don't know why Donnie wont admit it :shrug:

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972138)

But the payment was made just days before the election in 2016. Why the long wait?

Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 9972172)

morning joe a hillary fan, oh that explains him trashing trump then :hehe:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972169)

A Busy Man
Trump is.


She took the Cash


The Lawyer is on a Roll
big money deals

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972181)

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972183)

That all they do
Pathetic Presenters

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972184)

But why pay her so close to the election?

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972195)

Mika's face throughout was a picture. Yeah they dont like Trump but then again he has trashed both of them on twitter.

The point of the vid was to show that Daniels Lawyer Michael Avenatti was live on TV at the same time Donnie was ranting on Fox and Friends. I agree though he has been a star keeping this story in the headlines for about six weeks now. Donnie must be thinking he should have hired Avenatti and not Cohen.

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972198)

Why NOT pay her then


And the HOOKER/PORN STAR
took the CASH

NO RAPE


2006 for feck sake

It is 2018 now

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972202)

Yes and CNN
Trump is a Business Man
Not a Political being.

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972193)

Yes he is on a Roll
and he is going (on gone, by now )on FoxNewsHD
as he stated on the HBO show Bill Maher
shown on our SkyAtlanticHD
Sunday Nights


Its all money to him

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972207)

And both of them have been on the View. He's done a great job keeping the story alive

Originally Posted by GiRTh (Post 9972204)

she said in her 60 minute interview the sex was consensual and she's not a victim so there is no issues of sexual assault.

Like I say, why doesn't he just admit to it? She wanted to be on the Apprentice and she slept with him? Big deal. :shrug:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 9972210)

Yes keep it Alive
but again no one cares about it.

Its not bringing anything new
to USA.

On CNN HD UK talk show with Max Foster
Germain Greer summed up Stormy
after a her TV gig wish failed
she wants money and a TV show of some sort now

President donald trump called into his favorite television show thursday morning, and, while the questions weren’t exactly tough, many of his answers on fox & friends made immediate headlines. For those who missed it, here are the most noteworthy moments.

Trump confirms cohen represented him in stormy daniels deal

both trump and his personal lawyer michael cohen have previously denied that the president had any knowledge of a $130,000 payment cohen has admitted to making to adult film star stormy daniels, real name stephanie clifford, just weeks before the 2016 election. The payment was made as part of a non-disclosure agreement to silence daniels’s allegations that she had an affair with trump in 2006. Trump, though, changed his tune thursday on what he knew about the arrangement.

“michael would represent me, and represent me on some things. He represents me, like with this crazy stormy daniels deal, he represented me,” trump said. “and you know from what i see, he did absolutely nothing wrong.”

trump admits he did stay overnight in moscow

reports in recent days have countered the claim james comey said trump made to him that the president did not stay overnight in moscow during a now infamous trip for the 2013 miss universe pageant. The trip is at the heart of allegations made in a dossier compiled by former british intelligence agent christopher steele concerning a salacious incident involving trump and russian prostitutes. Trump has now said that he did stay overnight and that he never told comey otherwise.

“of course i stayed there,” he told fox & friends. “i stayed there a very short period of time, but of course i stayed. Well, his memos said, ‘i left immediately’—i never said that.”

trump thinks he knows why kanye west is praising him

one of the strangest episodes of an already strange 2018 has been rapper kanye west’s effusive praise of trump on social media in recent days. Trump has shared the love right back and on thursday claimed to know why west had become such a big fan.

“kanye looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country,” he said. “he sees hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in this history of our country. He sees, by the way, female unemployment, women unemployment, the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years. He sees that stuff and he’s smart and he says, ‘you know what, trump is doing a much better job than the democrats did.”


trump threatens to interfere with the justice department

trump expressing frustration with his own justice department, and attorney general jeff sessions, in particular, is nothing new, but on thursday he suggested that he may seek to directly interfere with its operations, eradicating the barrier that is supposed to exist.

“you look at the corruption at the top of the fbi, it’s a disgrace!” he said. “and our justice department—which i try and stay away from, but at some point i won’t—our justice department should be looking at that kind of stuff, not the nonsense of collusion with russia!”

he’s not the greatest gift-giver

the president began the interview by stating that he chose thursday to go on fox & friends because it was his wife’s birthday. Other than a shout-out on television, though, trump’s gifts to first lady melania were limited.

“i better not get into that because i may get in trouble," trump said when asked what he got his wife for her birthday. "maybe i didn’t get her so much. I got her a beautiful card, you know i'm very busy to be running out looking for presents. I got her a beautiful card and some beautiful flowers.”

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 9972299)

The right in the US prides themselves as the "family values" party, and trump has been reliant on the evangelical vote in order to get anywhere, so sleeping with a porn star in the months just after his son had been birthed by his wife is not a good look. He had so much success just slandering his female accusers in the lead up to the election that he probably assumed he could do the same.

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper (Post 9972303)

She was physically threatened by a person representing a presidential candidate who said "it would be a shame if your little girl grew up without a mummy"

How is this not a newsworthy story in your view?