Transcript: Michael Avenatti on "Face the Nation"
Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti appeared on "Face the Nation" on Sunday, May 6, 2018
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When Alec Baldwin's President Trump asked her "what do you need for this to all go away," Daniels answered "a resignation"
Rudy Giuliani on Fox News insists Trump did not violate campaign finance laws
When asked by Jeanine Pirro to "clear up" what the "president knew or didn't know -- what he paid or did not pay," Giuliani did not answer the question
Trump visits Cleveland
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Giuliani walks back Stormy Daniels payment claims
President Trump brought in Rudy Giuliani to help defend him in the Russia investigation. But on Friday, it was the president who was defending Giuliani, after he created a mess in another case. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports.
Top Democrat calls for investigation into Stormy Daniels payment
Rep. Elijah Cummings says he has some questions he wants answered
Giuliani releases new statement "to clarify" his recent remarks
Former New York City mayor now says payment to Stormy Daniels "would have been done in any event"
Trump says Rudy Giuliani will "get his facts straight"
President Trump also said he would "love" to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller
Trump speaks on Guiliani, North Korea
President Trump stopped to speak to reporters before departing for the NRA convention in Dallas. The president talked about the comments his attorney Rudy Giuliani made about payments to Stormy Daniels and about U.S. communication with North Korea.
W.H. struggles with Stormy Daniels narrative
The White House has given conflicting accounts how much President Trump was involved in a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. CBS News' Weijia Jiang joins CBSN from the White House with more.
W.H. in damage control after Giuliani claim
The White House is in damage control over the news that President Trump reimbursed attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he paid adult film star Stormy Daniels. The president acknowledged the repayment Thursday, but he denied campaign money was used in the effort to silence Daniels. Weijia Jiang reports.
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Giuliani on "hush money" payment
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who recently joined President Trump's legal team, said Mr. Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, or Stormy Daniels. The money was a so-called "hush payment" that Clifford said she received to keep quiet about an alleged affair. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
Giuliani on Stormy Daniels payment
Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump's newest legal advisers, said Mr. Trump knew about a payment to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about the affair she says she had with Donald Trump years before he became president. His statement contradicts what the president said on Air Force One a month ago. CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett reports.
Rudy Giuliani's whirlwind 24 hours
Giuliani has raised everything from Trump's repayment of hush money to his personal attorney, to the release of Americans detained in North Korea
Trump no longer denies knowing about Stormy Daniels payment
His version of events related to the payment began changing in a late night television appearance by one of his newest legal advisers, Rudy Giuliani
Sarah Sanders on Stormy Daniels payment
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders commented on Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels in the first press briefing since Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani admitted Mr. Trump repaid Cohen.
Trump denies paying Stormy Daniels with campaign funds to keep quiet
Trump tweets about deal with Stormy Daniels after previously saying he was unaware of payments to adult film star
Stormy Daniels' lawyer "stunned" by Giuliani comments on repayment
Rudy Giuliani says the president reimbursed fixer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment he made to Daniels as part of a non-disclosure agreement
Trump repaid Cohen $130K for payment to porn star, Giuliani says
Trump reimbursed him over several months, Giuliani told Fox's Sean Hannity on "Hannity"
Avenatti "stunned" by Giuliani comments
President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, says the president reimbursed attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a non-disclosure agreement. Daniels alleges she had sex with Mr. Trump in 2006, which Mr. Trump denies. Daniels' attorney, Michael Avenatti, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why he sees this as a "clear example" that the president has been lying, how the revelations could make their case stronger, and Daniels' reaction to Giuliani's comments.
What could be Giuliani-Trump legal strategy?
CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss Rudy Giuliani's statement that President Trump repaid the $130,000 that Michael Cohen wired to adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a non-disclosure deal.
Giuliani says Trump "repaid" fixer
An unexpected admission by Rudy Giuliani leaves President Trump facing new legal questions about a non-disclosure deal with adult film star Stormy Daniels. The president's new lawyer says Mr. Trump repaid the $130,000 that attorney Michael Cohen gave to Daniels. Weijia Jiang reports.
Giuliani: Trump repaid Michael Cohen
President Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani says the president repaid attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Mr. Trump had told reporters that he was not aware of the payment and that he didn't know where Cohen had gotten the money. Giuliani made the revelation during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."
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