Trump reimbursed lawyer who paid off Stormy Daniels

Blithely contradicting President Donald Trump's claim to have known nothing about the payoff made to Stormy Daniels, Rudy Giuliani said Trump reimbursed the lawyer who made the payment. Stormy and Trump reportedly had an affair shortly after his current marriage began, and she was paid $130,000 by Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, to stay quiet about it during the 2016 presidential race.

Giuliani, who recently joined the president's legal team, appeared for an hourlong session on Sean Hannity's Fox News show Wednesday night, and defended his client against speculation campaign finance laws were violated by the payment to Daniels, which was made weeks before the 2016 election.

Referring to the porn star as "some Stormy Daniels woman," Giuliani said the payment is "going to turn out to be perfectly legal."

"That money was not campaign money," Giuliani continued. "I'm giving you a fact now that you don't know."

"It was funneled through a law firm, and then the president repaid it," Giuliani added.

"Oh," Hannity replied. "I didn't know - he did?"

"Yeah," Giuliani said.

People are talking like Giuliani screwed up, but it obviously doesn't matter to Trump if he's seen to be lying. Perhaps he's just saying whatever he thinks will keep Trump out of legal trouble right now--or at least picking which pickle to be in next.