Giuliani walks back comments on Trump’s involvement in Stormy Daniels payment

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Rudy Giuliani claimed on Friday that he was never speaking for the president when the newly appointed Trump lawyer made a series of shocking revelations about Trump’s involvement in a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, despite repeatedly claiming over the past 36 hours there was “no daylight” between the two men.

“This is intended to clarify the views I expressed over the past few days,” Giuliani said in a statement Friday afternoon, hours after Trump told reporters his newest attorney would “get his facts straight” about the hush money paid to Daniels by the president’s personal attorney Michael Cohen.

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