President Donald Trump says the new addition to his legal team, Rudy Giuliani, will "get his facts straight."
Trump, speaking to reporters Friday, suggested that Giuliani had misspoken about reimbursements to the president's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for payments to porn star Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement.
Further, Trump insisted he is not changing his story on a $130,000 hush payment that went to Daniels days before the 2016 election.
Trump denied knowledge of the payment to reporters last month, but Giuliani revealed Wednesday that Trump had reimbursed personal attorney Michael Cohen for the money.
But Friday, Trump suggested that Giuliani didn't have his facts straight. Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One that "we're not changing any stories." He said, "take a look at what I said."
Trump said Giuliani "is a great guy but he just started a day ago." He said the former New York City mayor is "learning the subject matter."
The president added that "virtually everything" reported about the payments were wrong. He did not elaborate.
Giuliani said this week that Trump knew about Cohen's 2016 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels and that Trump had repaid Cohen through monthly retainers.
Trump had previously denied knowing about the payments.
The surprise revelation of the president's payment clashed with his past statements, and has created new legal headaches and stunned many in the West Wing.
White House aides were blindsided when Trump's recently added attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday night that the president had repaid Michael Cohen for $130,000 that was given to Daniels to keep her quiet before the 2016 election about her allegations of an affair with Trump. Giuliani's revelation seemed to contradict Trump's past statements.
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