It’s not a lie’: Moment Trump lawyer rushes MSNBC host after he starts reading ex-president’s transcript denying knowledge of Stormy Daniels’ silent money payments
- The host showed reporters footage of Trump denying knowledge of the payment
- As the host read the transcript, Trump’s lawyer tried to snatch paper from his hands
Footage shows Trump’s attorney rushing an MSNBC host after he began reading a transcript of the ex-president denying any knowledge of Stormy Daniels’ silent payment.
MSNBC host Ari Melber posted an excerpt from his interview with Donald Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina on Twitter.
The clip showed the moment the interviewer brought up the lie that Trump was unaware of the $130,000 silent money payments to Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election.
Mr Trump admitted in 2018 that he authorized the payment to Ms Daniels after denying it for years.
Mr Melber showed footage of Mr Trump on a plane to which reporters asked if he was aware of the payments and he said no.
The clip showed the moment interviewer Ari Melber (left) brought up the lie that Trump was unaware of the $130,000 silent money payments to Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election. , Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina (right) rushed forward and tried to grab Mr Melber’s transcript
Trump’s lawyer said Trump’s comment that he was unaware of the silent payments was not a lie, prompting Mr Melber to exclaim: ‘It’s not a lie?!”, Mr. Tacopina confirming: “It’s not a lie”
His attorney said the comment was not a lie, prompting Mr. Melber to exclaim, “That’s not a lie?!”, with Mr. Tacopina confirming, “That’s not a lie.”
The host began reading the transcript of the footage he showed Trump’s lawyer when Mr. Tacopina rushed forward and tried to grab the paper from the host.
“Give me that,” said the lawyer.
Mr Melber posted the interaction on Twitter and simply captioned it: “Interviews”.
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels, real name Stephanie Clifford, told People she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, years before he won the 2016 presidential election.
According to Ms Daniels, she met the ex-president at a celebrity golf tournament and had sex with him there.
Mr Trump vehemently denied the affair.
In 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen negotiated a secret $130,000 payment to silence Ms Daniels shortly before the 2016 election.
Mr Cohen became a harsh critic of the former president after he quit working for him.
In 2018, he admitted paying Daniels hush money, though Mr. Trump denied knowing anything about the payment in front of reporters aboard Air Force One.
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While Mr. Trump was the acting President of the United States, he and Cohen had a public falling out, which included Mr. Trump calling his former lawyer a “rat” and a “weak person,” while Mr. Cohen l called ‘a cheat, a liar’. , a fraudster, bully, racist, predator, kickback scammer.
Mr. Cohen served time in prison after pleading guilty to two criminal cases, one of which included the use of campaign finances in connection with Daniels and another woman who allegedly had an affair with Mr. Trump.
Trump’s former attorney said he acted on his orders and the payments were meant to keep the case stories out of the public eye ahead of the 2016 election.
