Guiliani says payments made to Stormy Daniels were 'not a crime'

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• Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's attorney, said Sunday that hush-money payments meant to silence two women who said they had affairs with Trump during his 2016 campaign were "not a crime."
• Giuliani said payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, which Trump's former personal lawyer has testified were made under Trump's direction, do not qualify as a misuse of campaign funds.
• Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer who facilitated the payment to porn star Daniels, said last week the sole purpose of the payments was to help Trump "and his campaign."

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's attorney, said Sunday that hush-money payments that hush-money payments meant to silence two women who said they had affairs with Trump during his 2016 campaign were "not a crime."

Giuliani told ABC "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos that payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, which Trump's former personal lawyer has testified were made under Trump's direction, do not qualify as a misuse of campaign funds.

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