# That Stormy Daniels interview was a bust **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183 "2018-03-26T01:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/341 "2018-05-03T12:47:59Z")
Yeah. I didn’t believe him when said it could be finished in two weeks, but damn if Rudy doesn’t deliver. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/342 "2018-05-03T13:35:02Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You can hear Hannity was caught by surprise. “Oh. I didn’t know he did that.” You can almost see the wheels turning inside Hannity’s head: “Is this bad? It sounds like it might be bad. Should I cut to a car crash or panda porn or _some_thing, _any_thing, else??” ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/343 "2018-05-03T13:35:49Z")
Is Rudy secretly working for Mueller in exchange for leniency? ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/344 "2018-05-03T15:17:40Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Ah, that explains President Tourette’s latest, er, ejaculations on Twitter… > > … and that money from campaign played no “roll” in the transaction. I think that’s the legal problem. Had they paid it with campaign funds, there would be no legal issue. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/345 "2018-05-03T15:28:46Z")
The SD interview may have been a bust, but these Rudy interviews are gold, Jerry, gold! The latest: RudyG calls Capo Cohen an “ambulance chaser”. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/346 "2018-05-03T15:39:54Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Ah, that explains President Tourette’s latest, er, ejaculations on Twitter, where he helpfully explains … that money from campaign played no “roll” in the transaction. Heh, even when his lawyers write it for him, as they obviously did here, he can’t help but screw it up. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > “Mr. Trump, please make sure you reimburse me for this $130K transaction you know nothing about, and if you don’t mind, spread it out over several months so it doesn’t all show up at once.” Sounds legit. “Strictly Legit” is on Cohen’s business card. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/347 "2018-05-03T15:55:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The latest: RudyG calls Capo Cohen an “ambulance chaser”. _Rolling Stone_ just published a piece of investigative reporting, and it turns out that Better-Call-Cohen has a long history of ties to the Russian mob, and to insurance scams where car crashes are staged to set up lawsuits. [Better Call Cohen: The Shady Cases of a Trump Lawyer’s Personal Injury Practice](https://www.rollingstone.com/shady-cases-michael-cohen-personal-injury-practice-w519679) ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/348 "2018-05-03T16:10:17Z")
So Rudy yesterday claimed that Donald knew nothing about the Daniels’ payment, but it was a personal matter by Cohen, out of his deep respect and affection for Donald. But it was absolutely not a campaign matter and Donald - well, not Donald, you understand, but someone legally allowed to authorize payments from TrumpCo. - had paid it all back, eventually. Which meant that Donald was probably guilty of filing a false financial statement since he didn’t include his debt to Cohen. But, no rest for the wicked! This morning on Fox & Friends, Rudy continued to insist that Cohen’s payment to Daniels (who, he claims, did **not** have an affair with Donald) was completely unconnected to the campaign - except for noting that the timing of the payment was right at a tricky point for the Campaign, with the Third Debate against the Demon Hillary coming up. Michael Avenatti is picking out a nice fruit basket for Rudy as we speak. [https://www.axios.com/rudy-giuliani-trump-tweets-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-sean-hannity-8ece5839-9c14-466c-935d-f9d223965655.html](https://www.axios.com/rudy-giuliani-trump-tweets-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-sean-hannity-8ece5839-9c14-466c-935d-f9d223965655.html) > [@Axios link](#): > > And Giuliani doubled down on his comments this morning on Fox & Friends, saying, “Imagine if that came out on October 15th, 2016 in the middle of the last debate with Hillary Clinton? … Cohen didn’t even ask. Cohen made it go away. He did his job.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/349 "2018-05-03T16:16:22Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > “Strictly Legit” is on Cohen’s business card. And, “I know a guy who knows a guy…” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/350 "2018-05-03T16:21:04Z")
It will be done very professionally. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/351 "2018-05-03T16:33:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The SD interview may have been a bust, but these Rudy interviews are gold, Jerry, gold! > > The latest: RudyG calls Capo Cohen an “ambulance chaser”. Not Cohen. Avenatti, Stormy’s lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/352 "2018-05-03T17:50:35Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > I think that’s the legal problem. Had they paid it with campaign funds, there would be no legal issue. LOL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183.md?page=17)