Giuliani took a lot of heat his first week for spilling the beans on Trump’s reimbursement of the Porny Daniels payment to Michael Cohen.
But it turns out that was the plan all along, as we find out from John Roberts today:
We may have discovered why Rudy Giuliani disclosed the "reimbursement" to Michael Cohen. It is detailed on page 45 of @realDonaldTrump financial disclosure: https://t.co/fZLdN4yaam They knew it would come out, so they tried to get ahead of it.
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) May 16, 2018
And then a couple hours later…
Source tells @FoxNews that Rudy Giuliani revealed the reimbursement to Cohen because he was aware it would be reported in the financial disclosure. Getting out ahead of it meant that Giuliani would take the hit – not @realDonaldTrump
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) May 16, 2018
“Source tells Fox News that Rudy Giuliani revealed the reimbursement to Cohen because he was aware it would be reported in the financial disclosure. Getting out ahead of it meant that Giuliani would take the hit – not Donald Trump.”
And there you have it. Trump used Rudy Giuliani as a human shield from the media and honestly I think it worked, at least for the most part.