Article snippet: Rudy Giuliani released a statement Friday intended to clarify his earlier remarks that MORE repaid his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. But the new statement from Giuliani, who recently joined the president's legal team and shocked Washington with his comments to Sean Hannity on Wednesday, did little to offer clarity to the situation. "First: There is no campaign violation. The payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the President's family. It would have been done in any event, whether he was a candidate or not," Giuliani said in the statement, obtained by ABC News. Giuliani's remarks to Hannity also raised headlines because it had previously not been disclosed that Trump had repaid Cohen. Cohen, who is the subject of a federal criminal investigation, had even said he took out a home equity loan to pay Daniels on his own accord. Giuliani said his remarks reflected his understanding of what happened, not his understanding of what Trump knew about the payment. "Second: My references to timing were not describing my understanding of the President's knowledge, but instead, my understanding of these matters," he said in the statement. Giuliani had also caused controversy by stating that Trump fired former FBI Director MORE because Comey would not rule out that he was a target in the Russia investigation. His new statement simply said it was within Trump's president... Link to the full article to read more