GIULIANI DEFENDS TRUMP, EXCORIATES OTHERS

   Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani pulled out all the stops during his hour-long interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity Wednesday night, calling Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe a "garbage investigation" that was "tainted" and fired FBI director James Comey a "disgraceful liar." He also divulged for the first time that President Trump reimbursed his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment Cohen made to the adult-film actress "Stormy Daniels" before the 2016 U.S. election. "It's going to turn out to be perfectly legal," he assured Hannity.
   Guiliani recently joined the president's legal team along with another heavy hitter, the well-regarded defense counsel Emmet Flood.